In precisely what way is a US designed and built truck *born from jets* ?
This has *nothing* to do with the Saab airplane company at all. It further simply ridicules the brand.
Graham
simply ridicules the brand.
Graham,
So the Saab did NOT come from airplanes?
It did, your comment has no point.
- SG
simply ridicules the brand.
I think he was referring specifically to the 9-7. This is a modified Chevy Trailblazer.
it is as such a Saab as the dead 9-2 Saaburu.
simply ridicules the brand.
The 9-7x came from Detroit.
Graham
simply ridicules the brand.
No, the 9-7 came from Moraine, Ohio.
-SG
If I might interject here, it never really mattered that SAAB was 'Born of Jets'...
It was that SAAB engineering knowledge and service policy was 'Born of Jets'.
Out of the blue on day, fifth owner in, on a 1984 shell I picked up DOA privately because I rescued 99gl power train from a wreck - I get an engineering bulletin in the mail. And no 'visit your local dealer' marketing hooey to dig through either. Straight dope with a decidedly routine request to confirm and communicate a potential loom condition on factory letterhead.
Heck, it was sometimes the kind of thing that you sort of figured came from Folker or Lear if you won the lottery pool and could buy a private jet in the late 80's.
Now, it was not always possible to find competent factory trained and supported engineering talent to pass that along to as an owner - dealer or otherwise. But let me assure anyone coming across this from SAAB marketing - it was the beginning of a less than logical dalliance that continues to this day. This very afternoon actually.
Where C-SAAB on all model lines up to about 1994 continues to illuminate the terra as a 'high European brand' automobile was found in its factory integrity regarding its products regardless of warrantee status or dealer relationship in the field. An aircraft company ethos - but for cars.
Because of that frank culture, I could/can still usually find out what to look for from the people who actually engineered the system and tracked it's outcomes in field *well* beyond warrantee. Not what some dad like me posted on the i-net. Not from a enthusiast website somewhere. Real factory guff, metaphoric herring stains and all.
As you may have read at one point, I sold my NG900 specifically to buy a last generation Scania 9000 Aero. The NG corporate engineering information and service relationship was, I regretfully admit, a driving factor behind walking away from a heck of a deal on a 2003 9-5 and pursuing my classic.
I don't mind that SAAB's eventually break down or that parts wear out. Everything with wheels does. I don't so much mind paying for the work or parts either. As long as I know the factory was following its product as a serious engineering solution in the field and have the information available to everyone to figure a problem out when it comes up. Ignoring I suppose what the lawyers told them they *had* to stand behind regarding their engineering solution and information chain in the field at the time.
My take? Follow up on that - and they'll finally figure out why people kept buying the same basic weird looking C900 for the better part of 25 years every time the lease was up. If they get it right - GM will be so happy they will hardly be able to count.
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