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Re: Non-teech question re parts Posted by Larry West [Email] (#1140) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Larry West) on Sat, 20 Jun 2015 17:27:59 In Reply to: Non-teech question re parts, serge [Profile/Gallery] , Sat, 20 Jun 2015 07:02:45 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Aside from certain hard parts like sheetmetal, suspension bits (arms, axles...), very, very little is, er, was, actually manufactured by Saab. Trionic, DICE, TWICE, etc. may all have been designed by Saab, but they paid others to assemble it into a neat package. More generic stuff like a MAF would be sourced from a company that makes them as their business. Hence the "AUDI, VOLVO, etc." on the box.
It is very likely that a part from a "3rd party" is the same part that Saab bought to install at the factory and store in Linking for distribution as a spare part. If you (or Eeuroparts) buy from the 3rd party, you save some money by cutting out one set of hands for it to pass through, in this case, Saab parts, aka Orio.
If they buy the part from Orio, as the official supplier of Saab parts, it is assumed that it is the same quality part as originally installed, and they sell it as such.
Since the demise of Saab, new contracts had to be drawn, sometimes with new suppliers. Back in the day, Saab had the money, and the business case to make sure a part was marked exclusively as a Saab part, but Orio may not have the money, or want to spend the money to have "SAAB" marked on a part, so the actual manufacturer can put their name on it. It's still the same part, just with a different name.
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