A Chevrolet Trailblazer with the ignition key in the middle does not make a Saab. Everyone on the planet except for the executives at GM knew this, but they produced it anyway. To date, Saab has managed to peddle approximately 8 of these Trailblazer / 9-7X beasts, which is bad, even for a Saab. GM will continue to throw money away by building the 9-7X for a few more months, but production will end before the year is up. Quite frankly, that can’t come soon enough.
Saab 9-7X Goes on Death Row
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I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY SAAB IS WITH GM
I own one of these. Try driving one before you bash it.
I don’t think he’s saying that the 9-7X drives or is a horrible car, it’s the fact GM is known for throwing money into crossbadging one vehicle into it’s various brands, for example the Izuzu Ascender, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, Oldsmobile Bravada and the 9-7X are just the trailblazer in disguise as well as the Chevy SSR. Thus weaking there sales. It’s one of many GM’s bad habits that followed throughout their existence. They should realize that certain vechiles don’t fit for the times. They weren’t listening to the economy when their SUV sales were dropping. Even before that I believe it started when they abandoned their electric car production back in 96 to push SUV’s. Now it’s biting them in the butt.
I know Saabs are nice but what GM is doing to them is just wrong, and I do not like GM at all. Poor investing, poor management.
GM needs to either sell Saab or just shut it down. Building Saabblazers was never the answer, and just shows you how clueless GM management really is, and always has been.
AGREED.