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From: DanB on 24 Jul 2008 19:26 <jackhackettuk(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:f44da250-c647-4a1c-96bc-d36eda016cfe(a)v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com... > On 24 Jul, 21:40, st...(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) wrote: >> Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > st...(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) gurgled happily, sounding much like >> > they >> > were saying: >> >> > > We're all petrolheads, but I can guarantee that the average bloke in >> > > the >> > > street places Saab pretty much up there with the other prestige >> > > brands - >> > > and streets ahead of Vauxhall. >> >> > The average bloke in the street is well aware that recent Saabs are >> > just >> > tarted-up Vectras. >> >> I'd disagree - people may know they're owned by the same company that >> makes Vectras, but I don't think many are all that aware of the platform >> sharing. > > Having looked one over at the County Show I went to a couple of weeks > ago, I wouldn't touch one with yours. > > Aside from them being a bit shite and likely to depreciate like > buggery, any company that tries to market their cars as 'Eco > Power' (IIRC), when they're just as shite on fuel as anything else, > sucks. > I assume you mean the Saab? -- Dan Clio R27 F1 #65
From: jackhackettuk on 24 Jul 2008 19:44 On 25 Jul, 00:26, "DanB" <iridium...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > <jackhacket...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:f44da250-c647-4a1c-96bc-d36eda016cfe(a)v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com... > > > > > > > On 24 Jul, 21:40, st...(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) wrote: > >> Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > st...(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) gurgled happily, sounding much like > >> > they > >> > were saying: > > >> > > We're all petrolheads, but I can guarantee that the average bloke in > >> > > the > >> > > street places Saab pretty much up there with the other prestige > >> > > brands - > >> > > and streets ahead of Vauxhall. > > >> > The average bloke in the street is well aware that recent Saabs are > >> > just > >> > tarted-up Vectras. > > >> I'd disagree - people may know they're owned by the same company that > >> makes Vectras, but I don't think many are all that aware of the platform > >> sharing. > > > Having looked one over at the County Show I went to a couple of weeks > > ago, I wouldn't touch one with yours. > > > Aside from them being a bit shite and likely to depreciate like > > buggery, any company that tries to market their cars as 'Eco > > Power' (IIRC), when they're just as shite on fuel as anything else, > > sucks. > > I assume you mean the Saab? Indeed. -- JackH
From: Douglas Payne on 24 Jul 2008 19:58 jackhackettuk(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote of Saabs: > Aside from them being a bit shite and likely to depreciate like > buggery, any company that tries to market their cars as 'Eco > Power' (IIRC), when they're just as shite on fuel as anything else, > sucks. Yeah, I mean 'Ecotec' was a much cleverer marketing ploy, wasn't it? -- Douglas
From: DanB on 24 Jul 2008 20:06 <jackhackettuk(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:8e4b1f54-f28d-446f-b286-29339fde17fc(a)a3g2000prm.googlegroups.com... > On 25 Jul, 00:26, "DanB" <iridium...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> <jackhacket...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >> >> news:f44da250-c647-4a1c-96bc-d36eda016cfe(a)v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> >> >> > On 24 Jul, 21:40, st...(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) wrote: >> >> Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > st...(a)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) gurgled happily, sounding much like >> >> > they >> >> > were saying: >> >> >> > > We're all petrolheads, but I can guarantee that the average bloke >> >> > > in >> >> > > the >> >> > > street places Saab pretty much up there with the other prestige >> >> > > brands - >> >> > > and streets ahead of Vauxhall. >> >> >> > The average bloke in the street is well aware that recent Saabs are >> >> > just >> >> > tarted-up Vectras. >> >> >> I'd disagree - people may know they're owned by the same company that >> >> makes Vectras, but I don't think many are all that aware of the >> >> platform >> >> sharing. >> >> > Having looked one over at the County Show I went to a couple of weeks >> > ago, I wouldn't touch one with yours. >> >> > Aside from them being a bit shite and likely to depreciate like >> > buggery, any company that tries to market their cars as 'Eco >> > Power' (IIRC), when they're just as shite on fuel as anything else, >> > sucks. >> >> I assume you mean the Saab? > > Indeed. > You're a bit of a Vx man iirc? What are your thoughts on the Vectra VXR? -- Dan Clio R27 F1 #65
From: jackhackettuk on 24 Jul 2008 20:07
On 25 Jul, 00:58, Douglas Payne <doug...(a)cheerful.com> wrote: > jackhacket...(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote of Saabs: > > > Aside from them being a bit shite and likely to depreciate like > > buggery, any company that tries to market their cars as 'Eco > > Power' (IIRC), when they're just as shite on fuel as anything else, > > sucks. > > Yeah, I mean 'Ecotec' was a much cleverer marketing ploy, wasn't it? It wasn't plastered all over the car in big letters on a trade stand with a euro standard 'energy rating' placard sitting on the windscreen pointing out it was actually quite shite on fuel though, was it. ;-) In fact IIRC it was just the name of the engines they were doing back then rather than a full on, leading the campaign for the range with the term concerned headlining it. This thing was a 9-3 estate IIRC, with 'ECO POWER!' in huge letters up the bottom of the doors. -- JackH |