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Yeah, but...
Posted by JEM (more from JEM) on Sun, 3 Apr 2005 09:57:23
In Reply to: Congradulations, Ron J, Sun, 3 Apr 2005 08:32:43
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...Saab has historically contracted out manufacture of the convertibles, the old ones were done at Valmet in Finland, these are probably done at Steyr.
Saab used Ford engines for a while, then Triumph engines, then came the 25 years they did their own, now they've been absorbed into Euro GM.
Saab will be building Cadillacs, GMC and Subaru are building Saabs.
GM starved Saab for capital for ten years (how long ago should we have had an AWD 9000 or 9-5?) while they're off getting a lap-dance from Fiat for a couple $2B tips. Now we get really nice Subarus (but would I ever buy a car with frameless door glass?) and GMC trucks (huh?) as Saabs.
Now, if Saab had had an AWD 9-5 available with the Northstar V8 or the 3/4-Northstar 3.5L Oldsmobile V6 back 'round 2001...
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