Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:43:06 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Most UNreliable luxury cars
in article IJSdnV0FZudPFmffRVn-vAnospamast.com, Tex at texnospamm101.org wrote on 11/08/2005 00:20: > "Paul Halliday" <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > news:BF201EC0.15792%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk... >> in article UtOdnZMrye_0kmffRVn-ignospamast.com, Tex at texnospamm101.org >> wrote >> on 10/08/2005 15:30: >> >> I suppose that's the price you pay for style and flair :) > > Maybe...but does it have to eb that way? There are some slick Japanese cars > which also are very reliable and of good overall quality. I'm a little hard pushed to think of one, though ... > It's particularly unfortunate for the 9-3 in regards > to this quality ranking however. It's a brilliant car but is assuredly > marred by lots of little quality & reliability issues. Little things > throughout the car are very much version 1.0. Worse yet, I don't see Saab > addressing any of these issues with any concerted effort. It's going into > it's 4th model year and from what I have seen most of the fundamental > quality/reliability issues have not been dealt with adequately. There > indeed seems to be a basic lack of direction/vision at Saab, which is > probably now worse given Peter Augusstons departure last February. Absolutely! It feels like 10 years ago ... Again :( The basic SAAB is a *much* better car this time around, though. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/