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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 23:49:26 +0000
From: chas<cggsnopsamere.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Saab 9-3 hatchback - if & when?


In article <b589q7$26eclb$2nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de>, davehinznopsamcop.net writes >Maybe, but was the 900 hatch less safe than the 900 sedan? I don't >know of any reason to suspect that it was. In a rollover, it's >all about pillar strength, from the dozens of them that I've >personally been, er, invited to. It's not much in the way >of tortional loads (where that big opening would enter into it), >it's more of a compression thing - and the pillars are, I believe, >in the same place on both cars. Any Saabsters (in UK) watch the second-last episode of 'Cold Feet' the other week? A most spectacular mashing of a 1991 C900i hatchback resulting in the (fictional) death of a major character. The poor old thing didn't stand a chance. -- Chas

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