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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:16:53 -0700
From: Johannes H Andersen <johannes.andersennopsamel.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: SAAB 9-3 versus BMW 3 series


Steve Chew wrote: > > In article <3AEDC4C3.58964950nopsamel.ac.uk>, Johannes H Andersen > <johannes.andersennopsamel.ac.uk> writes > > > > > >Four Weis wrote: > >> > >> Bob wrote: > >> > >> > On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 00:17:59 -0400, Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> wrote: > >> > > >> > >I have test driven the 9-3 and NG 900s. I have owned a classic 900 since > >1985. > >> > >I love the classic and will not buy a new Saab. > >> > > >> > I own a "new" Saab (well, 97) and would not buy a classic. To each his > >> > own. > >> > > >> > >> I have driven both and prefer the classic, probably because for 16 years it > >defined > >> what a Saab should be and the 9-3 just seemed to have lost the some of the > >best > >> features of the Saab. If you have never owned and driven the classic, then > >the 9-3 > >> would seem to be a fine car and if that is your perception, it is your > >reality. > > > >Have never driven a classic, but it does look nose heavy, the whole of the > >engine > >is hanging ahead of the front wheels. The last production models 1992? of the > >classic > >were very tempting though; the "Ruby" models and any convertible holds their > >second > >hand value particularly well. > > > >Johannes > > And the 9-3 isn't nose heavy..? Funny, I'm sure I saw an engine and > gearbox lurking somewhere under it's bonnet ;) > Yes, there should be one, but on the classic it is longitudinally mounted ahead of an imagined front axle. This must shift the front/rear weight distribution forward, that was what I meant by nose heavy. I don't know if this affects the car, it seems to have large overhangs at both front and rear, making it a surprisingly long car, longer than the 9000, but also narrower. Johannes

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