Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:45:19 -0400 From: Fred W <malt_houndnospamo.com> Subject: Re: Have Saab reintroduced hatchback yet?
Adrian wrote: > Fred W (malt_houndnospamo.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they > were saying : > > >>>>>>>>>Second, I'm vomiting up the opinion of all too many a company >>>>>>>>>car driver, not my own - hence "that's the spirit of it." On >>>>>>>>>the fleet I managed, people would whine about the colour, minute >>>>>>>>>detail of the specification and this wonderstuff called "image." > > >>>>>>>>And who is it that Saab are building cars to sell to...? > > >>>>>>>>Yep, those company car drivers. > > >>>>>>>It wasn't that way before. > > >>>>>>Before when? > > >>>>>Pretty much before the 'new' 900 actually. > > >>>>>>It's been that way for twenty years. > > >>>>>No. Just over 10 years. > > >>>>It's waaaay closer to 20 compared to 10. > > >>>Since when is 13 closer to 20 than 10 ? Introduced 13 years ago in >>>1994. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_900_(NG) >>> >>>Do you DELIBERATELY lie ? > > >>Technically you are both wrong. >>The NG 900 was introduced as a '94 model year car in 1993. >>That was *14* years ago. (still closer to 10) > > > But since the disputed 20/10yr ago date was being given as when the UK exec > car market started to move massively away from hatches and "mass brands", > it's more than slightly irrelevant WHEN the NG900 was released... apart > from to identify when it was *BEFORE*. > > And since we're all agreed that we're talking about before 1993, we're > looking at 15 years bare minimum - hence nearer 20 than 10. Ummm. You are aware that the NG900 was still a hatchback right? -- -Fred W