Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:16:38 -0500 From: "Frank Coviello" <francisjcoviellonopsampam.please.hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Why SAAB 93 !
Without a doubt, that is the strangest naming timeline I have ever heard of. Anybody know why the model 98 is 9 years newer than the model 99? Perhaps theres a good reason but it's lost on me.... -Frank "Goran Larsson" <hohnopsamlid.invalid> wrote in message news:GsH33u.JCwnopsamove.se... > In article <rdq78uoeaev5nbiosnfigjp2m950hj8g9unopsamcom>, > Bob <uctraingNOSPAMnopsamanet.com> wrote: > > > Wasn't Saab using the "9x" designations in the 40's on airplanes > > long before BMW started their 3 an 5d series ? > > Saab 91 Safir in 1944 <------ airplane > Saab 92 "First Car" in 1946 > Saab 90 Scandia in 1947 <------ airplane > Saab 93 in 1955 > Saab 94 Sonett in 1956 > Saab 95 in 1959 > Saab 96 in 1960 > Saab 97 Sonett II in 1967 > Saab 99 in 1967 > Saab Sonett III in 1970 > Saab 98 in 1974 (Saab 95 with a Combi CoupÈ tail) > Saab 900 in 1978 > Saab 9000 in 1984 > Saab EV-1 in 1985 > Saab 90 again in 1985 (Saab 99 with a Saab 900 sedan tail) > Saab 900 again in 1993 > Saab 9-5 in 1997 > Saab 9-3 in 1998 > Saab 9x in 2001 > Saab 9-3x in 2002 > Saab 9-3 again? 9-4? in 2002 > > -- > G–ran Larsson hoh AT approve DOT se