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It would not sell
Posted by Daniel Purvis [Email] (more from Daniel Purvis) on Sun, 31 May 2009 15:47:28
In Reply to: with a turbo, c900 gets plenty of power, James, Sun, 31 May 2009 15:40:07
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OCM, it would be a disaster to sell a car in 2009 with 1979 technology. You have to understand that you are preaching to the C900 faithful, but for the masses who consider buying that 9-3, pit it against Volvo, Acura, Infiniti, Subaru, Volkswagen, etc. Saab could sell a few spruced-up 900's to us hard core Saab-philes, but for the people who consider it a Swedish (or wait--Is it from France?-- as I overheard someone say at a car show once) Chevy Malibu or Honda Accord--no way. New car buyers generally like bells and whistles.
I could not agree more with the state of M-B products. My Dad's former 1984 300 turbo diesel is probably going strong somewhere as somebody's cooking oil-powered homebuilt. That was a car that was, as you said, designed down to every last bolt to operate a very long time.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Time vs quality, Landjet
, Sun, 31 May 2009 12:15:44- Re: Time vs quality, SWEDECAR
, Sun, 31 May 2009 13:23:00- Re: Time vs quality, ryan
, Sun, 31 May 2009 15:13:32 - Agreed, No Snaab, Sun, 31 May 2009 13:44:00
- Re: Agreed, Tim, Mon, 1 Jun 2009 07:18:07
- Re: Agreed, Turbo00, Mon, 1 Jun 2009 06:06:52
- The old adage of "something else to break", Noel, Sun, 31 May 2009 15:22:06
- I'd almost buy a 2009 classic 900, OCM, Sun, 31 May 2009 14:59:33
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