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Christ · 11-05-2009, 02:32 PM

Saturn was originally different. When Scion came to the foreground, GM took over and stopped the "forward" thinking that Saturn execs were doing, because it was breeding more competition from other manufacturers.

If I were the GM execs, I'd have seen the competition as a complement to the ingenuity of the forward thinking dealerships of Saturn, not as a reason to take over and stop it altogether. Someone really needed to wear underwear that weren't quite so tight.

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	Saturn was originally different. When Scion came to the foreground, GM took over and stopped the "forward" thinking that Saturn execs were doing, because it was breeding more competition from other manufacturers. If I were the GM execs, I'd have seen the competition as a complement to the ingenuity of the forward thinking dealerships of Saturn, not as a reason to take over and stop it altogether. Someone really needed to wear underwear that weren't quite so tight. __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"