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GM influence started with the 1994 Saab 900.
Posted by Paul B. (more from Paul B.) on Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:20:56
In Reply to: 2003 Saab 9-3, Chase Boeger, Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:55:47
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GM began buying in to Saab in the early 1990's (I think they bought a 50% share in 1990).
Any new models introduced from 1994 onwards were GM designs. The 1994 convertable and 9000 models were carryover designs from Saab until they were replaced with newer designs.
This isn't to say the GM designs aren't decent cars, but the "built like tanks" comment you made would be more applicable to the older Saab designs which also had their share of shortcomings, such as weak manual transmissions and a propensity toward failed headgaskets and cracked cylinder heads.
As some of the other responses explain, the 2003 9-3ss was a complete redesign which had it's share of bugs which were worked out in later years.
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Posts in this Thread:
- 2003 Saab 9-3, Chase Boeger, Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:55:47
- GM influence started with the 1994 Saab 900., Paul B., Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:20:56 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: 2003 Saab 9-3, Chase, Sun, 20 Oct 2013 17:48:33
- Re: 2003 Saab 9-3, Name Left Blank, Sun, 20 Oct 2013 06:23:03
- Re: 2003 Saab 9-3, Chadwick , Sun, 20 Oct 2013 06:18:18
- Re: 2003 Saab 9-3, Ron, Sun, 20 Oct 2013 05:17:03
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