No, GM is not buying into Subaru (again). But there is an interesting story found over on Jalopnik (here) via TurboNines.com (here) and TrollhattanSaab.com (here), about GM filing patents for a Tribeca-based Saab 9-6X.
Huh? GM-Saab divorced themselves from Subaru several years ago. What's going on here?
Don't know exactly, but it sure makes for some interesting speculating--and is a refreshing break from the never-ending doom-and-gloom news coming from Detroit these days.
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Oh Lord, not another Saab rebadge job. Note to GM: Stop treating Saab like Pontiac and start treating it like Cadillac. Where is the new 9-5? That car is insanely old! What about a new 9-3 while we're at it? Or the 9-1 sport compact?
Subaru/Saab? I thought that was a Chrysler!
GM is circling the drain why? Isn't the endless rebadging of models one of the reasons that the Detroit 3 are in their current situation? Learn from past mistakes? No, just gimme some cash.
Demand for the Tribeca is slow, so maybe they want to take up the extra production.
Still, how many clones will they sell? Not many.
I'd take this over the TB clone but then again I'd just buy the original Subaru if I really wanted one.