Penske Buying Saturn.....Interesting

[MrCrush1914]

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[[Reuters) - GM [[GMGMQ.PK) and Penske on Friday have outlined a proposed deal for purchase of Saturn.

"Says GM would continue production, on a contract basis, of the Saturn aura, vue and outlook"


I didn't pull it out my ass... I read more than one story:



http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv...5544C620090605


No apology neccessary

[detmsp]

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[[Reuters) - GM [[GMGMQ.PK) and Penske on Friday have outlined a proposed deal for purchase of Saturn.

"Says GM would continue production, on a contract basis, of the Saturn aura, vue and outlook"


I didn't pull it out my ass... I read more than one story:



http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv...5544C620090605


No apology neccessary

Sorry, I was talking long term. There will be no next generation Aura, Outlook or Vue. This is so that the Saturn dealers have something to sell until Penske has vehicles to import.

[mjs]

There will be no next generation Aura, Outlook or Vue.

If they're not building next generation vehicles, why is Penske keeping the design engineers or looking for people to manufacture Saturns more than two years out?

[MrCrush1914]

^ He doesn't have any factual information- it's typical Dyes fiction. How dare someone have a plan and it not have some sort of hidden agenda down the line. We all know that never happens...

[heedus]

With the exception of the Sky and Outlook, Saturn vehicles are rebadged Opels, so I think that the imminent sale of Opel complicates things a little bit. I think its way too early right now to really speculate on what's going to happen. I would love to see him pick up a couple of the Pontiac vehicles, though, especially the G8 and the Vibe, but that's a really long shot.

[Bobl]

Pipe Dream:

After contracting with GM for production of Saturn vehicles for two years, New Saturn President and CEO Roger Penske cuts the ribbon on the new production facility in Detroit.
Mr. Penske never has to buy his own lunch or dinner in this town again.....

[MrCrush1914]

With the exception of the Sky and Outlook, Saturn vehicles are rebadged Opels, so I think that the imminent sale of Opel complicates things a little bit.

Are those re-badged vehicles made in the US or elsewhere?

[detmsp]

Are those re-badged vehicles made in the US or elsewhere?

The Aura [[which isn't quite a rebadge) is built in the US, the Vue [[technically a Daewoo rebadge, not Opel) is built in Mexico and the Astra [[production has been permanently stopped) is built in Europe.