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12-18-2009, 07:19 PM
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Another one down
"Swedish carmaker Saab is to be shut down by General Motors after the collapse of a last-ditch attempt to sell it to Dutch sports car manufacturer Spyker.
GM announced today that with "regret" it was starting an orderly wind-down of 62-year-old Saab's operations. The marque, which grew out of an aircraft manufacturer shortly after the war, employs 3,400 people in Sweden and sold 93,000 cars in 2008, but has struggled to turn a profit."
GM announced today that with "regret" it was starting an orderly wind-down of 62-year-old Saab's operations. The marque, which grew out of an aircraft manufacturer shortly after the war, employs 3,400 people in Sweden and sold 93,000 cars in 2008, but has struggled to turn a profit."
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12-19-2009, 12:12 AM
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Treading water franticly wearing 10lb ankle weights, but yeah, they were somehow keeping their heads above the water. But I don't disagree that GM is messing **** up.
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12-19-2009, 12:27 AM
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Saab shoulda never got in with GM. Personally I think Saab's are ugly and 2 weeks ago I pulled a Saab tranny from a 900 turbo. WHAT A BITCH THAT WAS. Never saw a car with the flywheel and clutch in the front. Made it real easy to take apart, NOT.
My friend has a Saab 93, like a 2006? It has some sort of power programmer and I'll tell you this...IT RIPS **** UP, but I still hate it. It has the "I feel fast cause I have the torque of a 15 second Mustang 5.slow". It fits the category of a SRT-4...turbo car, front wheel drive with 4 doors. Therefore, bury it in the scrap pile, cause it's not my bag, baby.
My friend has a Saab 93, like a 2006? It has some sort of power programmer and I'll tell you this...IT RIPS **** UP, but I still hate it. It has the "I feel fast cause I have the torque of a 15 second Mustang 5.slow". It fits the category of a SRT-4...turbo car, front wheel drive with 4 doors. Therefore, bury it in the scrap pile, cause it's not my bag, baby.
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