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Re: Saab discounts Posted by A1-turbo (more from A1-turbo) on Sun, 17 Feb 2019 06:12:42

In Reply to: Re: Saab discounts, MI-Roger

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Can you be more specific? What year or years was this supposedly happening? Mercedes-Benzes these days can run less than some Malibus, Ford Fusions, Toyota Camrys, etc. but that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with Mercedes ability or inability to market their cars.

Increased competition starting in the 1980s/90s with new brands like Acura, Infiniti and Lexus really shook things for all of the premium/luxury brands. Pretty much everyone in that space was forced into price cuts, discounting, etc. during these times. But as I wrote, notable discounts on Saabs were common even before GM first acquired part of the company in 1990. Saab likely would not have survived the 1990s (at least in the U.S.) without GM.

I do, however, think that GM's plan or desire to make Saab more mainstream and competitive with brands like BMW and Mercedes was too optimistic. Saab seemingly was always destined to be a small, niche player which at its pricing level made profitability difficult.

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- Great Discussion: Comments and a Question, Aero51 , Sat, 2 Mar 2019 09:53:15
- It's bigger than GM, Bloodnose , Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:43:431
- Not a bad article..., JerseySaab , Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:08:511
  - Re: Not a bad article... it's a really bad article, Keith, Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:02:562
    - You're not wrong., Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:59:023
      - Re: You're not wrong., Dave The Ice Age Knave , Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:24:29
        Expand in Europe, attract younger import buyers, A1-turbo, Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:43:14
        Re: Expand in Europe, attract younger import buyers, Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:04:48
        Re: Expand in Europe, attract younger import buyers, A1-turbo, Fri, 22 Feb 2019 06:06:30
      - What's more ..., ahanson , Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:27:341
        Re: What's more ..., 02 Viggen, Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:44:31
        Re: What's more ..., ahanson , Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:05:43
        Re: What's more ..., cheaptech , Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:45:23
        Re: What's more ..., Justin VanAbrahams , Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:45:42
  - Re: Not a bad article..., EGD , Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:28:161
    - Saab discounts, A1-turbo, Sat, 16 Feb 2019 05:45:10
      - Re: Saab discounts, MI-Roger , Sat, 16 Feb 2019 08:46:211
        Re: Saab discounts, A1-turbo, Sun, 17 Feb 2019 06:12:42 <-- Viewing This Message
    - Re: Not a bad article..., JerseySaab , Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:55:25
    - Re: Not a bad article..., Scott Paterson , Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:34:22
      - Too far ahead of their time like Tesla, Dave The Ice Age Knave , Sun, 17 Feb 2019 22:27:591
        Hatchbacks ahead of their time..., Scott Paterson , Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:07:551
        Re: Hatchbacks, A1-turbo, Wed, 20 Feb 2019 06:01:36
        2nd car = Rabbit, Scott Paterson , Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:56:54
        No sedan version for new gen 900, A1-turbo, Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:58:40
        Re: 2nd car = Rabbit, EGD , Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:51:371
        Scirocco instrument cluster in a Rabbit, 02 Viggen, Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:51:181
        1st car = Rabbit, 02 Viggen, Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:54:45
        Re: Hatchbacks, Dave The Ice Age Knave , Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:52:44
        Re: Hatchbacks, DE , Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:52:57
        +1, mlc , Wed, 20 Feb 2019 06:49:16

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