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On a clear day you can still see General Motors

The 1990s will be General Motors' toughest decade. Is the world's biggest manufacturer heading for break-up or oblivion?

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SOON after General Motors's chairman, Mr Roger Smith, drives the first car off the assembly line of his company's Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee next summer, he will ride off into a comfortable retirement. The company he leaves behind faces a bleaker future.

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