[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: Well, he said the GM parts would mostly be Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by B Millar [Email] (#1109) [Profile/Gallery] (more from B Millar) on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:51:41 In Reply to: Well, he said the GM parts would mostly be, Noel, Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:12:29 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I totally agree about the parts you can't see, and I know many luxury brands use tons of parts from their non-luxury divisions like you mention. I just don't really like the fact that we have Saab, a unique, small, Swedish sport-luxury car company with a really neat history that's suddenly being taken over by a boring, monopolistic (is that a word?) everyday car maker. Sure, if there are some parts under the hood made by GM that could save us some money, great, but I wish GM would back off a little and let Sweden have more say in the design of the cars. The current generation 9-5's really tick me off. They GM-ified the whole dash. The steering wheel is in just about every GM car with a 3-spoker, the stereo head unit is found in just about every other GM car, the climate control panel is from GM, and give us back the SID in the center stack and our cool circular signature Saab speedometer. Yeah, okay some of these things are improvements over the last generation, but they added to the uniqueness of the car. Don't get me started on the outside. Does anyone know how much say GM had in that? I'm just curious. Oh well. Sorry for the rant, and hopefully we'll see a 9-5 that leans more toward Saab's traditional "older" tastes.

• Interesting interview with Steve Shannon in The Globe, Boston Baab, Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:28:07
  • My favorite CGI of the next 9-5...., MI-Roger , Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:25:06
    • Nice....Mikey likes it..., Mike Lynch , Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:57:35
    • Re: My favorite CGI of the next 9-5...., LesH, Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:14:42
      • Re: My favorite CGI of the next 9-5...., johnl, Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:02:18
      • I agree with everything you said, but I still like..., MI-Roger , Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:44:25
        • Well, it is a nice picture., LesH, Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:15:07
      • Design goes in patterns, Benji, Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:22:21
  • Re: Interesting interview with Steve Shannon in The Glo, B Millar , Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:12:54
    • Well, he said the GM parts would mostly be, Noel, Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:12:29
      • Re: Well, he said the GM parts would mostly be, B Millar , Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:51:41 <-- Viewing This Message
        • Agree totally - nm, JMJ in NC, Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:11:41
        • parts you can't see matter, too, TedW, Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:59:19

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