Following the news that General Motors is to shut down the Saab brand of cars, a Gulf News poll asked readers which recently-defunct car manufacturer they will miss the most. Here are the results.
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Rover, a British motorcycle and car manufacturing company established in 1904, got 37 per cent of the votes, with no Rover cars currently in production.
Saab got 21 per cent of the votes, after General Motors Co.’s plan to save the manufacturer by selling it failed on Sunday, meaning the storied Swedish brand will be the latest to hit the scrap pile.
The Pontiac got 16 per cent of votes. A brand of automobiles first produced in 1926 and sold in the United States, Canada, and Mexico by General Motors (GM), Pontiac has been specialising in mainstream performance vehicles. On April 27, 2009, amid ongoing financial problems and restructuring efforts, GM announced that it would phase out the Pontiac brand by the end of 2010.
Nine per cent of the votes went to The Plymouth, an automobile which was introduced on July 7, 1928. It was the Chrysler Corporation’s first entry in the low-priced field, and 2001 was The Plymouth’s final model year.
Oldsmobile was a brand of automobiles produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars. When it was phased out, Oldsmobile was the oldest surviving American automobile marque, and one of the oldest in the world. It was GM’s first brand to be phased out in the 21st century, and this car got 6 per cent of votes.
The Korean Daewoo got 10 per cent in our poll. This car was founded on March 22, 1967 and was dismantled by the Korean government in 1999, following the Asian Financial Crisis of 1998.
Two per cent voted for the Saturn, which was a subsidiary of General Motors Company, established on January 7, 1985, in response to the success of Japanese small-car imports in the United States. Following the withdrawal of a bid by Penske Automotive to acquire Saturn in September 2009, General Motors announced that it expected to shut down the brand by October 2010.
