Saab to restructure on its own.

MrRoboto · 02-20-2009, 12:40 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7901027.stm

Year's_End · 02-20-2009, 01:48 PM

who cares about saab, honestly

stickypaws · 02-20-2009, 01:57 PM

My one and only Saab was a sob story....

2kaccordocoupe · 02-20-2009, 02:17 PM

they will fold

MrRoboto · 02-20-2009, 05:30 PM

20 years of no profits. These are the type of business decisions that should force GM into chapter 11.

Raja Ventureshield · 02-20-2009, 07:29 PM

i like saabs but for some reason can never get myself to buy one.
people either love saabs or hattttte em.

Boost Gomez · 02-20-2009, 09:23 PM

Who honestly considers a Saab as their first choice when choosing a vehicle?

methodtim · 02-20-2009, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Boost Gomez

Who honestly considers a Saab as their first choice when choosing a vehicle?

Hippies with money. People with money who like to be different. People who like turbos who have money who want to be different. At least that was the customer base before GM ruined everything. Saab used to have one of the most fervently loyal customer bases in the whole industry.

Garduna · 02-21-2009, 12:49 AM

no profit for so many years...... poor thing is gonna go under.

vAnt826 · 02-23-2009, 02:08 AM

Look at me! I'm buying a car designed by pilots!

spacedogg · 02-23-2009, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boost Gomez

Who honestly considers a Saab as their first choice when choosing a vehicle?

Quote:

Originally Posted by methodtim

Hippies with money. People with money who like to be different. People who like turbos who have money who want to be different. At least that was the customer base before GM ruined everything. Saab used to have one of the most fervently loyal customer bases in the whole industry.

You also forgot people who like torque steer.

I personally like the look of SOME Saabs. Of course some of them look hideous with outrageous amounts of chrome in the front grill.

It's too bad they didn't bother making any RWD cars in the later years. Had they had a RWD with LSD and manual tranny, I would have seriously thought about getting it over my 325i.

3002 tii · 02-23-2009, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Boost Gomez

Who honestly considers a Saab as their first choice when choosing a vehicle?

saab & volvo's had their appeal before they went from swedish to american. some people still like saab's though. the 9-3 gets one of the best safety crash test ratings and despite being fwd, the aero's 2.8l v6 turbocharged isn't that bad, minimal lag and can be decently fast if you chip that sucker.

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