Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:18:08 -0400 From: Holden Caulfield <dontspamnospamom> Subject: Re: Strange thing...
Do you really care if the struts on your > Mercedes are the same as on a Dodge minivan? Yes, but not so much as I would care if I had a C Class and people mistook it for a Neon. > > So why do you care that the same platform is used on the Malibu as on the > 9-3 (among others)? > > Because I got embarassed when I point out an '04 to my friend (who knows nothing about Saabs) and he says, "What's that? A Malibu Classic?" Saab stopped making cars in '02. The name has since been kept alive by Opel, Chevy, and Subaru.