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Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 19:06:49 +0100
From: Robert Brown <rxobert.bxrownnopsampnet.se>
Subject: Re: successor to 900 5-door?


Ric wrote: > Hello, > > I have a 900 5-door which I love but will need to replace this year. I went > to the dealer to ask about the new model, but he told me that it came only > in saloon and estate car variants (well he called the latter some silly > name, but it looked like an estate to me). He said there probably would not > be a hatchback model. I really don't want a saloon, nor an estate. I was > wondering what other Saab hatchaback owners are buying? Is there a natural > successor? I can't think of any. It seems odd to me that Saab have abandoned > a nice little niche they had to themselves and gone headlong against the > German manufacturers who already make saloons and estates (and mostly with > better diesel engines, better gearboxes, and 4wd too!). This is why I, after many years with 99, 900 Classic, and 9-3, finally opted for the Audi A4 Avant. Similar heavyish feel, solid quality car, as the old Saabs (before GM did its tap dance on Trollh”ttan). *That's* the car that many ex-Saab owners have gone for around here. /Robert

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