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(9-7) and other ramblings
Posted by Dean [Email] (more from Dean) on Sat, 9 Apr 2005 11:16:44
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Dealers are getting/ordering/been forced to get maintenance tool$ and $uch for the 9-7 at this time. Not a good prospect as owners can take these vehicles to any shop that can deal with an GM SUV for basic repair and maintenance. For some shops, this will not be a welcome change. New investments in training as well with no assurance of customer traffic.
Saab has been one of the alternatives to SUVs and the 9-5 Wagon has been a good fit for that. Now the 9-7 is getting on market with fuel prices at an all time high.
Talked to a Saab sales guy who has had tw SUV owners stop buy with interest, but when shown the book value on their SUVs being more than their vehicle loan, they simply had to walk away and tough it out.
I think that there will be a lot of worry about having SUVs in Saab show rooms. Dealer/owners will worry about these not moving. Time will tell.
And the market implications of high fuel costs may behind the management reorgs at GM and the focus on getting new models to market ASAP. The writing is on the wall, the low MPG vehiles may not be big sellers now. I would love to see the sales trends for Hummer's. Diesel engine vehicles should be getting a boost. So thats good for VW, but the number of such vehciles imported has often been limited. So there might be a demand driven shortage developing there.
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