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Hummer and Saturn to temporarily restart production
Two dead General Motors brands, Saturn and Hummer, will get their last hurrah on the automaker’s assembly line.
“We are building out a few Saturns to utilize existing material,” GM spokeswoman Kim Carpenter said. She said that GM will assemble Outlooks for a few more weeks.
The automaker made 1,037 Outlook crossovers last month after not making [...]
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GM Certified Used Vehicles adds 2005-2010 Saturns to its lineup
GM Certified Used Vehicles announced today that it will add all Saturn models years 2005-2010 for purchase at any of the 3,400 Buick, Chevrolet and GMC GM Certified Used Vehicles dealers across the nation.
“This move gives peace of mind to consumers who love the Saturn brand,” said Paul Pejza, manager, GM Certified Used Vehicles. “Consumers [...]
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GM offering $2,000 incentive to Saturn owners to stay with company
Hoping not to break bonds with some of its least committed customers after deciding to shut down the Saturn brand due to the failure of an attempted sale to Penske, GM is offering Saturn owners $2,000 in incentives towards a new vehicle from one of its four surviving brands.
The deal began on Feb. 2 and [...]
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After 3 days with Penske, Saturn’s former boss heads up Smart USA
After just three days with the company, former Saturn executive Jill Lajdziak has been named president of Smart USA, in the wake of former president David Schembri’s relocation to another post with Smart distributor Penske Automotive.
“As we look to enhance the position of the Smart brand, Jill’s background and experience will help us reinvigorate the [...]
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A total of 1,712 Pontiac, Saturn vehicles remain in inventory
According to General Motors’ sales executive, Susan Docherty, a total of 1,712 Saturn and Pontiac vehicles remain in the company’s inventory. Docherty told reporters and analysts that only 796 Pontiacs and 916 Saturn units remain, as compared to 32,000 Saturns and more than 70,000 Pontiacs the company had in May as it filed for Chapter [...]
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Report: GM offering huge incentives on remaining Pontiac, Saturn vehicles
According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, General Motors is offering huge incentives to dealers to speed up the sales of leftover Saturn and Pontiac vehicles on their lots. The move will essentially help GM report stronger December sales.
In a letter to dealers, GM said that it will give $7,000 for every new Saturn [...]
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J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Avoider Study finds consumers avoid brands with uncertain future
According to J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Avoider Study, nearly one in five new car shoppers avoid a brand due to their concerns over the future of the company.
J.D. Power and Associates said that the top five brands being avoided by consumers are domestic brands including Chrysler, Dodge, HUMMER, Pontiac and Saturn. The firm said that at [...]
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The Irony: Former Saturn boss hired by Penske to lead Smart USA
It’s no surprise by now that General Motors executives always seem to surprise us with their departure from Detroit. Former Saturn general manager Jill Lajdziak has been hired by Penske Automotive Group to become the company’s smart USA Distributor LLC unit as vice president, sales and marketing.
Lajdziak’s appointment comes as Smart’s sales continue to drop off [...]
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GM offering big incentives to clear Saturn inventory, get $4,000 off 2008, 2009 models
General Motors’ efforts to sell Saturn to Penske Automotive Group fell through last month. The automaker is no longer producing Saturn vehicles as it proceeds to shutdown the brand completely. According to Automotive News, in an effort to clear out the remaining Saturn inventory, GM today launched an incentive program that runs through the end of [...]
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Saturn’s Jill Lajdziak to retire by the end of 2009
Jill Lajdziak, who joined General Motors’ Saturn brand before its first car was ever sold, will retire from the company by the end of 2009. Lajdziak, 52, led the Saturn brand through its demise last month.
She will take vacation time until her retirement said spokesman John McDonald. In the mean time, GM’s Steve Hill will coordinate [...]
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