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Some might say its also a good business plan to have a monopoly on parts manufacturing, with few to no competition.
Yea, so you can charge as much as you want! Another situation I wouldn't want to find myself in as a buyer.
So why again does it make sense to spend money on a market that only exists for five years? Its not like this is a classic car. No one in their right mind is going to buy the tooling, so you just have whatever parts are already made, and probably only the ones that are already in this country.
BTW, Pontaic = GM and Saturn = GM, which is still in business, so those examples really don't apply.
Yea, so you can charge as much as you want! Another situation I wouldn't want to find myself in as a buyer.
So why again does it make sense to spend money on a market that only exists for five years? Its not like this is a classic car. No one in their right mind is going to buy the tooling, so you just have whatever parts are already made, and probably only the ones that are already in this country.
BTW, Pontaic = GM and Saturn = GM, which is still in business, so those examples really don't apply.
Why would GM still produce parts? Its a shrinking market! A poor Business plan! There will be no parts! Think of the Children!
When you buy a car like this, yes you have to take into account the fact that most sheep will think there will be no parts so the value of the car will plummet. But that makes them good deals usually.
Lets even through out another scenario... If you are replacing fenders, doors, hoods, and repainting, in 5 years. Is there a large demand of people doing that same work on 13 year old saabs now?
IF I wrecked my 1998 saab, with 140k on it. I wouldn't even care, because car is problaby worth $1500 if it runs drives and has Heat/AC
All that being said, never thought the saab 9-3 was that great of a car. Unless you are getting a great price I would pass.
Why would GM still produce parts? Its a shrinking market! A poor Business plan! There will be no parts! Think of the Children!
When you buy a car like this, yes you have to take into account the fact that most sheep will think there will be no parts so the value of the car will plummet. But that makes them good deals usually.
All that being said, never thought the saab 9-3 was that great of a car. Unless you are getting a great price I would pass.
My short answer is because it is required by law, 10yrs.
With heavy sheet metal damage a +-10 year old Saab (and many other cars) will be totaled. Lesser damage may be fixable using salvage parts or body shop work.
My short answer is because it is required by law, 10yrs.
Yes legally GM is required to provide parts for 10 years. I dont know what percentage of people keep a car for more than 10 years.
I was able to get parts for my old Peugeot for 10 years after they left the US market.
They may be required to supply parts for 10 years, but they're not required to make 'em inexpensive.
All sheet metal is going to be expensive. Also, in the case of Pontiac/Saturn vehicles, they have incentive to keep the prices normal - once you're done with the vehicle they sure would like you to purchase another GM vehicle.
With Saab on the other hand, this is not true. Until its known for certain you can assume that inventory is going to land in the hands of 'the highest bidder'. Likely they don't make cars,thus have no reason to care about long term business, and would very much like to cash in on the need for parts no longer made (aka already perceived as scarce).
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