Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 17:22:42 GMT From: Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: 2008 SAAB 9-3 SportCombi
Paul Halliday wrote: > ... Anyone not seen it yet, check out: > <http://www.nospam.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=31628769> > > Personally, I think it look superb! I'm not sure how that style would fair > on the 9-3SS, or the 9-5 which ought to be more sophisticated, but for a > sporty combi, the look is really good - sharp, sporty, modern, youthful :) Nah, it's cheap an tacky. As one poster on the above link said, Saabs are beginning to acquire a bling look. It might sell in the USA but it must be damaging European sales. How long before they get 'spinners' too ? That front end treatment is looking ever more fat and 'Caddy' too. It's lost the sharp nose it once had. So how about a hatchback Saab once more ? Saab had the entire world market for sport executive hatchbacks in the days of the 900 and 9000. I don't want some lumpen 'sedan' or 'wagon'. BTW, whatevert happened to the Saabillac ? Did it sink without trace ? It was certainly shockingly ugly. " Trollhatan has slowed its production of the car down to 30 units a week. When the BLS launched the factory was producing that many cars per day. At this pace GM/Saab is on track to produce only 1,560 cars a year, a number well off any of GM's original targets. Despite the slow start, the BLS is still the best selling Cadillac in Europe so far this year. " http://www.autoblog.com/2006/06/15/cadillac-bls-a-bust-in-europe/ Graham
