Squashed Saturns on GM’s Bottom Line?

Several weeks ago The Times published a photograph of nearly 1,700 new Saturn cars waiting to be crushed because a faulty coolant that contained a corrosive “had been installed during manufacture.”

Recently, a story noted that the company (GM, Saturn’s parent) is expected to post a third-quarter loss of $850 million, “GM Chairman Stempel Resigns Under Pressure” (Oct. 27). Could there be any connection between that loss and the type of management that thinks it is better to destroy 1,700 new cars than to replace the engines?

ROSWELL BOTTUM

Van Nuys