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BMW wasn’t always where BMW is today. They were known for under-performing, overpriced, stripped-down unreliable cars, much like SAAB became under GM. See my other post here about BMW. They fixed things by moving […]

That’s why they need to make changes – quit decontenting the car, stop using sub-par materials (i.e., the cheap rubberized coatings that peel off at 30-50K miles), and bump up power output and choose stiffer […]

Their mistake was moving down market to the point of being mediocre in the first place. They ought to have maintained their premium status.

> I’ve heard many people complaining that Saab has too much equipment and should decontent.

Seriously? SAAB has much less of a feature set than offerings from:

BMW
Audi
Toyota & […]

Required to match even Korean competitors, nevermind German:

* 240hp* for linear/base model (I wonder if the base model will still say “linear” on the door jam if/when NEVS puts it back into production?)
* […]

You mean, if they matched the competition?

> If you have an extension cord an plug into a 15 amp 110 volt outlet at the motel you could put in appx 15 kW into the battery overnight, but the battery holds a total of 85 kW.

Wow, that’s worse than I […]

> Saab is not Tesla or Porsche. They will never be perceived as such, no matter what they do.

Why not? BMW and Audi both pulled it off, and both were at the brink of death at various stages. It took BMW’s […]

Unfortunately NIMBY and even BANANA (build absolutely nothing anywhere near anyone) nuts prevent any sort of nuclear or even clean natural gas or wind farm plants from being built.

Furthermore, on long trips my Saab gets anywhere from 38mpg to 43mpg, depending on AC use and good weather (with bad weather like rain, it will decrease to mid 30s, heavy rain or light snow, high 20s). That’s over […]

Tesla Model S: Practical as long as you drive straight from Point A to point B with no sightseeing stops, no A/C or heat, and stay on Route 95 so you can stop at three charging stations for an hour each stop for a […]

> However, I do see a future in hydrogen fuel-cell technology (like the Hyundai fuel cell iX-35).

Sure. What will hold the hydrogen, which is an element small enough to pass through a steel, aluminum, or even […]

SAABs made in China?

Do not want.

Say whatever you want, but 117hp Fiat engines? Made in China? The SAAB we knew and love is finally dead – rigor mortis has definitely set in now.

How about asking the same exact question three more times? I mean, someone with the answer might have missed the three times you’ve posted it so far.

Fiat engines? Really? Is it the 1.8L E.torQ, with all of 117hp?

Good luck with that.

. . .or perhaps the JTD? Hmm, well, the RPM range of diesel doesn’t really mesh well with sports sedan vehicles. There […]