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S2KtoFT86 12-18-2009 11:09 AM
GM Lets Another Die
 
Saab is finished it appears. http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/18/auto...osed/index.htm

VenomRush 12-18-2009 03:16 PM
good riddance... i always hated seein those cars on the road

OldSkoolToys 12-18-2009 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by VenomRush (Post 6154)
good riddance... i always hated seein those cars on the road
Hey! My FIRST car was a 1986 hand-me-down Saab 900s hatchback! It wasn't an amazing car in the least, but it was comfy, 5speed, and I was the only one driving such a car at my HS.

Whats wrong with Saab stories?

Edit: Read the article, wtf is GM doing selling Hummer to the chinese?

White Comet 12-19-2009 02:00 AM
God, I hate GM. I swear I told myself this would happen as far back as when GM bought Saab out completely.

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Originally Posted by VenomRush (Post 6154)
good riddance... i always hated seein those cars on the road
Why? The pre-GM Saabs were awesome, albeit quirky, cars that were loved in mountainous areas like Vermont, Colorado, or here in British Columbia.

I had an old '90 Saab 900 Turbo with my dad. I LOVED that car.

1660 12-19-2009 02:04 AM
I think GM sold the engineering to China, so it can be built as a Chinese made car.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/baic-to-...s-by-2011.html

White Comet 12-20-2009 03:31 PM
Saab's not dead yet! I hope this deal goes through. I'm all for GM bands dying, but not the ones they bought out and ruined.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...rticle1406814/

VenomRush 12-20-2009 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by White Comet (Post 6203)
God, I hate GM. I swear I told myself this would happen as far back as when GM bought Saab out completely.


Why? The pre-GM Saabs were awesome, albeit quirky, cars that were loved in mountainous areas like Vermont, Colorado, or here in British Columbia.

I had an old '90 Saab 900 Turbo with my dad. I LOVED that car.
The only people i saw driving saabs were old grannies

White Comet 12-20-2009 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by VenomRush (Post 6287)
The only people i saw driving saabs were old grannies
Look harder, then.

VenomRush 12-20-2009 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by White Comet (Post 6290)
Look harder, then.
c'mon.. how many people do you know are driving a SAAB??

OldSkoolToys 12-20-2009 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by VenomRush (Post 6293)
c'mon.. how many people do you know are driving a SAAB??
My first car was a saab. It was a good car too, a pre-GM model (1986).

It definitely had a styling you had to get used to, but it was nonetheless, a good car.

ichitaka05 12-20-2009 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by VenomRush (Post 6293)
c'mon.. how many people do you know are driving a SAAB??
My friend who own Saabaru 9-2x. It's pretty much WRX hatch.

White Comet 12-20-2009 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by VenomRush (Post 6293)
c'mon.. how many people do you know are driving a SAAB??
Now? Not many. GM's dilution of a once iconic, quirky brand to just another badge variant was pretty thorough.

Again, though, my answer was clear in my first post. Go to areas where there are lots of elevation changes, and foul weather. You'll still see plenty of the older, again (i.e., GM-less) Saabs.


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