Saab on kehittelemässä yhteistyökumpaneidensa kanssa "omaa" pohjalevyä 9-5:een! Ilmeisesti Saab on ottanut testien kritiikeistä opikseen, että ehkä 9-5:n pohjalevy on sittenkin "ei tarpeeksi jäykkä" kyseiselle autolle (ainakin Aerolle). Uusi 9-3 tulee kuitenkin vielä pohjautumaan Epsilon -alustalle.
Tässä koko artikkeli englanniksi:
Saab develops new platform for the next 9-5 series
From the beginning GMs Epsilon platform were meant to be used both for the new 9-3 and for the next 9-5 but Saab wanted a better platform so that they could compete with BMW and Audi. To solve this problem Saab together with Fiat will develop a new platform. Saab is now leading the project with the new platform, the platform will be used by many cars in GM for example by the new Alfa 156 Spider and Lancia Lybra.
Saab got the job to develop the new platform even though they are a small company. Why? Well Saab is the best brand on GM's premium cars says Niklas A from Saab. The project will be lead from Pixbo outside Gothenburg Sweden. Saab Cars Online expects that this will create about 100 new jobs in western Sweden.
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General Motors and Fiat Auto have approved their first common platform - an upper-range architecture that will be used mainly for Alfa Romeos, Lancias, Saabs and Cadillacs. The "premium" platform, as the partners call it, will feature sophisticated suspensions and a high level of rigidity. It will also accommodate four-wheel-drive systems, allowing it to be used not only for sedans, coupes and spiders, but also for sport-utilities and crossovers. The premium platform team will be based in a "neutral" location: at Saab in Trollhattan, Sweden. Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Saab and Cadillac are expected to switch from GM's Epsilon platform to the new premium platform for models debuting in 2003 and 2004.
The next Saab 9-5, to debut in late 2004, will use the premium platform. Alfa Romeo will switch to the new platform for the Spider replacement in 2004 and will also use it for the 156 and 166 successors. Lancia will use the premium platform for the 2005 Lybra replacement. Its new flagship, the Thesis - debuting at this week's Geneva show - is based on a Fiat platform. Fiat and GM have long considered more sophisticated platforms for their upscale brands.
Combining the three European brands plus Cadillac resulted in the critical volume needed to make investment in the platform viable. For Alfa Roemo, Lancia and Saab alone, the premium platform could mean more than half a million units a year.
-lähde: Saab Cars Online
Tässä koko artikkeli englanniksi:
Saab develops new platform for the next 9-5 series
From the beginning GMs Epsilon platform were meant to be used both for the new 9-3 and for the next 9-5 but Saab wanted a better platform so that they could compete with BMW and Audi. To solve this problem Saab together with Fiat will develop a new platform. Saab is now leading the project with the new platform, the platform will be used by many cars in GM for example by the new Alfa 156 Spider and Lancia Lybra.
Saab got the job to develop the new platform even though they are a small company. Why? Well Saab is the best brand on GM's premium cars says Niklas A from Saab. The project will be lead from Pixbo outside Gothenburg Sweden. Saab Cars Online expects that this will create about 100 new jobs in western Sweden.
More from Automotive News:
General Motors and Fiat Auto have approved their first common platform - an upper-range architecture that will be used mainly for Alfa Romeos, Lancias, Saabs and Cadillacs. The "premium" platform, as the partners call it, will feature sophisticated suspensions and a high level of rigidity. It will also accommodate four-wheel-drive systems, allowing it to be used not only for sedans, coupes and spiders, but also for sport-utilities and crossovers. The premium platform team will be based in a "neutral" location: at Saab in Trollhattan, Sweden. Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Saab and Cadillac are expected to switch from GM's Epsilon platform to the new premium platform for models debuting in 2003 and 2004.
The next Saab 9-5, to debut in late 2004, will use the premium platform. Alfa Romeo will switch to the new platform for the Spider replacement in 2004 and will also use it for the 156 and 166 successors. Lancia will use the premium platform for the 2005 Lybra replacement. Its new flagship, the Thesis - debuting at this week's Geneva show - is based on a Fiat platform. Fiat and GM have long considered more sophisticated platforms for their upscale brands.
Combining the three European brands plus Cadillac resulted in the critical volume needed to make investment in the platform viable. For Alfa Roemo, Lancia and Saab alone, the premium platform could mean more than half a million units a year.
-lähde: Saab Cars Online
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Vanhimmat
Viimeksikin tällä yhteistyöllä saatiin aikaiseksi loistava lopputulos, toivottavasti myös nyt.
Toivottavasti vain projektin sivutuotteena ei taas myydä italoautoja Saabina... vrt Saab 600.
Mikä on Saab 600?
Kiitos vastauksesta etukäteen.
Olikohan se Lancia Delta.
Euro4-kori yhteistyöprojektissa Saabille jotenkin lankesi velvollisuus/tilaisuus myydä Lanciaa omalla nimellään Ruotsissa, siten Lanciaa sitten myytiin jonkin aikaa Ruotsissa nimellä Saab 600.
Tuohon Saab 600 nimeen törmää aina välillä varaosaluetteloissa yms, vaikka sitä ei suomessa myyty olekkaan.
Tuolta löytyy juttu ei Saabistin kirjoittamana:
http://www.autonewseurope.com/stories/fiatgm226.htm
Suunnittelua vetää Fiatin insinööri ja myös syy, miksi levyä suunnitellaan Ruotsissa, löytyy myös ko. artikkelista.
Eli levy tulee olemaan Fiatin ja GM:n yhteistyötä, ei Saabin.
...on Saab Cars Onlinen mukaan Fiatin ENTINEN insinööri. Tiedäpä noista työsuhteista. Pääasia, että tulee valmista ja laadukasta jälkeä. Ja sen takiahan tuossa artikkelissa oli tuo "oma" lainausmerkeissä.
Pääasia, ettei ole sama pohjalevy, mikä Opeleissa on. Mieluummin yhteistyökumppanina Lancia ja Alfa (Saab 9000 oli tällaisen kehitystyön tulos ja hyvä sellainen), kuin Opel (=lepo väärinpäin).
Eipä tuo niin kumma juttu ole jos projektia vetää italialainen Fiatin entinen suunnittelija... auto- ja moottorialalla liikutaan paljon, tehtaita kun ei aivan joka kylässä ole.
Enkä välttämättä laskisi Fiatilla työskentelyä miinukseksi... Fiat osaa asiansa, omalla tavallaan.
Yksi syy, miksi Trollhättan (ja Saabin tehtaat) on valittu projektin kehityspaikaksi, on Saabin turvallisuus. Se on turvallisempi kuin mikään muu artikkelissa mainituista GM:n autoista.