Comments on: Saturn dealers jump ship as uncertainty abounds

By: Kanucko

Kanucko — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:54:08 +0000

I really hope they take on Saturns styling in the Chevy lineup. I think most of the chevy’s grills are awful. The Malibu is sorta okay…but virtually everything in Saturns lineup is visually superior in the styling dept.

Including all the stupid cross over vehicles that are coming out for GMC/Chevy. Lame ! GM ! this is why you suck !

By: jdasch1

jdasch1 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:11:11 +0000

GM made its Saturn dealers remodel for the customer experience and image…..now they are dead. Saturn was on a roll with the EV-1…now its dead. Now electric cars are coming soon with no experienced dealers to sell them for GM. GM can’t be trusted until they flush out ALL of the old management and hire from the outside….no lifers! Get rid of the cronieism. Liquidation is probably the best option now that I think about it. I feel bad for all of the hard working dealership employees that made their training and career decisions with GM….the retraining is painful!!

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:55:21 +0000

My local automall dealer dumped Audi to pick up Saturn in the late 80’s. That was understandable in the wake of the Audi 5000, but look at those 2 brands now.

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:46:06 +0000

GM management were apparently expecting Saturn dealer management to sit around twiddling their thumbs waiting for their demise just like everyone in GM Senior management has done for 30 years.

By: SeniorChief

SeniorChief — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:43:17 +0000

@ TMoneYNYY: what exactly are we remembering?

By: sprockkets

sprockkets — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:41:35 +0000

What is the point of Saturn anymore? Just another name for Opel Astra’s and the rebadged Malibu, which is a rebadged Open anyhow?

Stupid GM.

By: cereal

cereal — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:39:27 +0000

oh saturn…

we had such high hopes for you. maybe.

-eat your cereal

By: carstuff

carstuff — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:30:33 +0000

correct beemer. 10% closings over the last 4 months is probably about right.

GM may go into bankruptcy court but the chances of it going into liquidation is probably about 20%.

By: beemerdude

beemerdude — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:01:41 +0000

This story is way over blown. Here in Southern Calif., lots of dealerships – of all lines, including Mazda, Honda, etc. – have closed.

I don’t think the numbers of Saturn dealers that have shut their doors is that much greater than the entire industry as a whole lately.

By: MercMark

MercMark — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:55:54 +0000

I’d rather they die than go Chinese

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:25:19 +0000

Speaking of toiletries, what a waste. Just imagine if GM hadn’t flushed 20 years of funds down the Saturn toilet bowl. Weren’t they working on a little project called the EV1 at roughly the same point in their history?

By: JakeK66

JakeK66 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:08:01 +0000

I heard some Saturn dealers over in Kansas City already are turning into used car dealerships.

By: idrinorbarsaku

idrinorbarsaku — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:45:24 +0000

toilet paper is getting expensive now-a-days!

By: Borat

Borat — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:31:22 +0000

“GM has committed to supplying Saturn vehicles through the 2012 model year” if GM will go into bankruptcy those commitments will be worth less then toilet paper (for a single use).

By: TMoneYNYY

TMoneYNYY — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:27:47 +0000

If only Saturn vehicles could travel at warp speed, they might have a chance. R.I.P. Saturn… you will be… remembered awkwardly?