I just read this article today - thought it would be interesting. Hope the link stays active when they update the site daily - if it doesn't i'll copy it and post it again.

http://www.drive.com.au/news/article.asp?article=http://drive.fairfax.com.au/content-new/news/general/2003/10/08/FFXW7UB9ILD.html

Oh, and i wouldn't take any notice of the pic - they've just photochopped the 9-5 front onto a Holden Statesman

Damn, that's not cool.. I don't mind the idea of a large Saab.. But RWD and off of another GM platform.. Eh.. Will Saab EVER build their OWN car again???

GM - SAAB

Gone
Mad
Sabotaging
Another
Automobile
Brand

What's next - A SAAB 9-1 on a Corsa platform :wink:

What's next - A SAAB 9-1 on a Corsa platform :wink:

Jesus Christ, that is a scary thought.

What the... :nono; They're gonna build the Opel Insignia in Trollhättan? It's gonna be more of a Saab than the 9-2. :lol:

In the UK it's a Vauxhall Omega, and there not the best thing over here.

The Commodore is actually only a distant cousin to the Omega, Mike - its quite a different beast even though you can see some common styling cues between them

We're just receiving the new Holden Commodore here in the US as a re-badged Pontiac GTO.

It's been a long time since the US car consumer had a V8-powered two door full-sized coupe with some guts (310+ horsepower.) We can thank all of the marketing morons in Dearborne Michigan for thinking with their wallets and not with their patriotic hearts.

Now, seeing that same platform transformed into a Saab takes alot of imagination.... :wink:

We're just receiving the new Holden Commodore here in the US as a re-badged Pontiac GTO.



It a rebaged Monaro

http://www.saabcentral.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19981

We're just receiving the new Holden Commodore here in the US as a re-badged Pontiac GTO.



It a rebaged Monaro

http://www.saabcentral.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19981Which essentially is a Commodore. (same chassis anyway, and many, many shared parts).