Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:38:10 +0200 From: "VIKINGMAN" <saabnopsamlixnet._nospam_dk> Subject: Re: Saab and GMC
"Milton Brewster" <scribblenopsam.com> skrev i en meddelelse news:MPG.15da926ee4c5a30f989a05nopsam.best.com... > Domestic US market: I have little hope for Saab. I see that GM > has already married Saab to Fiat (No American will buy a Fiat) > and to Opel (another tinny market failure here). Hmmm, the 9000 is a product of a Fiat-marriage!! And it DID have a fair amount of success in the States... > ...The Saab 9-5 is on the way to becoming a rebadged Opel Vectra, with the same body and > the same V-6 engine Same body!? Do you need glasses? And although the V6-engine has simmelarities (spelling), there are some significant differences. And it was CO-developed between Saab and Opel. > Why buy a Saab 9-5 for $36K when I can get the SAME CAR from Saturn, for $22K? > Why buy either one, if I know it really is an Opel Vectra? Do you see why I am > skeptical? No, as you obviusly haven't a clue to how or where the cars differ! What you REALLY need to do, is to get the book "Saab 9-5" by Anders Norstedt. Read the book and tell me once more that the Saturn, the Vectra AND the Saab 9-5 is the same car with diff. badges - THINK AGAIN! > I recently bought a 9-3 and I love it. It performs well. It is solidly built. Everything fits and > works, but it's because Saab workers built the car -- not because GM managers insisted on > thoughtful design or a quality build product. Ha, funny thing is, that the NG900/9-3 is even more a Vectra than the Saab 9-5!! Cheers!