Re: bmw-digest V9 #693

[Robert T Chafin <rtchafin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey David:  Try getting at least one of your facts right. What <GM> is
doing to SAAB is pretty much what they do with any good idea. DO take a
look at what Ford has done to Jaguar: a)Saved them from obscurity and
bankruptcy; b)Dragged them kicking and screaming to an acceptable level of
product quality, and c)Financed the development of a stunning new model.
The XK-8, by the way. 

>>Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 08:03:53 -0600
>From: "Holeman, David" <david.holeman@domain.elided>
>Subject: Ford and BMW - UGH
>
>I think about a crappy car company like Ford buying BMW and I shudder.
>Just look at what they did to SAAB.  One of the finest turbo engines on
>the market and they move to make the 900 look like a Taurus and they put
>ford engines in them.  Then look at what they did to Jaguar.  They made
>these cars look even more like the Taurus and for how much.  Look what
>they did to the XJ12 - there is a waste.  No one event thinks of it as a
>sports car any more. =
>
>
>David Holeman
>www.mpower.com<
>

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