Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 11:35:36 +0200 From: "Griffin" <b.verweijnopsamnde.uu.nl> Subject: Re: The end of Saab as we know it?
> > One more thing and then I'll shut up. In Europe, a Golf GTI and a Saab 9-3 > are the same money. In America, my 9-3 had a sticker of $30,070. My wife's > *Passat* cost $23,500, and a GTI 1.8T costs $19,500. Maybe Saab's problem is > that the cars are being marked up far too much. If the 9-3 is a Golf > competitor overseas, and the 9-5 competes with the Passat, why isn't that > so here? The 9-3 is ABSOLUTELLY no cempetitor with the GOLF in Holland.....it's a competitor with the Passat, like in America. The 9-5 has no VW competitor, it can be competed with the AUDI A6.. In Europe (esspecially in Holland) VW cars are being marked up FAR to much...so I don't think Saab is to expensive in America, but VW is FAR too expensive in Europe....