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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:53:34 -0500
From: "Russell D. Ollie, Sr." <russell.ollienopsams.com>
Subject: Re: Question for Swedish folks (was: 9-5 beats A6,E-Class,5-Series,S80,300M)


Actually, the S80 was never stuck in port due to quality problems. That was the C70 convertible. I believe in the end, the problems were so serious that they shipped the 1998 models back to the factory. -rdo russell.ollienopsamnet 1998 S70 T5, 27k miles (for sale) r600nopsamejanews.com wrote in message <756aec$lcl$1nopsam1.dejanews.com>... >Neither. Bottom line is that Volvo has a much broader product range in Sweden >than Saab does, particularly at the low-end, high volume segment where saab >doesn't compete. > >In regard to quality, witness cars like the Volvo 340 and 440, the new C70 >and Convertible and the S80 (stuck in port in the U.S. due to quality >issues)and you will see that Volvo had (has)quality issues as well. However, >Volvo has done a better and faster job of improving its quality -- Saab has >finally reached an admirable level of quality with the 9-5 and 9-3, but it's >been a long, hard road... > > > >In article <367610BB.184FECFCnopsamnet.cz>, > totalnopsamnet.cz wrote: >> What is the "general notion" in Sweden about Saab vs. Volvo? >> Sales figures tell us that Volvo is several times better selling than >> Saab while both car-makers having very similar prices? >> Is it because Volvo has a higher "status" or because of *former* >> Saab reliability problems? >> >> Thanks for your answers, Radek >> >> > >-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- >http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own

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