Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:11:59 GMT From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnospamsssssssssssizefitter.com> Subject: Re: the wraparound windshield to return!
Tex wrote: > > Article on Saab product focus for the future: > > http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102024 > > "We will see and feel the aero heritage in next-generation Saabs," Forster > said. He promised a return to the wraparound windshield: "It is like the > canopy of an aircraft. How can you possibly give that up?" > > - tex Maybe for a coupe model. The rest sound like the end of Saab: "In a sense, building the next 9-3 in Germany is just a continuation of GM's policy of globally interchangeable plants" and "Saab CEO Peter Augustsson was a staunch defender of the "Swedish-ness" of Saab, so it was hardly surprising when GM announced he would leave the company" and "Front-drive is no longer a core value for Saab"