Saturn OUT – Sooner Than We Think
General Motors is itching to get rid of Saturn, according to a recent Auto News report. The big G is looking to close out Saturn Auto Makers & dealers by the Spring of 2010, March to be exact. This is contrary (or an update) from original reports that GM would hold onto Saturn until October 2010.
“All of our efforts will be to sell down our remaining 2009 inventory,” said Susan Docherty, GM’s vice president of U.S. sales, “We’ll have a little bit of carryover of that into the first quarter of 2010, but the objective is to keep our inventory somewhere between 425,000 to 450,000 units.” General Motors will most likely clear out the 2009-model-year inventory by January. The company will shutter its Pontiac and Saturn brands by the end of the first quarter, Docherty said. GM has about 10,000 Pontiac left and 8,000 Saturns. “We’re actually winding down those products quicker than we had anticipated,” she added.
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