Smooth move GM!

94rt10ohio · #1 04-01-2008, 08:29 AM

http://autos.aol.com/article/news/_a...utodynlsec0004

Jr. Mechanic · #2 04-01-2008, 02:25 PM

Thats just plain sad. Olds is an american icon, and the part that sickens me the most:

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The Toyota exec saw an opportunity, and the rights to the name were scooped up by Toyota for a nominal re-filing fee -- just $5000

dodgebrothers · #3 04-01-2008, 02:59 PM

Saw this too. But also saw the "April Fools" at the end of it!!!

DevilsReject · #4 04-01-2008, 02:59 PM

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ORIGINAL: Jr. Mechanic

Thats just plain sad. Olds is an american icon, and the part that sickens me the most:

You obviously didnt get it....

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Toyota is poised to turn GM's once-great weapon against its former owner. With an impressive engineering commitment and a delicate balance of reverence for the past and ambition for the future, we may be witnessing another Curse of the Bambino.

APRIL FOOLS!!!!!

97 3.5 Intrepid · #5 04-01-2008, 03:04 PM

They didn't fool me for a minuet. I think Toyota is smart enough to know that would never work and that GM would fight them tooth and nail if they tried to do something like that.

Jr. Mechanic · #6 04-01-2008, 06:19 PM

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ORIGINAL: DevilsReject

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ORIGINAL: Jr. Mechanic

Thats just plain sad. Olds is an american icon, and the part that sickens me the most:

You obviously didnt get it....

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Toyota is poised to turn GM's once-great weapon against its former owner. With an impressive engineering commitment and a delicate balance of reverence for the past and ambition for the future, we may be witnessing another Curse of the Bambino.

APRIL FOOLS!!!!!

grrr lol I didnt read the whole thing, and I keep forgetting it is april fools day [:@]

94rt10ohio · #7 04-01-2008, 06:29 PM

Well at leat I got one

Altair · #8 04-02-2008, 05:11 PM

Lol you got me too, read part of it, came back here to comment then after seeing you guys talking about it went back and finished reading it.