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Article: Well, not so different: Saturn is feeling GM's gravitational pull.(includes related article on the ongoing strike at General Motors)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- August 3, 1998
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Saturn is feeling GM's gravitational pull
In 1986, Kenny Duncan moved from upstate New York to Spring Hill, Tenn., a small town 35 miles south of Nashville, to take part in a grand experiment in auto manufacturing. Duncan, a United Auto Workers representative, was an original member of the "Group of 99," the team that created a new, independent division of General Motors Corp. called Saturn.
From the outset, almost everything about Saturn was different. Executives bandied about words like "consensus" and "teamwork"; policy was set by an 11-person Saturn Action Council that included a UAW representative; dealers helped select options for cars and choose ...