Comments on: GM Asks Saturn to Downplay Penske Deal

By: tpandw

tpandw — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:47:57 +0000

When I read this in the WSJ this morning it struck me as ridiculous. First, GM has in theory sold Saturn, so what difference does it make to them what happens to the brand? Second, clearly GM doesn’t get it (so what else is new?), the Saturn brand name doesn’t mean much to most people anyway. And third, this is what got them into trouble in the first place. GM’s arrogance that RenCen knows better has not gone away with BK. The one dealer in the story said it well: people don’t want to buy a car from GM, but they will buy one from Penske.

The sooner that GM goes away forever the better. What bothers me more than most things about this whole mess is that we’ll be hearing this kind of garbage indefinitely into the future courtesy of our own tax dollars.

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:17:50 +0000

The local Saturn Dealers in Central Ohio have been trumpeting the Pesnke (if you spell it like Ed does) deal though their pitchman “Jungle” Jack Hanna (Letterman devotees will know him).

The old song that this puts me in mind of is “Hold On, I’m Coming”.

By: John Horner

John Horner — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:21:11 +0000

Saturn as a sales channel for Renault-Samsung cars seems like a very, very long shot to me. Speaking of which, why would Nissan be cool with this plan? All of Renault Samsung’s lineup is based off Nissans:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Samsung_Motors

By: cnpota

cnpota — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:54:28 +0000

Yeah, seems Gov Motors is elbowing for market share already… boy, that’s fair.

By: Jeff Puthuff

Jeff Puthuff — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:44:29 +0000

Dear GM:

FOAD.

Sincerely,

Saturn

By: DweezilSFV

DweezilSFV — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:41:09 +0000

Maybe GM should just pay attention to the BK at hand? Why worry about what the buyer of one of their “dead” brands is doing and concentrate on it’s own restructuring. They never knew what to do with Saturn. Maybe Penske does.

GM should be grateful a buyer showed up at all. Dolts.

By: Matt51

Matt51 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:48:50 +0000

GM is the cancer. Penske should not only take over Saturn, he should take over GM. Caddy is dead man walking, there is one truly good Buick, Fritz killed the Pontiac G8 which should become the new Caprice.
God, GM needs leadership, not Fritz.