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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:26:21 -0500
From: "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenopsam.net>
Subject: Re: GM to increase SAAB lineup


I would expect Saabs to be the exception in that more would be bought with stick shift than many other makes. I would estimate that between 1/3 and 1/2 the 9000's had stick shift. You might find more automatic 9000's for sale because the transmission is more likely to break, and these people might be "dumping" the car because they noticed the transmission was going bad. Owners of stick shift models may be more willing to just keep them. The actual overall statistics indicate that 80% of the US drivers claim that they can't drive stick shift. To me that indicates that only 20% of the people licensed to drive actually know how to do so. In the US, GM makes very few cars available with stick shift. Generally only the cheapest or fastest cars have stick shift, and when it is offered, you typically limit your engine choice to only one (the lowest horsepower one on cheap cars, or the highest horsepower one on fast cars). Pontiac, the alleged "performance" division of GM only offers their two smallest cars with stick shift and then only with 4 cyl. engines. In the larger cars, 6 cyl. engines, or supercharged models automatic is all that is available. Chrysler recommends their automatic "Auto-stick" when anyone asks about the available of stick shift. I consider that to be bull-shift. Walt Kienzle 1991 9000T "Nel Frikandel" <nelfrikandelnopsamail.com> wrote in message news:a46l9vg9a2nc5vaps5o6kt3l2krr6qv9fpnopsamcom... > On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:05:14 -0400, "Nutmegger" > <nutmegger_7717nopsamo.com> wrote: > > > >I've been looking again at used Saabs around just to get an idea of prices > >and I can not find many with a manual transmission and that is something I > >definitely want. It's tough. > > > You're in the US I take it? > > I took a guess and typed www.usedcars.com. Searched for saab 9000 and > selected manual. I got two, one in WA and one in CA. Indeed not many > around. If you don't select any option for Transmission, you get 8. If > that's reperesentative, 1/4th of every saab 9000 sold in the US is > manual... I guess out here the numbers would be just the oppisite. > 1/4th automatic, or even less.

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