Comments on: September 2008 Sales for USA – Saab beats Toyota!!!

By: Tompa

Tompa — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:50:14 +0000

The 9-4X and NG9-5 is welcome say…. Now. And ad the 9-3X aswell

By: RMinNJ

RMinNJ — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:11:52 +0000

Interesting. I thought for sure that BMW would be up as there are many new dealers by me and
everyone seems to want one. The report shows that everyone wants an Audi or Mini? Bet they’re
still leasing vehicles also.

I have a CPO Saab (obviously from after a lease). If Saab is no longer leasing it seems there won’t be any 2009 models to buy used/CPO in say 2013? Bad for the used car buyers like me. The used cars must come from somewhere. Really bad for everyone.

By: WooDz

WooDz — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:23:23 +0000

I think there’s no doubt that after 20 years we’re just about to fall into another global recession. When we heard the news that Saab would cut production due to lack of sales in the US, We were all disheartened; however cutting 20 or 30,000 units to offset a fall in global sales has no real great impact. No factory has been closed and nobody lost their job. If Toyota or VAG have to start cutting production to compensate for say a 30% loss in the next couple of years the cause and effect will be monstrous. We won’t be talking about a score thousand units the big companies will be dealing in Millions, maybe a cut as much as 3 million pa. Those sort of figures mean layoffs, and plant closures.

Sometimes it’s good to be small…

By: Kroum

Kroum — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:37:33 +0000

Saab is also no longer the smallest mass manufacturer to sell cars in the U.S. – hand the title back to Porsche now please. Saab sold 1,765 vehicles in September, Porsche only managed 1,458 (a 45% drop).

By: eggsngrits

eggsngrits — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:51:33 +0000

That’s thinking on the bright side. I wondered how you were going to play that reading only the title!

By: 1985 Gripen

1985 Gripen — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:43:11 +0000

This is something Saab probably doesn't want you to read!!!

By: 1985 Gripen

1985 Gripen — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:41:51 +0000

I second Matt's point. A couple weekends ago we bought a CPO 2005 9-5 Arc SportWagon for $5 over the wholesale price, and that included the CPO warranty that will have us covered until April 2011. We got this "like new" car (I believe it was a 3-year lease return) for roughly a third of the price it cost new. A steal. Even has the warranty. Also, got 3.9% financing from GMAC. This is something GM is touting for their other marques today, but not for Saab for some reason, even though that's the finance rate I got. We financed the purchase over 5 years, and including the year of payments we still owed on our prior CPO Saab (a 2001 9-3 5-door) which we rolled-over into the new financing, we're paying only $5 a month more in our monthly car payment than we did on the 9-3. I never would have guessed I could afford a 9-5!!! I was just reading a report over at Consumer Reports (I know, boo! hiss!) about what a great deal used cars are over new cars. They point-out that you can get a used Porsche Boxster for the same price as a new Ford Mustang.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:05:06 +0000

I’m one of those who passed on Toyota for the Saab. Their used cars are ridiculously overpriced right now. A used Saab off a lease is a steal right now!