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that's a problem as it spreads resources thin. Eventually GM will decide which brands will be starved to death.

My wish for a 6th-gen Camaro would be a light car that can deliver performance with good fuel economy.

New Lancia Delta will be shown at the Geneva Show. I'm interested in American's reactions to this, as it is quite unique IMO. Autoblog entry.

Sverige That's Sweden

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Corollas and Avensis: Traffic Brigade cars, on TV news

So the DTS/STS are ultra-lux cars? Are the 7-Sries BMWs and S-Class MBs ultra-lux? What does that make the Rolls and Bentleys: ultra-stratospheric-you-can't-afford-this-thing-luxury-cars? :rotflmao:

I like listening to Classical Music and Opera. My other intereast revovle mostly around Metal, but I love Tom Waits, anything Jazz and most Blues, Pink Floyd, Queen...

toothpaste i think this smiley is appropriate after mentioning 'toothpaste':

I am really sad with something I saw on TV last night regarding my country (Portugal), so GO VOTE! Participation means you get to choose and ensure the quality of Democracy does not deteriorate further.

You can ignore and even kill them, it all depends how how costs are allocated. It is a mere management accounting issue. I think Saab can hit the 170K/year volume that Jan Åke Jonsson described as a volume that would generate interesting returns (I think he meant 'great returns' but he's Swedish so he'll understate). I think Hummer is a dinossaur. EDIT - A cool dinossaur, but a dinossaur.

*faints*

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horny horny females =

Herd

grass

Undertow

reproduction

That's not an option

Congrats on the new Saturn. Be sure to post pictures when you get the car!

Ghosn may get his American arm after all. It'd be interesting to have a Renault-Nissan-Chrysler alliance

I agree. They will get product: 9-5, 9-4X, 9-1 (production not confirmed, but a concept's coming earlier than expected - Geneva, not London), and EpII 9-3. Re proftability: 1. Saab drained the bank but from what I from Saab people's public statements it is now fully integrated into GME (remember 9-5 moving to Germany, Trollhättan maybe getting NG Astra, Astra TwinTop and maybe the NG 9-3 convertible) and its breakeven should be, my guess, at around 150K/year. They sold 133K in 2006 with only two model ranges, so with the new product they should do fine. 2. The worry with Pontiac and Buick is that they might sell important numbers volume-wise, but at a loss from all the discounting and daily-rental sales. Hence the "damaged brands" talk. Unless we get the numbers GM prepares for internal reporting and analysis, it's hard to tell what the real shape of the brands is. Gut feeling gives me a more bullish prognosis regarding Saab and Buick, and I never underestimate my bowels

How easy is it for GM to finance the reengineering of platforms the way other automakers do? More: how easy is it for GM to access the capital markets given its inability to generate cash flow and its financial situation? It's easy to reengineer platforms like BMW ot Toyota do when they make the money they make. Here are a few numbers from the GM and BMW Group 2006 annual reports. Given the fact that one is positive and the other is negative, there's no need to even look at exchange rates. Different accounting standards are in use in the US and Germany, but it would be one heck of a coincidence if the difference came from that. 1. Operating Cash Flow for the BMW Group (consolidated) in million euros, for years 2006/2005: 9,980/10,691 2. Operating Cash Flow for GM (consolidated) in million dollars, for years 2006/2005: (11,759)/(16,856)

I think Satty meant retained earnings. Also, not all expenses are investment into the company and because of accruals/deferrals, cash expenses and costs are sure to be different amounts. That's why you have a P&L and a Cash Flow Statement.

Are those wheel covers the ones that appear on the Saturn website? They look GM should have offered the 5-spoke steel wheels some Astras have over here. This is an Astra Enjoy wheels (16 inch 5-spoke steel wheel with covers):