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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:42:00 -0500
From: "KeithG" <noonenopsamhlink.net>
Subject: Re: New 9-3 model??


It is US GM influence, I can guess. All driven by marketing and questionnaires. They look at the Passat/a4 and see how well they sell here and want to emulate that while leaving the traditional Saabers in the lurch. Look at the 9-5. Same deal. I am guessing that the marketers are saying 'If they don't want a 4 dr, give them a wagon'. This is not to discount the 3 dr which supposedly will come later in the model year. A 5 dr is the most useful body configuration, period. I do not want a wagon. I am looking at the last Saab produced, the 9k CS, and would like to buy a late model one for my wife. They were all 5 dr! I hate to see Saab walk away from this tradition. The funny part is that the 9-3 5 dr sells better than any other configuration. Then again, Marketing models don't lie, do they ;-) KeithG "Johannes H Andersen" <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> wrote in message news:3C90FD43.14813B1Cnopsamanytime.co.uk... > > > Jussi Ketola wrote: > > > > "H." <musicboxnopsamrider.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:2op19uos5hev78j8h662l72vegd3nqf6ugnopsamcom... > > > >>I managed to find some spy shots at http://thecarconnection.com . If you > > > >>click on "New" then click on "Spy shots" you will get to the spy shots > > page. > > > >>The photos are sorted by data, and the 9-3 photos are dated 7/9/2001. > > You > > > >>can't really see much, but it's all I've managed to find. > > > > > > The only true shot on there is the white car - the top picture is an > > > editied artists impression with a 9-5 nose that someone has fiddled > > > with before superimposing it. > > > > > > The blue car is a Vauxhall / Opel Vectra, as is the disguised test > > > mule featured in the snow picture. > > > > > > So now decent spy shots yet :( > > > > These aren't very good either but still 3 more... > > > > http://www.saabclub.nl/images/illustr/saab9-3a.JPG > > > > http://www.saabclub.nl/images/illustr/saab9-3b.JPG > > > > http://www.saabclub.nl/images/illustr/saab9-3c.JPG > > > > those are from a swedish magazine. > > > > JK > > Hmm, there are obviously some disguises, but the 9-3 appears to have > the same "false" window lines at the front doors as the 9-5. Also, > it seems to be the end of the Saab hatchback. American influence? > > Johannes

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