-MAN, dont we wish! we wish a 9-5 were an updated 9000! actually
the 9000 chasis was pretty old. SAAB could have done well updating
it, but to GM is was just plain old.
9-5 is was all new from the ground up on a GM platform. the 9000 had
been the platform that Alfa Romeo/Fiat and SAAB developed back in the
early 1980s for the 164, Chroma, and 9000. The new 9-5 platform is
also used by Opel and some other GM companies. one cray thing, the 9-
5 is smaller inside than a 9000! the 9000 was a tough act for anyone
to follow on interior room though.
the 9-5 is not as safe or strong, as you can see in any junk yard!
it is also not as well tested in the development stage as an older
SAAB cars. it is a nice car, but all the nice SAAB engineering
touches like doors that open to an amazing nearly 90 degree angle and
the strong volvo style door hinges. It also lacks the very subtle but
interesting SAAB attribute of having the driver's pelvis in the
middle of the car (f/b obviously) when the seat is all the way back.
many other things too...driving a 9-5 with a pile of miles also does
not feel like a SAAB. certainly not as wonderful as a 9000 or a
c900 with a pile of miles!
the SAAB ideals, for over 50 years, were NOT acceleration or
boundless performance, but SAFETY, efficiency, economy, ergonomics,
comfort, excellent road holding through front wheel drive, and
SIMPLE technology, even to make use of waste (turbo!, and
performance within economical and sensible bounds, and nothing ever
more than four cylinders! any more falls somewhere between not
necessary and extravagent!
oh well
sic transit gloria mundi
jay
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, Bill Geissler <bill.geissler@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Isn't the current Saab 95 just an updated Saab 9000 ?
>
> Or did something major change which made them a major less worthy ?
>
> I know about the Opel V-6 as not being appreciate by Saab purists,
but
> it seemed like a pretty good engine on the Opel Omega/Catera which I
> have driven a few times.
>
>
>
> Bill Geissler
> '92 405 DL Sportwagon
> 123K
>
-- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, Bill Geissler <bill.geissler@...>
wrote:
>
>
> Isn't the current Saab 95 just an updated Saab 9000 ?
>
> Or did something major change which made them a major less worthy ?
>
> I know about the Opel V-6 as not being appreciate by Saab purists,
but
> it seemed like a pretty good engine on the Opel Omega/Catera which I
> have driven a few times.
>
>
>
> Bill Geissler
> '92 405 DL Sportwagon
> 123K
>
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