Why American car companies suck

JCL · #11 03-18-2009, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by lo_jack

Funny you should mention Saab. I knew a lady who bought two of them after moving here from Europe. She felt it was sporty and European, and was environmentally friendly. "Certainly it gets better mileage than your domestic sports car."

I waited until she was leaving to tell her it was a GM owned 18mpg city car that actually got worse mileage than my domestic sports car, and was slower on top of that.

I drove a 1976 SAAB 99 2 door for a couple of years. It was a fantastic car. The paint was bad on the trunk lid (faulty factory prep), and front pads wore out quickly, but aside from that, no issues. Good performance, great mileage, excellent in the snow, very stable in crosswinds, wonderful seats. It looked a little strange to many people back in 1976.

All this was well before GM bought them and ruined the whole line. Oops, sorry, I was one of the ones here not bashing GM.