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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:00:39 -0400
From: Malt_Hound <Malt_Houndnospamm*yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: In What Year?..............


Henrik B. wrote: > "Malt_Hound" <Malt_Houndnospamm*yahoo.com> skrev i en meddelelse > news:gJqdnXmoZ7FKzl3fRVn-iwnospamphia.com... > > >>I think your timeline is a little bit off, Paul. The 9000 facelift did >>happen in '93, > > > Nope, happened in september 1991. ;o)) > Just you "yanks" that are a year behind. ;o)) I was talking model years, not actual dates. > > >> but my '92 9000T already had ABS, SRS, DI, ACC, so that was not when >>these changes took place. I think these changes were already in the >>Trollhattan pipeline before GM got financially (and otherwise) involved. > > > Correct, as DI was introduced late 1988 on the 1989-models. ACC came out > with the car i 1984. > > >> The car became considerably prettier from the outside, but the rearward >>vision from the driver's seat became somewhat of a problem. Safety was >>obviously not the primary consideration of that facelift as SAAB designs >>had always been in the past (beauty be damned). > > > Wrong. The CS is a much safer car, than the old CC. The CS-body is > reinforced, especially in sideway collisions. Saab-engineers where here in > Denmark, back in 1987, when a 9000 was spilt in two, in an accident. I sent > them the pics of the car. The added side protection does not negate the loss of visibility. It was a good thing they reinforced the body since you could no longer see what the hell was behind you. ;-) I still contend that they allowed the "styling" of the new rear end to override the obvious safety factor of good driver vision. That is not something the SAAB designers were known to do prior. -Fred W

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