Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 23:19:46 +0100 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> Subject: Re: Saab commitment to USA
Martyn Hodson wrote: > > <davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message > news:annlgk$fnimn$4nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de... > > Someone who looks an awful lot like American Resolve > <American_Resolve_USAnopsamail.com> wrote: > > > Are Saabs made in the U S of A? > <snip> > > > From what I heard the > > > Saabs have engine blocks that are combined engine + transaxle > > > > I'm not sure what this means - they're separate mechanisms, not like > > they're a single casting or something - can you clarify your question? > > > > i presume he is referring to the european habit begun by the mini of the > engine and transaxle bein fairly well integrated assemblies > > <snip>> > Are they as reliable as Saturns, both of them owned by GM > > > and all... > > > > Well, GM has (for the most part) stayed out of the design and engineering > > decisions, so they haven't really hurt the quality of the cars. As far > > as longevity, it's not at all unusual to have a Saab go well over 200,000 > > miles - many go much, much further than that. I don't know how that > > compares to Saturn, but again, they're a fairly new make. > > > the design and engineering input from GM into Saabs has been from Opel/ > Vauxhall ( aka GM europe) there are commonalities between the current Saab > line up and the GM europe product line , the engines Saab use are in the > same family as the Opel/Vaux engines of a similar size, also various bits > and pieces of the internals are common with Opel/vaux > > Martyn I think this is a vast over simplification, it will take too much electronic paper to sort that one out. But these issues have been discussed many times before in the ng, so I know that a lot of knowledgeable people will disagree with you. Johannes