Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 02:43:36 GMT From: "Xorg" <xorgnopsamam.visto.com> Subject: Re: Saab's reliable or not??????
Well, I can buy the fact they they may not be built here (yet), but the parts used are most definitely different. Again, my Sabb 9-3 is all European parts, the Saabs that my friends have had complaints about do most certianly have GM badged parts in them (i.e. the handhold for one, the missing cup holder for another...) Xorg "James A. Barbour" <jamesnopsams.co.uk> wrote in message news:B70644BE.8D16%jamesnopsams.co.uk... > Assembled in the US? Nooooooooo. Not yet, anyway, although they are > talking about building the awful new badge-engineered Saab/Caddy soft-roader > at a Pontiac plant somewhere. But for now they're all still built in Sweden > except the convertibles, which are put together in Finland I think. > > Cheers > > James > > in article NgND6.11356$Ce4.1048772nopsam1.rdc1.ct.home.com, Xorg at > xorgnopsamam.visto.com wrote on 20/4/01 4:36 am: > > > We have a 99 9-3 with 30K miles on it, and it is by far the most troublefree > > car we've ever owned. > > > > The only flaw or problem we've ever had was a broken heat switch - replaced > > free under warranty. > > > > This being said, I have noted some difference between various 99 models. > > Our car was clearly a later run and was assembled overseas. It has a cup > > holder in the dash, which some earlier 9-3's from that year don't, and we > > don't have the GM sticker on the handhold inside the window. > > > > Of note, those cars seem to have been assembled in the USA, and the people > > I've met who complain about their Saabs all have this particular model of > > 9-3. > > > > Xorg >
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