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Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 19:46:03 GMT
From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: 2008 SAAB 9-3 SportCombi


in article 4645F856.4EF41B9Enospamail.com, Eeyore at rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com wrote on 12/05/2007 18:22: > > > Paul Halliday wrote: > >> ... Anyone not seen it yet, check out: >> <http://www.saabscene.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=31628769> >> >> Personally, I think it look superb! I'm not sure how that style would fair >> on the 9-3SS, or the 9-5 which ought to be more sophisticated, but for a >> sporty combi, the look is really good - sharp, sporty, modern, youthful :) > > Nah, it's cheap an tacky. > > As one poster on the above link said, Saabs are beginning to acquire a bling > look. It might sell in the USA but it must be damaging European sales. How > long > before they get 'spinners' too ? That front end treatment is looking ever more > fat and 'Caddy' too. It's lost the sharp nose it once had. > > So how about a hatchback Saab once more ? Saab had the entire world market for > sport executive hatchbacks in the days of the 900 and 9000. I don't want some > lumpen 'sedan' or 'wagon'. > > BTW, whatevert happened to the Saabillac ? Did it sink without trace ? It was > certainly shockingly ugly. > > " Trollhatan has slowed its production of the car down to 30 units a week. > When > the BLS launched the factory was producing that many cars per day. At this > pace > GM/Saab is on track to produce only 1,560 cars a year, a number well off any > of > GM's original targets. Despite the slow start, the BLS is still the best > selling > Cadillac in Europe so far this year. " > http://www.autoblog.com/2006/06/15/cadillac-bls-a-bust-in-europe/ I think the BLS was not at all an attractive car in Europe and I guess it was too small, crap, whatever for the US market. American brands are trying to make way into the European market, with Chevrolet, Cadillac, Dodge and Chrysler quite commonplace, certainly on UK road. I think Chrysler are doing the best really - Chevrolet are crap, Cadillac are rubbish SAABs and Dodge are odd, esoteric Opel/Vauxhalls. Hardly a set of market winners :) Now I've seen this new 2008 9-3SC in silver I've changed my mind - it looks bad. The lines do not marry up, there is a hodge-podge of styles and it just looks cobbled together. It's still not as bad as mixing honeycomb mesh with slashed grilles, but it does not look good. Sorry SAAB! It's not actually very good :( Great car, nevertheless, so let's hope some aftermarket bodykits start to emerge. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/

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