Monday, March 23, 2009
SAAB STORY
We used to own SAABS. Convertibles. Three of them, I think. They were wonderful cars and, up to the end, they had an extraordinary dealer/service network. Small.
Then GM bought a piece of them.
They closed the dealer franchises within a year. Gone. You had to go to a GM mega-dealer.
At the same time, we were moving out here and there were no dealerships that carried SAAB so we bit the bullet and bought the Jeep Cherokee. Then the Sebring convertible which at least looks a little like the SAAB convertible looked.
Now, it looks like their death nell.
Of course they are saying no to GM who destroyed the brand.
It is unforgivable.
There is a guy at the gym who has an old black SAAB sedan. It has the famous chortle in the motor sound.
I love to look at it. It is a great "remember when" you could buy a real car from a real dealer who had his own service department (ours had two partners one for service and one for sales) and would take care of you like a customer should be taken care of. Truth led the list. Fairness followed. Reliablity over all.
Good bye SAAB. Sob.
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