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Black Oak Partners: Saturn Would Design Vehicles, Outsource Manufacturing (Visit this link)
Tom Krisher from the Associated Press: Such a deal would create something completely new, because an independent company would be telling manufacturers what to make for its dealerships, rather than the manufactures deciding what goes on dealer lots. "It's upside down from what the traditional distribution process looked like," Sandler said. "I think it's exciting."Saturn's 440 U.S. and Canadian dealers, with laid-back salesmen and no-haggle pricing, often match luxury brands' scores in independent customer satisfaction surveys. Their locations could be a ready retail network for a foreign automaker to come to the U.S. In a statement, the Black Oak group said it would form a new Saturn Distribution Co. that would keep a vehicle design function but will not manufacture vehicles. Designers would help other automakers tailor their products to Saturn's style and customer needs, the statement said. The new Saturn would offer vehicles from global manufacturers that would be sold in most cases under the Saturn brand, the statement said.
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