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Saabs have always been "world cars" Posted by Larry West [Email] ![]() ![]() ![]() In Reply to: When was first year when Saab began sharing GM parts?, jt, Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:52:25 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I used to laugh when Ford used that term for the Escort.For had nothing on my 76 99 for being a "world car". Wheels from Germany, FI also, radio and other bits from Japan...
Where or whom the parts are sourced from doesn't make or break a Saab. It's really the design, what goes into the concept, the engineering, etc.
Having GM as a parts supplier is a good thing, as GM can demand lower pricing and higher quality than could Saab on its own.
But as for the design, I would have to say the 9-5 is likely the last fully Swedish Saab. And this is probably right, since I seem to recall that the Saab design studio was subsumed into the GM -Europe design group about the time the 9-5 was intro'd.
The 9-3 SS also has quite a lot of "Swedishness" in it. It is quite a good car, and thank GM for being there, because it would have cost probably 50% more if Saab had to go it alone, even if thery could have done it themselves.
Personally, though, I think that the homogenization of the radio and HVAC controls to the new GM standard is absolutely stupid and out of place. I'm sorry, I'm buying a Saab, not a Saturn. I do not want my dash to look like every other GM product out there.
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