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Smooth move GM! - 4/1/2008 5:29:14 AM

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http://autos.aol.com/article/news/_a/oldsmobile-returns/20080331143109990001?AOLCOMMautodynlsec0004

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RE: Smooth move GM! - 4/1/2008 11:25:47 AM

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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

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RE: Smooth move GM! - 4/1/2008 11:59:18 AM

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

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RE: Smooth move GM! - 4/1/2008 11:59:57 AM

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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!!!!!

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RE: Smooth move GM! - 4/1/2008 12:04:26 PM

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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.

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RE: Smooth move GM! - 4/1/2008 3:19:14 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

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RE: Smooth move GM! - 4/1/2008 3:29:06 PM

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Well at leat I got one

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RE: Smooth move GM! - 4/2/2008 2:11:51 PM

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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.

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