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Re: GM Purchase
Posted by Goldberger Stephen (more from Goldberger Stephen) on Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:41:56
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

>How does the Saab-Lancia 600 fit into all of this?
>
>http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/misc/images/sl600.html


The 'Saab-Lancia 600' was a somewhat unique version of the Lancia 'Delta'
(a car a lot like a Fiat 128) which was sold exclusively through Saab
dealers in Scandanavia in the 1980's.  The purpose was to provide Saab
dealers with an entry level car, which they lacked once the 96 production
ceased, and an outlet in Scandanavia for Lancia, whose sales there at the
time were abysmal.  This agreement was a consequence of Saab and Lancia
being in close contact as partners in the 9000 project.

>Product platforms can be extremely generic.  You would
>be impressed to know just how different a Saab 9000,
>Alfa Romeo 164, or Fiat Croma is.  The greatest
>accomplishment was just how good these cars all were.

Look forward to an in depth study of platforms and tahe similarities and
differences of cars made from the same platform in NINES (shameless plug).

>I believe the new 9-3 is based on the Opel Vectra,
>and the 9-5 on the Opel Omega?  Does anyone know if
>this is true?

Both cars were made from 'Vectra' platforms, but the 9-3 is based on a
previous platform, while the 9-5 is based on the current platform.  Note
that the two platforms are completely different - the newer one was not a
development or refinement of the older.  The only reason they are both
called 'Vectra' platforms is that the largest selling car build on both of
them was called the  'Vectra'.  

The Omega is a rear drive car very much like the Caddilac Catera, and its
'platform' is completely different from either 'Vectra'.

Stephen Goldberger, Editor and Publisher
NINES, the magazine of the SAAB Club of North America
vist our web site at http://www.saabclub.com

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