Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 21:33:08 +0100 From: "Henrik B." <saabnopsamdsl_nospam_.dk> Subject: Re: It's official - Saab on a deroute.....
Paul Halliday wrote: :: Follow me through here. The first 9-3s were poor. They were just re- :: badged 900 GMs. Not true. 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). Cheers!