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Title: Penske to Buy Saturn
Post by: Gratiot on June 05, 2009, 08:52:40 AM
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DETROIT – A person briefed on the deal says General Motors Corp. will sell its Saturn brand to former race car driver and dealership chain owner Roger Penske.

Yahoo News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090605/ap_on_re_us/gm_saturn_penske)

If true, wow.
Title: Re: Penske to Buy Saturn
Post by: NHSparky on June 05, 2009, 08:56:55 AM
As I stated on FR:

230 mph Saturns?  Me likey.  :hyper:
Title: Re: Penske to Buy Saturn
Post by: JohnnyReb on June 05, 2009, 01:00:47 PM
Quote from: NHSparky on June 05, 2009, 08:56:55 AM
As I stated on FR:

230 mph Saturns?  Me likey.  :hyper:

Didn't Penske purchase Detroit Diesel and Allison Transmissions from GM a few years ago?

100 mpg diesel plus indestructable transmission = me likey.
Title: Re: Penske to Buy Saturn
Post by: diesel driver on June 05, 2009, 01:17:28 PM
Quote from: JohnnyReb on June 05, 2009, 01:00:47 PM
Didn't Penske purchase Detroit Diesel and Allison Transmissions from GM a few years ago?

100 mpg diesel plus indestructable transmission = me likey.

Yes he did, and turned both companies around   :cheersmate:  because GM was just letting them waste away.   :hammer:

Penske should buy GM, move the whole operation to Great Britain, and tell Zero to "go play with himself"....   :bird:
Title: Re: Penske to Buy Saturn
Post by: BlueStateSaint on June 05, 2009, 02:42:52 PM
I drive a 2002 Saturn SL sedan.  Basic, reliable, gets 30+ mpg.  I bemoaned the melding of the Saturn lines with those of GM, and said that I wouldn't buy another.  Now that Roger Panske is buying the company . . . I may have to change that feeling. :hyper:
Title: Re: Penske to Buy Saturn
Post by: Bluesuiter-Retired on June 05, 2009, 09:06:35 PM
Quote from: JohnnyReb on June 05, 2009, 01:00:47 PM
Didn't Penske purchase Detroit Diesel and Allison Transmissions from GM a few years ago?

100 mpg diesel plus indestructable transmission = me likey.

Isn't that the DURAMAX/ALLISON combo?

That combination is the cats meow in powertrains.