Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:42:36 GMT From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnospamvwnmzusxsizefitterzxursaxzoe.com> Subject: Re: information on Saab 1995-96
Richard Sutherland-Smith wrote: > > In message <41597240.9AB7D190nospamvwnmzusxsizefitterzxursaxzoe.com> > Johannes H Andersen <johsnospamvwnmzusxsizefitterzxursaxzoe.com> wrote: > > > > > > > ma_twain wrote: > > > > > > Henrik B. wrote: > > > > > > > "ma_twain" <ma_twainnospamo.com> skrev i en meddelelse > > > > news:4156DBB3.70407nospamo.com... > > > > > > > > > > > >>A good thing is you can get a 5-door hatchback in the years you are > > > >>considering, a body style Saab discontinued in the 9-3. > > > >> > > > > > > > > Rubbish! The hatchback is avaiable up until 2003, when the new 9-3SS > > > > arrived. > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, the Saab hatchback was discontinued after 1993 - when GM took > > > over :-) The "real" Saab line stopped then. I am ready for the replies > > > in my flameproof suit :-) > > > > GM didn't take over in 1993, they bought half of the company in 1990 and > > bought the rest much later. The Type 4 project which resulted in Saab 9000 > > was planned in 1974 after the oil crisis and the first Saab 9000 from 1985 > > was a hatchback. It had no GM content whatsoever. It had also very little > > in common with the rest of the Type 4 cars, apart from wheelbase dimensions > > and styling in some cases. > > Ummm.... and body..... and doors..... and front suspension........ The styling may look similar. But I have also owned a FIAT Croma, and I can tell you that the doors of the 9000 are in another league; much heavier and far more substantial construction. The electric door mechanism gave up quickly on my Croma, not so on my 9000. The same with the body; the Croma rusted around the window frames, the 9000 body has no rust. I could go on; they are vastly different cars. > Richard Sutherland-Smith > 19 Webb Road, Wanganui 5001, > New Zealand
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