Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:55:28 +0100 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Most UNreliable luxury cars
Tex wrote: > "Paul Halliday" <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > news:BF201EC0.15792%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk... > > in article UtOdnZMrye_0kmffRVn-ignospamast.com, Tex at texnospamm101.org > > wrote > > on 10/08/2005 15:30: > > > > I suppose that's the price you pay for style and flair :) > > Maybe...but does it have to eb that way? There are some slick Japanese cars > which also are very reliable and of good overall quality. > > > Well ... Spirito di Punto ... I like European cars! Scandinavian cars > > totally rule, though! I'm surprised to see the 9-3 in a list of unreliable > > cars. > > I agree...euro cars are a lot of fun in their own way, but just wish they'd > improve their quality. It's particularly unfortunate for the 9-3 in regards > to this quality ranking however. It's a brilliant car but is assuredly > marred by lots of little quality & reliability issues. Little things > throughout the car are very much version 1.0. Worse yet, I don't see Saab > addressing any of these issues with any concerted effort. It's going into > it's 4th model year and from what I have seen most of the fundamental > quality/reliability issues have not been dealt with adequately. There > indeed seems to be a basic lack of direction/vision at Saab, which is > probably now worse given Peter Augusstons departure last February. I suspect the underlying problem is GM management rather than Saab engineering. GM has seriously trashed the Saab brand sadly. Graham