I am well aware of the Triumph connection and implied it in my comment: "the engine + pretty much all else had diverged enough from the original roots, that the roots itself were Saab heritage"...

sure those engines were originally based on a Triumph slant 4, but by 1988, when the SiS was released, it had been integrated + updated by SAAB for so many years (since the early '70's), that imho, the engine (including the Triumph connection) became a piece of "pure SAAB heritage". Though there are similarities, there is plenty of difference between an early B and the 16 valve turbo in an SiS. Nevermind that saab was still making these engines more than a decade after Triumph discontinued them!

I'm not saying that one saab is "pure" and another isn't (even the 2 stroke engines were derivative, most engineering is!)... I agree that it is silly... I'm not even really slagging GM (though I don't feel GM was all good, it was not all bad either: 2 decades of moderate stability)... I own a 9-5 and it's great... definitely a Saab... but I don't think the original poster's comment was that unreasonable either. The SiS is a collectible icon. If it isn't an example of SAAB heritage, what is? is there no "pure saab heritage"? I'd like to think otherwise (and I'd like to think that some of it is post GM also! SAHR being but 1 example!)...

Lots could go wrong with a move of control to China... I hope for the best, but to some extent I share his concerns...

James...

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• China Syndrome, J.D., Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:21:07
  • There is no such thing as modern "pure" SAAB NM, Mark from Toronto, Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:44:34
    • Re: There is no such thing as modern "pure" SAAB, JustinHiFi , Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:59:55
      • influence in 1990? Goes much earlier ..., Trev, Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:16:34
      • Prior to GM they were already sharing platforms...NM, Mark from Toronto, Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:50:55
        • sure, but by the late '80's..., James, Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:26:18
          • SAAB engines were Truimph based....., Mark from Toronto, Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:24:04
            • sort of..., James, Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:30:05 <-- Viewing This Message
            • It's just silly..., Scott Paterson , Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:40:56
              • Re: It's just silly..., SWEDECAR , Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:07:47
              • Agree 100%, Noel, Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:21:23
              • Re: It's just silly..., John G, Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:49:29
                • I agree, Mark from Toronto, Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:18:23

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