of course you do, unless you went through saturn, but even then, the bank will be looking for payment... Surprised it lasted as long as it did...
Bingo. There is a lot of loyalty amongst Saturn buyers. I was never a fan of their cars until recently. I love the new Saturn Aura. Looks sleek.
Check out their 2010 Lacrosse... definitely not a huge sedan... I believe it's a mostly-if-not-all Chinese design, too. They had to go to China to get something built that actually looked somewhat decent. lol. If they had been left to do it themselves, we'd probably still be seeing 20 foot whale-mobiles.
I never realized the Saturn logo was suppose to be a picture of the planet surrounded by rings. Funny. I actually think their recent models are pretty good looking cars. Definitely better than most of the other GM brands (not saying a whole lot, but...)
Saturn pretty much was in the business of re-badging Opel cars in Europe and bringing them to the U.S (Aura and Astra). I am not saying they are not good cars, but it was similar to how GM sold re-badged Holden cars from Australia as Pontiacs (GTO and G8). Of course, they are all GM divisions so it makes sense.
Last I remember reading and watching during a documentary on CNBC, they're like Lexus to many there - a status symbol. They also have models there that you aren't going to find in the US. Here's a Chinese Park Avenue. Not sure I'd buy one, but it sure as hell looks a lot better than the crap they used to sell here for the geriatric crowd :
Yeah GM and VW are pretty much 1 and 2 in Chinese car sales. Ford does OK too (they are in top 10) but not as well. One other thing I have noticed speaking to my Chinese friends is that they all love Audi, apparently that is their equivalent of BMW in America.
It's unlikely that Penske is taking a hard-line stance. Penske's agreemen was contingent on getting Nissan to make rebadged Samsung cars, but Nissan's board of directors voted against it. They thought the Samsung would be a low-cost competitor for Nissan, creating a conflict of interests.
