Saturn: A Different Kind of Car Company, Indeed

[haigha]

From the New Yawk Times (as mD would say):

At least Oldsmobile got a decent funeral. Saturn got nothing.
A lot of people don’t realize General Motors killed a second division, Saturn, recently. That’s because there was never an obit. Why? For some reason, G.M. wants people to think that Saturn is still alive. But G.M. has not only killed it, it has dismembered the body and dumped pieces at undisclosed locations, and replaced it with an impostor.


Saturn, the automobile manufacturer, R.I.P.
Saturn design? Dead. Saturn engineering? Just as dead. The old Spring Hill, Tenn., plant, where Saturns were once made, lives on, albeit with a transplanted heart (Chevrolet pun intended). But Spring Hill now just churns out generic G.M. stuff, like any other G.M. plant. Saturn employees really don’t exist anymore, despite what it may say on a few business cards. Everybody sporting a Saturn logo these days merely sells “G.M. cars.”




Full story at: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2007...ompany-indeed/

[vinuneuro]

Not much of a loss.. plus Opel produces some respectable vehicles in Europe. Same goes for Holden in Australia. Nice to see that GM has learnt that their companies abroad are their solution for making decent vehicles.

[rebound]

That was the whole point of Saturn - to imitate overseas production, and remove the good ole boys of the big three. Looks like it didn't work out as intended.