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@American Revolution

I have read the ideal line-up but I have a totall different view what GM needs to be doing with Saab. I live in the Netherlands and we get the Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan and the 9-5.
Both cars have been crash tested and got top ratings, an owner survey showed Saab drivers
are one of the most satisfied customers with totall reliability. Every time Saab will be listed in
the top ten among Japanese manufacturers and BMW.
In my opinion GM has developed a good car. Also in car magazines Saab gets good reviews
and I believe that in the publics opinion Saab is regarded as a good car.
But....most people dislike their styling which lacks appeal. Even in car magazines journalists
remind us of Saab used to make bold and daring cars and they were uplifting to own.
Nowadays they produce a mainstream car.
GM can offcourse shows it's muscles and equippe Saabs with 4WD and hi-preformance engines
but I think such an operation will hardly be effective. They need to fork out how to design a
Saab. There is nothing wrong with the cars but it's the package. They have to move it away
stylingwise from Opel and give it more personality so people will no longer make jokes about owning an Opel. Even worse..perspective buyers might perceive it as an Opel.


SUV is a car for the U.S. market. The BMW X5 is the best seller SUV in the Netherlands
with over 900 cars sold...there isn't a market for most cars on the line-up. However we do have
a great market for cars like the Saab 9-3/9-5 and problems are styling and reminiscence to
Opel. That they do have to change. These modells have enough kit, power and don't need
a 4WD. Saab's needs to be a styling icon (even a bit quirky), innovative engineering ( idiosyncratics),character and uses fine materials. That's Swedish quality. That's a proper Saab.