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Originally Posted by 1985 Gripen
I'm guessing this is a dig on me from another post?  Go back and read my posts and you'll see that I don't have a problem with SAAB manufacturing their cars in other countries as long as they're designed in Sweden. What I have a problem with is Japanese and American-designed cars/trucks which are slightly modified by SAAB and then rebadged.
As for the assertion that the car above may be aluminum, I thought of that, but I don't know what that would do to SAAB's stellar safety record. I think they might just need that Swedish steel for their cars' durability in crashes.
Now titanium: they did it with the SR-71, why not a SAAB!?  |
You shouldn't apologize. I feel the same way about Saab 9-2x and 9-7x. These are not Saabs! Or as I said in another post "How many non-Saab parts and non-Saab designs in a Saab take to turn a Saab into a non-Saab?" If a car is designed in the States, build in the States and equiped with a Japanese power train, can someone tell me where the hell is the Saab in such a car. I might be wrong about it, but it is not a badge that makes a given car a particular make. If tomorrow Mercedes slaps the Mercedes badge on a Chrystler, it won't make that Chrystler a Mercedes.