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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 18:59:37 GMT
From: "Al" <alistairdorenospamo.com>
Subject: Re: Maintain Your Identity - Saab


"Grunff" <grunffnospam.com> wrote in message news:42bac046$0$22628$da0feed9nospam.zen.co.uk... > Saab Guy wrote: > >> What years do you think were the good years? It seems like everyone I >> talk to had different opinions. >> >> Such as the Stroker groups, as those were the only REAL last SAABS >> >> or the V4s were the only last SAABS, or the 1980s. > > > You're of course correct in that everyone will have their own take on > this. > > My personal opinion is that the C900 was the last real Saab. The 9k was a > pretty good car - I enjoyed owning one for several years, but it could > very easily have been another make. > > The C900 was the last car produced by Saab which incorporated a long list > of design features aimed at making the driver's life better. This was done > with little regard for convention - the designers did what they did > because they believed it was the right thing to do, just as they had on > the 99, the 96, and all the previous models. > > Today's lineup leaves me distinctly unimpressed. With the single exception > of turbocharging, the Saab range is really very close to the lineup > offered by other mid-range euro brands. There's nothing about the way they > are built, or the way the drive, that makes me want to own one. > > > -- > Grunff Ah the purists... "There's never been a better train than the Flying Scotsman" "The spitfire was the last true fighter plane" "The supermarket has killed the corner shop" "LP's sound so much better than CD's" "Good music died in 1970" Whilst I drive a C900 Aero, and love it to bits, I am grown up enough to realise that time moves on. We own a NG900 too, and I've said it before and I'll say it again, it has been a superb car, reliable, tough, comfortable, safe and actually a bit of a head turner with my clients. I work in Civil Engineering, most engineers I work with drive Focus or Mundeo type vehicles it's not a rich business. I keep trying to spread the word, Saabs are well priced on the second hand market here in the UK. Yes the NG is a GM car, so what, it's a good car. As was my 1996 9000. Currently thinking about buying a 1999/2000ish 9-3. I am bored with all the negativity here about newer Saabs, read the posts guys, many of our posters are drivers of NG900's, 9-3s and 9-5s. The C900 was actually the car that made Saab, it was the car that moved Saab from a vehicle driven by quirky eccentric head teachers and vegetarian college lecturers to a vehicle bought by company directors. Rather than the obligatory Jags and Beamers of the 80's. The C900 was the beginning not the end, and the NG900 was not the beginning of the end. Al

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