Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 16:09:47 +0200 From: "Jan Soderberg" <jan.soderbergnopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Saab/Fiat 9000 reality
Stephen Mullally wrote in message <7fod53$i3k$1nopsam4.svr.pol.co.uk>... >Question, > >Is the 9000 REALLY a Saab? (this goes for the 9-5 too) or is it a Fiat?. I >have owned a Fiat Croma, a Alfa 164 (as well as a bloody good look at a >Lancia Thema) and I'm not fooled, they are all the same car!. > The platform used for the cars you mention was jointly developed by Saab and the Fiat group, but I doubt that you can observe any significant similarities. The Saab is much larger and the safety structure greatly reinforced (I think the Fiat performed really poor in crash tests, as opposite to the 9000). Engines, electrical system and so on are of course totally different. Jan Soderberg
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