The Death of Subaru

[NewsReporter]

The reason I bring this up is because Saab is coming out with a rebadged Subaru and in several Asian countries the Subaru Forester is badged as a Chevy. We've talked about Buick being the next brand GM killing off after Oldsmobile but could Subaru be the one that is killed?It sure seems like it.

[Vans]

I one hundred percent disagree with you. Subaru is just getting started with the new outback and legacy coming out.

[Slack00]

Yeah, that's right, automobile companies do their DARNDEST to try and kill off their own divisions and subsidiaries, because, you know, it's a wise business idea. http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/rolleyes1.gif

[NewsReporter]

We are talking about GM guys, they aren't the brightist guys. Recall the Azzteck?

[fatddyslam69]

may i ask how old you are? newsreporter? just to know?

[BrianS]

its actually not that horrible of a business model

buy up your competition, absorb the assets, and end production of its cars


so far GM does not have a controling stake in subaru, so subaru is still subaru....but its probably only a matter of time until GM, while probalby wont kill subaru, will suck out its soul

[CharlieDigital]

Perhaps loss of identity is a better term. GM is slowly melding all of the different models from their different divisions and building almagams (there's already a planned Saab that's based off of the WRX with some different sheet metal). So in a sense, it is the death of Subie's (and Saab's) identity rather than the company itself.

On the otherhand, you have the Ford-Volvo-Mazda relationship which mirrors the GM-Saab-Subie relationship (American-Swedish-Japanese), but seems to be faring much better. My hypothesis is that this is because Ford has respected the identities of Volvo (safety) and Mazda (zoom-zoom) rather than milking them and giving them hand-me-downs.

[NewsReporter]

may i ask how old you are? newsreporter? just to know?



I am 22, you?


Perhaps loss of identity is a better term


That is what I should have said

[BrianS]

^^^

sucking out its soul

losing its identity

tomato, toma'to

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[jaje]

most mazdas don't "zoom zoom" unless you just sit there in park and rev the engine

[psypher22]

most mazdas don't "zoom zoom" unless you just sit there in park and rev the engine



that was a low blow. you're lucky there arent any mazda loyalists on this board...

oh yeah...i agree. http://forums.freshalloy.com/images/graemlins/grin.gif