Saab already working on improvements for its new 9-5 saloon

After reports that the new 9-5 saloon was poorly received by a car magazine, Saab now aims to upgrade it and will start with instrument panel and other cabin parts by the summer. Saab is making the changes so that it can compete more closely with rivals from Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. According to Saab's global product boss Christopher McKinnon, the company is undertaking the improvements in response to criticisms from What Car? of its ride and handling.
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MorePower - 10/20/2010 10:12:42 PM

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Saab's have always been a bit eccentric and fun, but I don't see this car stealing a lot of customers from BMW or MB. It's nice, but it matches up almost exactly with the competition.

With Saab's experience using turbo fours & sixes, I expected better fuel economy since they're using smaller engines. The competition, BMW 535, gets better gas mileage with, arguably, more power. Plus, the BMW comes with the warranty for 4years/40k miles.

Bmw8ter - 10/21/2010 12:38:26 PM

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I wonder which one is more likely to leave you stranded on the side of the road?

LexSucks - 10/21/2010 5:52:05 PM

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Does GM still own Saab? Seems like its hard for SAAB to shake off the GM stink.

mini22 - 10/21/2010 8:18:53 PM

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Saab has a deal with GM for a few yrs and model cycles to be able to use the GM parts bin. The 9-4 was probably already developed (like the 9-5)by the time the deal was finalized with Spyker. The new 9-3,however,
should have more Swedish input as well as succeeding cars after.