Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 23:36:02 +0000 (UTC) From: amesnopsamrak.demon.co.uk (Andrew Stephenson) Subject: Re: What car would you buy INSTEAD OF of a Saab???
In article <3F33F23C.20500CE7nopsamfitter.com> johsnopsamfitter.com "Johannes H Andersen" writes: > Andrew Stephenson wrote: > > > > Volvo fans may protest; but IMHO the last Volvo was the 440. The > > marque is now an excuse for tarted-up Fords. (Hmm, recent noises > > about 9-2s sound horribly analogous. Write "Subaru" for "Ford"?) > > Quite true, the new S50, will be made from bashing out a Ford Focus. > However, the S60 is an original Volvo, conceived long before Ford > came on the scene. I am just going by what I have seen. Between the 440 and what followed, there seemed a drastic shift in design attitude, to the worse. As if Saabs suddenly began to resemble *.jp boxes. OTOH, maybe this is now off-topic for a Saab NG. -- Andrew Stephenson