Granted… I’d hate to see GM lose Opel/Vauxhall (I’d prefer they just sell Daewoo but they’re hinging a lot of their future on Korean evolutions of the Opel-designed platform) but for as long as GM has squandered the ownership on the U.S. shores… somebody new owning the 2 could hopefully look seriously at bringing the GM products to market in the U.S. and without decontenting or neutering them as GM has historically done.

Far as the Chinese ownership… I think it’s only a matter of time before they buy in somewhere. While I know there’s a bit of animosity over the idea, I think in the end… a Chinese owned Opel/Vauxhall/Saturn is better than nothing. I don’t know that this is any better/worse than Abu Dhabi buying in. The Arab’s want an automaker to remain credible long term since it’s eventual that we move away from oil. The Chinese want some form of ability to become a major player. I put the chances high on either one stepping up.

It’d be nice if an American or European company could step up and buy in but too many of them are too beleaguered to do so. This would’ve been a better value (a Saturn/Vauxhall/Opel deal) for Fiat than Chrysler but they already put their $ into that hat. I don’t know that Citroen/Peugeot could swing it either. Renault might be able to but I think for them, ownership of Hummer and reformatting it as a new Jeep-esque brand might be of more value. About the only hope of an American buying in is if Bill Gates gets bored and wants to try his hand at automobiles. That has it’s own scary implications in it’s own right.

Jake, care to bet that $1 on the Blues winning 4 straight? By the way, I hope that was “Blues” they were yelling during our national anthem!