Once again... another unprofitable GM brand has avoided being nabbed by a potential competitor.. and given it's walking papers to the Great Beyond. Like Saturn... Saab represented a part of GM that never really worked in terms of sales and profitability. If someone asked me.. I'd tell them that I never expected the deals to go thru in the first place... and that GM had planned all along to offer them to potential buyers that hey knu had no experience or real desire to play ball in the worldwide Auto Industry. I mean... come on.. Penske??? Koenigsegg??? Neither have the experience to manage the manufacturing, marketing, or labor of companies that sell even in Saabs 60K+ range per year.. let alone Saturn's 250K + range. Personally I'd rather see both DEAD... then go to the Asians or Europeans.
It's ironic that I say that about Saab.. as it's roots are Swedish... but every bit of its technology is GM/ 20+ years will do that to U. And on the eve of Opel's restructuring plan being revealed.. what do we learn??? That GM and Koenigsegg's agreement has now dissolved. OH YEAH.. I smell SWEET conspiracy, and it smells like roses HOT DAMMIT!!! It smells LIKE ROSES!!!
Pontiac DEAD. Saturn DEAD. Saab DEAD. Hummer??? hmmmm... (Please Lord let this insult of a deal fall too... please let GM take Hummer's Cool.. and push it blatantly into the division we call GMC...) Hey waaaaaitaminute!!! Pontiac died.. we got the Caprice Police car. Saturn died we gott he Regal and Astra. Saab is dead.. Can we please get that 9-5 as the next IMPALA??? And that 9-4X as the next Rendezvous???
The vehicles are literally ready for launch. Anyone looking at the 9-5 and not seeing a vehicle that is low-key enuff to make it as a Chevy Impala is absolutely bonkers. I mean it is plain in a way that screams "200K sales per year." It's low key in a way that screams another 200K sales per year in Europe as a Chevy Flagship.. .or even dare I say... OPEL FLAGSHIP. Yup. That's a no-brainer in a loooooong line of no-brainers. Opel currently has the Insignia, a car the same size as our upcoming regal as it's top ride. WHY would GM not take the 9-5 and make it the Flagship of the Opel brand in Europe? Why wouold they not take that very same car and give it slightly less expensive leather... a cloth seat option, and a 3.6L Turbo and make it the 2011 Chevy Impala to RIP the A-Hole outta the Ford Taurus the way Big Milo did to Lil Willy in their cell on the block back at San Quinton.
U remember??? :( The day Lil Willy didn't give Milo his pudding cup.
OK... As for the 9-4. Well it's been my wish since finding out that the CUV was getting the go ahead that it go to Buick as a vehicle compliment the Enclave. A downgraded SRX if U will. Different styling, same drivetrains as the current SRX, but with the SRX being made AWD only and given the 3.6L as it's base engine (think CTS-Coupe) and a turbo 3.0L/3.6 with 435HP as a V. Let me say again.... AWD ONLY- 3.6L with 315HP as a base and a turbo 3+L with 435HP as a V Allowing it to instantly beat the s**t outta the BMW X5 and Porsche Cayenne simultaneously stifling punk ass non-buyers like GMI's Msgero about whether it was a competitor to the always in the shop Germans.
