Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:50:30 +0100 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Just Do It GM-Change SAAB into "GMW"
Craig's C900 Site wrote: > "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzle.nospamnospamlobal.net> writes: > > >>Yet GM wants to produce 'sedans' it seems. Utterly blinkered thinking. > > >A depressingly accurate statement and the very reason I bought Saab instead > >of a "mainstream" GM product. The choices are slim now. > > This is strange because the majority of the Saab C900's I've noticed here in > Sydney when driving around are sedan body versions, and very few are > hatchbacks. In affluent parts of Sydney it could be different, mainly > because those areas would have the biggest concentration of more recent > GM-ified models. > > I don't know if the story is the same in other main Australian > cities like Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart or Perth. Given that Saab > seems to be associated more with Melbourne than Sydney (in terms of have > more outlets for service and parts), the picture in Melbourne could well be > favouring hatchbacks versions. Are hatchbacks generally popular in Australia vs the '3 box' body style where both versions of the same model are available ( probably not many models that fit that category now ) ? > I think that deciding on producing sedan-body or hatchback-body only is a > stupid move as it's forcing that onto markets where one or the other is more > favourable. Exactly. Saab's lost sales in it's home European market where hatchbacks are v. popular. > I wonder if there will be a 'sunroof vs no sunroof' decision? Personally I > hate sunroofs, but other people love them. Bit of a subjective issue. My last car had a glass sunroof and I liked it - it illuminates a possibly gloomy cabin in the winter months and provides extra fresh air in summer. The absence of one from my 9000 doesn't bother me - but the cabin's trimmed in a light grey so it's naturally relatively light. Graham
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