Date: 19 Sep 2007 06:50:46 GMT From: Adrian <toomany2cvsnospaml.com> Subject: Re: Have Saab reintroduced hatchback yet?
Adrian (toomany2cvsnospaml.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : >> I'm sure 9000CSs outsold the CD (by a large margin) in the UK. > Let's look at it another way - if the hatch HAD have been the big > seller, Saab UK would have been clamouring for a hatch 95... If the > hatch HAD have been the big seller in multiple markets, there would > have been a hatch 95. I should add... Remember the Mk3 Granada/Scorpio? Rover 800? Both started out as hatch-led ranges, in roughly the same market as the 900 (my mother replaced her 900i with an 820e, both company cars) - both finished up with the saloons massively outselling the hatches. In the case of the Scorp, it started out with no saloon available, and finished up with the hatch being dropped way before the saloon. Across Europe, there was a sea-change in the exec car market around the turn of the 80s/90s, with hatches and "mass-market" brands becoming pariahs.
