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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 21:17:36 +0000
From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamfitter.com>
Subject: Re: It's official - Saab on a deroute.....


Paul Halliday wrote: > > in article 3f9e9abb$0$29415$edfadb0fnopsamd15.news.tele.dk, Henrik B. at > saabnopsamdsl_nospam_.dk wrote on 28/10/2003 16:35: > > > Hi all. > > > > It's hereby official - Saab is selling out. > > > > As if they haven't had enough probs with Opels dieselengines, now they're > > introducing (in Europe), a Saab 9-3SS 1.8i, with the 122 Bhp Opel engine. > > What the hell are they thinking about? If it's to win costumers in the > > low-end segment, they're in for a surprise. People who'll buy this car, will > > find out it's underpowered and has all the bads, that Opels engines suffers > > from. > > I think all things considered, it's not as bad as it seems. For the last few > years we have had turbo only models and, while the diesel was a seriously > bad move, the lack of normally aspirated models was a shame. > > Follow me through here. The first 9-3s were poor. They were just re-badged > 900 GMs. When the Saab 9-3 was launched with fanfare in 1999, it was said to have over 1000 improvements, some said over 1100 improvements. How bad must the 900NG model have been? However, at least one of the improvements was the introduction of a cup holder, other improvements were choice of colours. This kind of slogans doesn't always go down well. I remember that British Leyland (later Austin-Rover) had a TV ad in the 1980's "Now we're motoring...", it really epitomised the poor quality they had been renown for due to bad industrial relations. The Saab 900NG was never a bad car, but it looked that way.

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