Re: Vs: If Pentax were like an automobile company ...

2003-10-13 Thread Jostein 
- Original Message - 
From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 GM does own Isuzu, much like they own Saab and a number of other
 companies. But they don't build Isuzu cars or Saab cars. Nor do they
 build the transmission Bill is complaining about. They do make GM cars,
 which have scored extremely well on both initial satisfaction surveys
 and long term durability surveys. 

Do they make GM food too?

;-)


Jostein

Vs: If Pentax were like an automobile company ...

2003-10-12 Thread Raimo Korhonen 
Hi!
I am pretty sure that GM owns Isuzu or a large part of it.
My Opel (a GM car) has diesel engine built by Isuzu - in Japan or Austria, hard to 
tell. Now Isuzu makes diesels for European GM cars in Poland, too.
All the best!
Raimo
Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
- Original Message - 
From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: If Pentax were like an automobile company ...


 Uh, Bill, I hate to burst your bubble, but Isuzu isn't an American car,
 and it isn't a GM car. GM doesn't build transmissions. They buy them
 from suppliers, same as Isuzu. It might be the same trans that GM uses,
 but it's not their part. 
 
 William Robb wrote:
  
  - Original Message -
  From: Keith Whaley
  Subject: Re: If Pentax were like an automobile company ...
  
   I still want to hear about that tranny!  g
  
  Well, the GM built tranny in my Isuzu went south after less than 100,000 km
  (thats 62,500 miles for the metrically impaired).
  Cost two and a half grand to fix.
  I was mighty impressed.
  Apparently, it's the same unit they put into one of the Cadillacs.
  When the well fills up again, I am going to buy another made in Japan
  Nissan.
  The Nissan Axxess was the best car I have ever owned.
  
  William Robb