Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:23:04 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: It's official - Saab on a deroute.....
in article BBC4A9C8.AC2E%pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk, Paul Halliday at pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk wrote on 28/10/2003 23:18: > in article 3f9ed27c$0$29352$edfadb0fnopsamd15.news.tele.dk, Henrik B. at > saabnopsamdsl_nospam_.dk wrote on 28/10/2003 20:33: > >> Paul Halliday wrote: >> :: Follow me through here. The first 9-3s were poor. They were just re- >> :: badged 900 GMs. >> >> Not true. > > Okay, care to expand on this? > >> Saab have since managed to build a good car around >> :: GM standard parts and I am a serious fan of the new 9-3 and, >> :: especially, 9-5 models. We've not seen that kind of quality since >> :: the C900. I'm sure we'll see that again with these 1.8 NA engines. >> >> Nope! The problem is, that Saab hasn't had their hands on the engine at all. >> It's a 100% Opel-engine, mounted directly into the car, as it comes from >> R¸sselsheim. So you'll get a great handling car, but with the poor >> engine-quality of an Opel. Just as well as Opel puts a 100% Saab engine into >> the Vectra (the forementioned 175 Bhp turbo). > > Why don't Opel/Vaux use the Saab turbo engine in their Opel/Vaux offerings? > Or, do they? I only really know UK cars. I still like the newer Saab > offerings and think they're starting to get things back to the quality they > used to have (albeit in a mass-produced sense). > > Having been to the Saab museum, the one thing that really struck me about > the Saab heritage was the care that the people (right > Sorry, bloody odd mouse action there :) I'll finish ... Right from the executives down, or from the assemblers up, there was a real sense of care and love for the product. Perhaps it wasn't rare back "then", but Saab *did* care. I'm not sure about now, but only time (and historians) will tell :) We can only judge from their products and we've all been critical of some of Saab's cars. Let's see what this 1.8 NA is actually like... Paul
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