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Hier staan ons beider exemplaren op de foto:
PS: De mijne stond ook eens in een tijdschrift.
There are some very painful historical examples. When Chrysler bought the remains of AMC it also found itself in a contract to produce and sell the Renault Medallion and what would have been the Renault Premier, which it didn't really want to do and its dealers didn't want to do either. So after a few years selling the cars as Eagle Medallions, Dodge Monacos and Eagle Premiers, Chrysler-Jeep-Eagle dealers were not exactly enthusiastic about servicing the cars. Fast forward 25 years after Eagle's demise and now there's yet another reality to contend with: Where do you find a mechanic still in practice today who had worked on Medallions or any other Renault-designed vehicles that Chrysler sold when they were new?
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And that brings us to Saab. A handful of dealers in traditional Saab strongholds in the northeast had bought up all the new, unsold Saabs after the company suddenly imploded in late 2011. This meant that even through 2015 you could still get a new Saab from these dealers with delivery miles, at ever-increasing discounts. The dealers kept their service operations going as there were still plenty of Saab on the roads, at least in the northeast, so it made sense to maintain a service department.
But that door is in the process of closing, and in another five years there will be fewer and fewer Saabs on the roads as the youngest cars reach a decade and a half. Another five years after that it's going to be harder yet to find mechanics who worked on Saabs when the factory was still in operation; mechanics tend to move on to dealership service centers that are more alive.


Dank voor de tip, ik heb het nummer alsnog besteld.Funky Dude schreef: ↑do 28 jan, 2021 16:42Ik kwam deze nog tegen, het vorige nummer van Klassiek & Techniek met een Saab 95v4 en een Alfa Romeo Alfasud stationwagon.
https://www.klassiek-techniek.nl/nieuws ... nummer-274

