Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:48:25 +0100 From: "Ric" <spamnopsamcom> Subject: Re: Saab 9-3 hatchback - if & when?
"Tom" <t.m.brandtsnopsam.nl> wrote in message news:b5820h$q6u$1nopsam2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl... > Somewhere I have found an article on the design of the new 9-3. It suggested > that the safety cage of a sedan is a lot stronger than that of a hatchback > and that this might be the reason - or one of the reasons - to make it a > sedan rather than a hatchback The first car to get an NCAP five star safety rating was the Renault Laguna - a four door hatchback. I don't think Saabs unfortunate decision to drop the hatchback was for safety reasons. More like a sad attempt to emulate BMW and MB. If anybody from Saab reads this board PLEEEEAAASE bring back the hatch. It is what made Saabs different and distinctive. They had the "upmarket" hatch market to themselves.
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