Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:14:46 +1300 From: Wanganui Collegiate NZ <richardDOTssnopsamr.netSTOPnz> Subject: Re: Saab/Fiat 9000 reality
In article <3725108anopsamebnnrp>, Douglas Swank <URL:mailto:dswanknopsamlwebSPAM.com> wrote: > Stephen Mullally <stevrosnopsamallos.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > > > > Question, > > > > Is the 9000 REALLY a Saab? (this goes for the 9-5 too) or is it a Fiat?. I > > have owned a Fiat Croma, a Alfa 164 (as well as a bloody good look at a > > Lancia Thema) and I'm not fooled, they are all the same car!. > > While I will be the first to admit that they look *very* similar (the 9000 > of course being the best looking IMNSHO), I recall recently (re-)reading a > Motor Trend (ugh!) article from 1984 that mentions the Saab 9000 and the > Lancia sharing only 18 common parts between the two. The article makes no > mention of the Alfa or Fiat, nor does it mention which parts are used in > both cars. Doors and front suspension roof and sunroof - in other words the central shell and front wings. Bonnet and boot differ so do engines and back axle plus all internal fittings. I have had my 1987 9000T sitting next to a Lancia Theema and it's easy to see the relationship. The Saab seems to have been the only really successful version -- Richard Sutherland-Smith Wanganui Collegiate School, New Zealand http://www.collegiate.school.nz/ Acorn 200MHz Risc PC
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