Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 16:08:41 +0100 From: In 't Veld <cjveldnopsamr.nl.net> Subject: Re: New Saab ?!?!? DEVELOPERS! where are you?
Leroy Curtis wrote: > >SAAB should head forward and develop: > > > >- a new engine, cause the 4 cylinder is very very old, the trionic is > >great! > > I think the current 4-cylinder engine is one of the best things about > Saab at the moment, particularly the 2.0-litre LPT unit. I agree, the 4-cylinder is great, but Saab is now developing a completely new engine, this engine will be equipped with variable compression, a great new system invented by Saab mastermind Per Gilbrand, some info: A revolutionary V6 or V5 engine with much power (225 to 300 hp) and very small consumption (about 25 km. a litre) With variable compression the engine will be able to run on various sorts of fuel. Even salad-oil will do... > >- a 4WD concept or they´ll loose lot of market in the next future, cause > >they lost a lot of traction in the past with 200hp on 2 front wheels... > > Agreed. Although the 9-5 Aero is OK in this area. 4WD will come (next year) first only for a crosscountry version of the estate, afterwards maybe in other models too. Produced in Austria by Steyr-Puch. > >- a strong turbo DIESEL engine for the 9-5, cause lots of people like a > >turbo DIESEL estate! > > Given the fact that the US is one of the most important markets for > Saab, and the desire for Diesels there is almost non-existent, I wonder > if this would be worthwhile. If GM produced a modern Diesel engine which > could be used in the 9-5 (I think the TiD unit as used in the 9-3 would > be insufficient for the larger 9-5) then it would probably be a > profitable exercise, but nothing suitable exists in the GM parts bin at > the moment, as far as I'm aware. It surely wouldn't be cost-effective > for Saab to develop their own Diesel engine for the 9-5 at the moment. Diesel will come. 3.0 V6, with about 200 hp (I guess) > > > >- a premium class car, 9-7 please not with a 4 cylinder engine, V6 V8 > >LPturbo? > > Interesting idea, but luxury car buyers are a conservative bunch, and > they buy a badge as much as they do a car. It's notoriously difficult to > break into the luxury sector, although Lexus has succeeded, in the US > (not really in Europe, though). It will be interesting to see how well > Volkswagen's effort fares. Please, no! Don't introduce a large Saab! Saab was almost dead after positioning their cars (900 and 9000) higher in the market (especially the 900) some years ago, if they would introduce a larger car I don 't think this will be sold (very much). Better introduce a small car (9-2)... > > (can´t compare a BMW 7xx, Mercedes S to any SAAB) > >- an electronic stabilizing system (ESP) or they won´t be that safe enough > >in the future I believe they're working on that too. > >- a tiptronic shifting and lower windnoise level inside the car Saab has had other forms of shifting (sensonic) wasn't much of a success, don't count on tiptronic. The windnoise is off course something they're always working on. > >- and we all want a CS trunc type 9-5 like the old 9000CS was > > maybee one to open the trunc and if you need more space you can open the > >rear screen too?! > > that´s why we liked the 9000CS cause it looked like a sedan and had space > >like an estate! > > > The world market for large hatchbacks is very small. That's why Ford > dropped the Scorpio hatchback long before they finished production of > the Saloon and Estate Car. I would really like a 9-5 hatch too, but it won't come (well, that's what I think) because of the 9-5 wagon. The first new Saab will probably come in 2002, the successor of the 9-3. Maybe there will be some kind of a coupé or roadster before (or a 9-2) but I don't really think so. I hope so. Geert Geerts Saab Site: http://www.theoffice.net/saab
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