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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 10:11:38 -0500
From: "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenospam.net>
Subject: Re: Saabs with Pontiac Parts? Is this the end?


"Richard Sutherland-Smith" <richard.ssnospamr.net.nz> wrote in message news:3dff57bd4c.Richardnospamard.ss.clear.net.nz... > In message <1vlhc0d56fa26lae62ds35hp3n29ut7e1jnospamcom> > Martin Rich <M.G.Richnospam.ac.uk> wrote: > > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:19:12 -0500, "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenospam.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > > >"ngwcaa" <nigelwrightnospamultant.com> wrote in message > > >news:51a0e3a42b3aece03ac8012446d482a1nospamlhost.talkaboutautos.com... > > >> I read recently that new saabs are going to contain pontiac parts, that > > >> quality is declining and that GM isn't maintaining the integrity of SAAB > > >> that it had before. Is this the beginning of the end? > > >> > > > > > >I heard that Pontiac was going to use Saab's SAHRS system in one of their > > >models (I don't remember which one). I don't know if it made it into a > > >production car, but it was just called "Active Head Restraint System". The > > >initial S for "Saab" was dropped from the Pontiac literature. > > > > > > > How much are Pontiacs influenced by European GM models? In the late > > 1980s/early 1990s there was a Pontiac Le Mans (if I remember rightly) > > which was essentially the Astra of the same period adapted for the US. > > Around the same time I remember renting a Pontiac in Canada (can't > > remember the model) which seemed to be based on the European model > > sold in the mid-to-late 1980s as a Cavalier in the UK (Opel Ascona in > > other European countries). > > > > So if there are parts in common between Saabs and Pontiacs it's most > > likely a sign of them both being based on Opel/Vauxhall models > > > > Martin > We had a Pontiac Le Mans over here for a few years that was a Korean > built car IIRC. It was not a success!! > -- > > Richard Sutherland-Smith > 19 Webb Road, Wanganui > New Zealand The US Pontiac Le Mans was also built in Korea (so it probably was the same car) and was equally unsuccessful, primarily because of poor build quality and reliability, IIRC. Walt Kienzle

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