{"id":93937,"date":"2009-12-22T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/22\/if-saab-dies-who-stands-to-benefit-autotrader-thinks-it\/"},"modified":"2009-12-22T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T15:29:00","slug":"if-saab-dies-who-stands-to-benefit-autotrader-thinks-its-bmw-and-audi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/93937","title":{"rendered":"If Saab dies, who stands to benefit? <i>AutoTrader<\/i> thinks it&#8217;s BMW and Audi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/carbuying\/\" rel=\"tag\">Car Buying<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/saab\/\" rel=\"tag\">Saab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/saab_benefit3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When General Motors announced it was sending <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/saab\/\">Saab<\/a> to that great Viking longboat in the sky, AutoTrader.com dug through its search database to see where bereft Saab customers would turn to for consolation. This will be a surprise to almost no one, but other European marques top the list of substitutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/bmw\/\">BMW<\/a> was the most cross-shopped vehicle among people at AutoTrader&#8217;s site looking for Saabs, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/audi\/\">Audi<\/a> a very close second, beating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/volvo\/\">Volvo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/volkswagen\/\">Volkswagen<\/a> for the next spots. The only mild surprise is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/toyota\/\">Toyota<\/a> took the number five slot, ahead of two other Japanese brands, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/mercedes-benz\/\">Mercedes-Benz<\/a> in eighth You can read the press release after the jump for the complete ranking of Saab alternatives. In case you were wondering, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/spyker\/\">Spyker<\/a> didn&#8217;t make list&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Source: AutoTrader.com]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/22\/if-saab-dies-who-stands-to-benefit-autotrader-thinks-it\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>If Saab dies, who stands to benefit? <i>AutoTrader<\/i> thinks it&#8217;s BMW and Audi<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/22\/if-saab-dies-who-stands-to-benefit-autotrader-thinks-it\/\">If Saab dies, who stands to benefit? <i>AutoTrader<\/i> thinks it&#8217;s BMW and Audi<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:29:00 EST.  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