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Old 12-18-2009, 08:16 PM
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Re: Another great investment by GM!

I was thinking that the new 9^5 was really looking good... although a sedan, it had a slight air of SVX's uniqueness to it.

The wide tail lights, and sleek headlights. The wrapped dash. The clean, dignified, modern styling. The impression of competent, smooth performance... even AWD optional.





I still think Subaru should buy the Saab name, and design aesthetics... and up-scale the existing Subaru line.

GR-impreza -> upsize to new Saab 900 in place of 9^3
BM-Legacy/Outback -> chassis re-bodied with new 9^5 clothes, called 9000
Coupe based on GR Impreza goes to new SVX/RS Coupe, and 900 Coupe/Convertible.

Tribeca moves to Saab entirely, if Subaru doesn't want to keep going with it... with good styling like the 9^5, (supposedly the 9^4 CUV was ready, but held back to not up-stage the new Caddy SRX... and it looks like they held on a tad too long....) as a Saab CUV.

Saab could be Subaru's answer to Acura, Infiniti, and Audi, since Subaru is seemingly faltering on their move up-market under the pleiades badge itself, and turning to focus on Camry/Accord for Legacy, and Mazda 3 for Impreza.
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