wrong, gmc is a car company, gm is a parent company, thats like saying jeep is a parent compant instead of dymler-chrysler
There is NO MARKET for GM besides trucks, the same with Izuzu.
gm doesn't make vehicles, they own the companies that do, gmc makes vehicles, first of all. second, with izuzu, they only make suv's right, well, saab only makes cars, saab making an suv that looks exactly like a gmc envoy except the front end, is like izuzu making a lamborghini with a different badge, it's f'ing pointless!!!! market or no market!
Have you ever heard of the Volvo XC90?? It was only motor trends SUV of the year in 2003. Volvo saw a niche in the marketplace and it went for it
no shit, but ford owns volvo, right? well, they do! does the xc90 look anything at all like any ford at all? plain and simple no. does it still look like a volvo and isn't just a vehicle with a badge and grill? yes it does. now saab is owned by gm right? yeah, does the saab look like a gm vehicle, yeah it does, the gmc envoy, will this make it sell better, no, this is the same as the first gen escalade and the gmc yukon denali, same parent company, and same looks, now, i see a lot more yukon denali's than i do escalades, why? because they are the same fricken vehicle, just a different badge. now i ask you, why are you compairing a completely original xc90 to a copied 9-7x??
Saab has no share of the smaller car market nor do they have a share of the SUV market which they need again refering to the Volvo XC90 and how many people coming out of college can afford a brand new saab?? Hardly any! Platform sharing is needed now when car companies don't have a lot of money to spend on developing brand new cars from the ground up.
omg... do you really think that because the xc90 was designed from the ground up that it costs more? uh, no, marketing 101, design something that is unique, and even though it'll cost more to make it originally, more people will want it, thus benefiting in the end. people that don't know that, think, that platform sharing is good because it's cheaper, but when there is a cheaper car that looks the same, no one will want it.
These new Saab vehicles give them a hold of those new markets and in my humble opinion just might save the car company a few of us have come to love.
"save the company"?!?! what are you talking about??? i know out by cedric there aren't many saabs, or in texas, or in other areas, but i see about 30 saabs daily, and that's not counting the 2 or 3 dealerships i pass. when burnsside42 gets back from his trip, you ask him how many saabs there are in maine, new hampshire, massachusettes, and all over new england, there are tons!!!!! i know a guy that has 5, i pass at least 10-15 houses that have 2 or 3 saabs in the driveways, heck, bs42 and i passed one that had 5, another with a 99 vig. and a 9-5, there are tons of them, so about saving them, i don't know what you are talking about.
now to appologize,
i'm sorry i had to flame the hell out of you like that, but serriously get your facts straight before you post, also, i am just sharing my opinion, as i know you are, our opinions are clashing, and we're both trying to get our good points out, yours are good, i'll admit, but i think i fought them all, now your turn to show me why the 9-7x and 9-2x are good for saab...
at least the 9-7x has the center start, that's good.
~justin
maybe they should leave saab to cars