# Penske deal fails, Saturn to be shut down

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**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [October 1, 2009, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/penske-deal-fails-saturn-to-be-shut-down/203842 "2009-10-01T08:39:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![94gsr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/47e85d/32.png) [@94gsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94gsr)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/penske-deal-fails-saturn-to-be-shut-down/203842/28 "2009-10-07T15:55:17Z")

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> [@So let's say...you work it out! /thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-lets-say-you-work-it-out-thread/41280/13):
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> Ford is a much better run company than GM or Chrysler is. They had a problem and fixed it. They didn’t go whining to the gov to help them.
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> Fanboy or not, ford told the gov to piss off with bailout money and that should be worth something. Any company telling the gov to butt out is OK in my book.
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> Do you really think that all of the money they took will be paid back to the government?

Ford sold most of there assests to the gov a few years back so they wouldnt go under. They did go whining to the gov.

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