# Penske deal fails, Saturn to be shut down

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**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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**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/penske-deal-fails-saturn-to-be-shut-down/203842/40 "2009-10-08T11:46:24Z")

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> [@Dirt cheap LS1 & T56](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dirt-cheap-ls1-t56/41288/9):
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> and what made the problem in the first place for GM and Chrysler?

The government didn’t institute high tariffs on foreign made cars to protect the domestic industry. The government didn’t regulate stockholder/white collar/blue collar/no collar greed.

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