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There are quite a few of those once great brands that ran into trouble: Saab, Volvo, Jaguar... The latter two are doing a reasonably good job today under new o
by hef19898 3y ago
There are quite a few of those once great brands that ran into trouble: Saab, Volvo, Jaguar...
The latter two are doing a reasonably good job today under new ownership. A pitty Saab didn't survive so, those were pretty cars.
- jabl 3y agoI think what did them in was that the auto market is operating on thin margins, and with ever increasing R&D costs for new platforms, it was inevitable that the small vendors would be knocked out.
- hef19898 3y agoYeah, it kind of was that as well. That Saab ended up with GM didn't help neither. For some reason GM is pretty good in ruining their international brands. Ford almost did as well, but kept Jaguar alive long enough for them being saved by Tata Motors.
- oblio 3y agoGM probably centralizes decision making in the US and no matter how much you try, not everything can be piloted from the US. Several big US tech companies do the same and we'll keep seeing them failing in the international arena for the same reason. For some strange reason, not everyone in the world is an American or thinks like one :-)