Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 20:49:42 +0000 From: Leroy Curtis <leroynopsamam.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Saab losing it's identity ?!
In article <38389F22.6B517A7Fnopsamcom>, Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> writes >making the best of a bad job; the 900 on which it was based was a bit of a >rushed job, and >was perhaps not the best thing Saab ever did > >Can you go into more detail as to why you think the 900 was a rushed job and >not the best thing Saab ever did? If you are referring to the model change >in 1995, I would agree, but Saab eventually did work the bugs out. > Yes, the car improved before it became the 9-3, but it never really handled or rode all that well by class standards, the steering feels inert to me, and the clutch is unpleasantly heavy. IIRC, GM decreed that Saab needed a new model quickly, and that it should be based on their Cavalier/Ascona, which was by then pretty long in the tooth. So Saab took their existing 900 replacement project and re-engineered it to use GM mechanicals. The result was that the early new-shape 900s had some quality issues, plus the above-mentioned chassis flaws. -- Regards Leroy Curtis Please replace "nospam" with "baram" in my address if you wish to reply by Email