BY TIM HIGGINS
General Motors said today it would shut down Saturn after respected Detroit businessman Roger Penske shocked GM and 350 Saturn dealers by saying that his plans to buy the storied brand had fallen apart. The announcement came a day before GM and its dealers expected the deal to be finalized. The failure could cost as many as 13,000 jobs at dealerships nationwide and GM.
Penske’s plans for Saturn depended on securing another manufacturer to build future vehicles — a critical part of deal that fell apart when the board ofdirectors
for that unidentified automaker rejected the arrangement.
That manufacturer was Renault-Nissan, a person close to the talks told the Free Press.
Penske’s plans for Saturn depended on securing another manufacturer to build future vehicles — a critical part of deal that fell apart when the board of
That manufacturer was Renault-Nissan, a person close to the talks told the Free Press.
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