Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:27:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Craig's Saab C900 Site <c900nospam.apana.org.au> Subject: Re: "Jet-aircraft heritage evident in new Saab 9-5"
Johannes <johsnospam-spam-sizefitter.com> writes: >But did you read the newspaper article? A hangar for your 9-5 Aero? What planet >are they on. Yes, Saab has aircraft heritage, but so has BMW and Rover and even >FIAT. It maybe good advertising to point out the link since aircrafts must be build >to high standards, but it's doubtful that any aircraft engineering is found in a >modern Saab. When this association is exaggerated, you feel like a little boy in >in a toy car that can take off and land. I can imagine people thinking: Poor >guy, he thinks that his car is a jet aircraft. Hence that made me speculate what >is a car these days. It's a lot about style and presentation. Almost all car-makers are hang-overs from world-war 2 which, like Saab, diverted attention to other things in order to retain a body of skilled staff. Saab are probably one of the best examples of the transition from war-time workshop to automotive innovator. But I do get a bit sick when GM tries to claim that IT is the driving force behind reviving the 'aviation heritage' banner. I bet Saab's own people would not have wanted such an intense revival and would have preferred a slower, more paced re-inforcement through good engineering over time. GM's only after quick profit if you want to look at it from an end-game perspective. Especially with the parent company in the US faltering so much because they're creating a company so big that it's incomptencies grow at the same rate until they leave big holes like the shell holes that ripped into the Bismark, thereby creating crippling wounds. Otherwise GM would not have fobbed off Suburu (aka Fuji), and now Isuzu. Craig. -- Craig's Saab C900 Page at | Craig's Classic Saab Workshop - Sydney .au http://nospam/~c900 | http://www.classicsaab.net and other URL's Email: c900nospam.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts World-Wide! Alternate: saabonautnospaml.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, etc.
