Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:22:32 +1200 From: Richard Sutherland-Smith <richard.ssnospamr.net.nz> Subject: Re: Saabs with Pontiac Parts? Is this the end?
In message <1vlhc0d56fa26lae62ds35hp3n29ut7e1jnospamcom> Martin Rich <M.G.Richnospam.ac.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:19:12 -0500, "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenospam.net> > wrote: > > > > >"ngwcaa" <nigelwrightnospamultant.com> wrote in message > >news:51a0e3a42b3aece03ac8012446d482a1nospamlhost.talkaboutautos.com... > >> I read recently that new saabs are going to contain pontiac parts, that > >> quality is declining and that GM isn't maintaining the integrity of SAAB > >> that it had before. Is this the beginning of the end? > >> > > > >I heard that Pontiac was going to use Saab's SAHRS system in one of their > >models (I don't remember which one). I don't know if it made it into a > >production car, but it was just called "Active Head Restraint System". The > >initial S for "Saab" was dropped from the Pontiac literature. > > > > How much are Pontiacs influenced by European GM models? In the late > 1980s/early 1990s there was a Pontiac Le Mans (if I remember rightly) > which was essentially the Astra of the same period adapted for the US. > Around the same time I remember renting a Pontiac in Canada (can't > remember the model) which seemed to be based on the European model > sold in the mid-to-late 1980s as a Cavalier in the UK (Opel Ascona in > other European countries). > > So if there are parts in common between Saabs and Pontiacs it's most > likely a sign of them both being based on Opel/Vauxhall models > > Martin We had a Pontiac Le Mans over here for a few years that was a Korean built car IIRC. It was not a success!! -- Richard Sutherland-Smith 19 Webb Road, Wanganui New Zealand
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