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Re: No new 9-3 hatchback? Posted by NCCaniac [Email] (#352) [Profile/Gallery] (more from NCCaniac) on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:33:03 In Reply to: No new 9-3 hatchback?, Eric Iversen [Profile/Gallery] , Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:06:29 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Based on other interviews, I don't think they mean that all the new 9-3s would be built in China. They have said numerous times that the plant in Trollhatten will be where all the cars are built (after the current 9-4x is replaced by the next gen 9-4x...if there is one). They have also said they would like to expand their market into China (as almost all brands want to do). That may mean that to have enough capacity that they might manufacture some 9-3s in China for the China market. I don't expect we will see 9-3s coming from China coming to North America or Europe.
As for the hatchback, I would not assume anything yet. Supposedly there are 4 (or perhaps 5) variants of the new 9-3 being considered/planned and there have been numerous hints that a hatchback will be part of that somewhere....whether at the beginning or in a follow-on year.
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