Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:17:09 GMT From: hohnopsamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) Subject: Re: 9-3 Sport Sedan with 1.8L and 122 HP.
In article <BBE193F3.B202%pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk>, Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> wrote: > The one Saab has just dropped from the 9-5 range. This engine has been very reliable. It was dropped because GM shut down the production. A new gloal V6 engine will soon be available from GM. > Presumably this was the > one we also saw in the Opel/Vauxhall Vectra. The engine block was most likely also available in a Vectra, but the strengthened version with turbo was only used in the 9-5. > In a Saab shell, it did not > sell as well as GM executives expected :) It sold well in its intended market, the US. > I must say though, it makes a change and gives me smile not to see "UK" or > "Britain" in the same sentence as "insane taxes" :) I don't know much about the car tax situation in the UK, but comparing car prices seen on UK TV ads with car prices in Denmark has made me believe that compared to Denmark the UK can not have insane taxes on cars. -- G–ran Larsson http://www.nospam.com/saab/