...them be through, keeping what integrity they had, which is quickly diminishing. The SAAB soul has left the building.

It's kind of like Michael Jordan returning to the NBA... AGAIN. He came, he really didn't do anything impressive, and now we have his most recent performance's in our heads, instead of his memory of the sports god of the past.

SAAB came back... AGAIN, with the lame 'wanna-be' 'me too' design, and it's heritage has been left behind and forgotten. I agree, keeping the same exact design of the 99/900 might not have been the best idea, but I felt SAAB was taking a step forward with that oh-so-sweet 9-5 Aero, and now... a taurus/civic/lexus? It is ugly. It is common. It is NOT SAAB.

If you want to buy a SAAB brand new today, save your $30,000+ dollars, and go to your SAAB/GM dealer, and have them order you the SAAB-SCANIA Griffin badge, unless you want the GM influenced SAAB Griffin badge. Then with the rest of your money you can buy another car to put the badge onto. It's the same thing.

When any business focuses solely on JUST making money, there will be problems. Granted, the idea of business is to make money, but the reason SAAB worked so well in the past, is because, they actually thought about their products, instead of figures alone. SAAB was SAAB, not a 'blend in' General Motors car.

I'd love to hear Gunnar Ljungström's thoughts on his 1947 SAAB 92/'Ursaab' turning into a cheezy General Motors car in the future. I wonder how he would feel about this. I'm guessing he would opt to 'pull the plug' before General Motors could get their paws on SAAB.

I love SAABs, always will. But I will be buying used SAABs of the past for the rest of my life.

Just my humble opinion.

Taylor
90 SPG

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• Leave it to GM........., andy , Sat, 11 Jan 2003 12:53:09
  • Oh, come on..., b.flippo, Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:27:05
  • I remember an article in Car&Driver..., Noel, Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:09:53
  • Remember, Saab IS GM, (link to an article below), Atul, Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:11:24
    • Re: Remember, Saab IS GM, (link to an article below), Steve L, Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:30:22
  • RE: I'm with you. Concerns about SAAB styling or.., Dave D, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 15:58:17
    • The train has left the station., Terraplanem, Sun, 12 Jan 2003 15:10:22
    • I thought that the IS300 was a rip-off of the 9-3,.., StanleyB, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:13:07
    • I agree, good points! I hope GM doesn't run Saab into, KB88900T, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 19:18:19
    • well since I and many others, AdamB , Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:39:43
      • You partially misunderstand me,..., Dave D, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:32:54
      • If Saab is doing what it needs to do to stay alive ..., J, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:54:44
        • Perhaps, Dave D, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:51:06
          • look at what happened to MG,, OHMSS, Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:28:29
          • I second that! If SAAB continues this, I may want..., Taylor, Sun, 12 Jan 2003 02:21:32 <-- Viewing This Message
  • GM says Saab autos should focus on US, Eli5, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 13:28:15
    • Re: GM says Saab autos should focus on US, dtech, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:39:08
      • meant to post: A Saaburban or Trail Viggen SUV? nm, dtech, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 21:42:07
    • Re: GM says Saab autos should focus on US, DTECH, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:09:04
      • Almost nobody is making money selling cars., J, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:09:17
        • Re: Almost nobody is making money selling cars., dtech, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 19:24:26
          • Another big market..., CWilson, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:21:28
            • China is a huge up and coming market, Randy Thatcher , Sun, 12 Jan 2003 14:36:52
            • Hey, if they can sell Buicks well there..., Craig, Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:58:27

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