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Saturn Remains in the Ring (Visit this link)
G. Chambers Williams III from San Antonio Express-News by way of the AJC: Don't write the obituary for Saturn just yet. Plans are under way to spin the brand off into an independent distribution company, which then would contract with other automakers to build vehicles for it. The buyer could be Saturn's own 208 dealers, a coalition of investors or even another automaker —- perhaps one from China, dealers and analysts say. How much it would cost and how the deal would be financed still have to be worked out, but Jill Lajdziak, Saturn's general manager, said an announcement could come as early as mid-April. Saturn's dealers and GM managers say any plan they decide on would maintain the current dealer network —- but eventually field a new line of non-GM vehicles. GM has said that it won't provide vehicles to Saturn dealers beyond 2012. The new company would be free to enlist other automakers to build vehicles to replace those now in Saturn showrooms.
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