Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:22:16 GMT From: hohnopsamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) Subject: Re: 9-5 which GM car shares the same heritage
In article <PzFBjCTkhOvp-pn2-lQYMgBHMyydQnopsamlhost>, Derek Wright <nospam.drwrighnopsamlobal.net> wrote: > The NG 900 and 9-3 are associated ie have the same base body design as > the "vectra" in the Vauxhall/GM range The NG900 and the 9-3 chassis was based on a modified (e.g. Saab made it stronger) "Vectra A" chassis. The original "Vectra A" chassis saw the market as the MY 1989 Opel Vectra and Vauxhall Cavalier mk3. > What Vauxhall /GM car shares any heritage with the 9-5, I know that a > number of the individual components are from the standard GM inventory The 9-5 chassis was based on a heavily modified (e.g. Saab made it much larger and stronger) "Vectra B" chassis. "Vectra B" saw the market as the MY 1996 Opel Vectra. The 9-3ss chassis is based on the global GM "Epsilon" platform. The "Epsilon" platform saw the market as the MY 2002 Opel Vectra and MY 2002 Saab 9-3ss. -- G–ran Larsson http://www.nospam.com