October 4, 2009
Spring Hill, Columbia worry about life after GM
By G. Chambers Williams III
THE TENNESSEAN
COLUMBIA, Tenn. — Tom Smith opened the Video Shoppe in north Columbia a year after General Motors announced it would build a new Saturn plant in nearby Spring Hill.
To his delight, the automaker put a giant training facility right next [...]
05 October 2009
RIP Saturn – You Could Have Saved GM
GM could have been a very different company today. Unfortunately it missed, if not completely screwed up, the best opportunity almost any company could ask for. How often does a company get the chance to partner and learn from the world’s most successful company in its [...]
October 5, 2009
Japanese automakers fear, admire South Korea’s Hyundai
By SARAH A. WEBSTER
FREE PRESS AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR
If you didn’t notice by its 27% sales gain last month — when the industry toppled 23% — Hyundai is "awesome."
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/Hyundai-i10/243787/" target="_blank">So says Takanobu Ito, the CEO of Hyundai’s rival Honda, according to Autocar.
Honda – and Nissan – both believe [...]
Wind-down terms anger Saturn dealers
Retailers weigh options in wake of collapsed deal; some to challenge GM’s cash
Lindsay Chappell
Saturn dealers woke up last Thursday morning to the grim reality that their brand was dead, Roger Penske was not going to save them and General Motors Co. planned to compensate them with between $100,000 and $1 [...]
Hudler’s postscript on Saturn: ‘I didn’t expect to finish this way’
Peter Brown
At 75, Saturn megadealer Don Hudler figures he’s going to stick with the brand till the fat lady sings.
"We’re [...]
GM ceases Saturn output
Company plans to sell inventory in 4 months
Jamie LaReau
DETROIT — General Motors Co. has halted production of Saturn cars and crossovers and plans to sell the thousands of Saturn vehicles it has in stock within the next four months.
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