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Hummer, Opel, Jaguar and Land Rover will "make it." Because all they really are is brand names and identities, which have value.
Unlike names like Pontiac, which is really just a GM nameplate with little or no value.
Saab and Volvo are similar, but as brand names/identities IMO have less value than the other 4. Volvo has some value in that they are more diversified with trucks and commercial vehicles, and have managed somehow to create a perception that "because our cars are so boxy, slow and ugly, we MUST be safer than a BMW or Mercedes."
I think they are less clear than the other 4, but will survive. I think they would be a good pickup for a Chinese company like Geeley. It gives them what they need - a name people recognize. It's a unique situation, because as a standalone independent company, Volvo could never be a profitable company, and I don't think it ever could be profitable being run by a big US automaker. But a Chinese company, maybe.
I don't think Saab will be around 15 years from now. They were another company that has long been a dead man walking, only able to survive as a brand by being a parasite on a larger company. But by being a parasite, their brand has been so diluted, they lost a lot of their former loyal, quirky customers, who knew better than to buy rebadged GM stuff like the 9-7, or the other models which have had GM input.
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