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Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:10:13 GMT
From: Nutmegger<Nutmeggernopsamunkmail.com>
Subject: Re: New Saab SUV


JMEL5 says... > >>>GM includes(ed) Chevy, Buick, Olds, and Pontiac. There's little >>>'marketing' difference in the various lines to most people. > >You also forget Cadillac. The whole system was setup so that people could >"graduate" to different cars as their lifestyles changed. Chevy and Pontiac >were for the younger buyers, with their sportier tastes, then, as people got >older, they were supposed to mature to Buick and Oldsmobile, with the eventual >reward being a Cadillac. This distinction is now blurred, but that's the way it >was setup way back when. Funny, because I almost bought a Cadillac as my first car when I was 16, but instead ended up with a Buick. > >It's an antiquated system to say the least. Saab doesn't have that problem >because they only have 2 cars, and they build them well. I just view Saab as being in a different class and I attribute that to the amount of design behind their product. > >>SAAB probably pulls in it's weight in gold and they go and squander it on >>stuff >>like this because there is a market for it. > >Well, developing an SUV is not squandering, it's like minting money for car >companies. I see it as squandering in the sense of the money used for that development could be put to better use in design ideas and saftey of Saab cars. We don't need any more SUV's on the road. >I read somewhere that Ford makes an $8,000 profit on the Explorer, >its most profitable vehicle. Sadly, even Porsche is coming out with one, and >BMW already has that ridiculous looking SUV trudging along the streets. It all just turns my stomach. I suppose it is the station wagon of today. >Interestingly enough, Porsche lovers rejected the 928 model because it was a >front engine, water-cooled V-8, but they'll accept an SUV from the same >company? People are strange. My Uncle trades his MG for a Ford. Go figure! ~J~ Remove "Junk" to reply

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