saab automobiles

what do you guys think of these new saabs, the 9-2x with awd? the 'aero' version has 227hp, and 217ftlbs torque stock, it's a 2.0t. i couldn't find crap as far as performance parts and upgrades. i know absolutely nothing about saabs, other than the fact that they're swedish, which i think is kinda strange.

i think they look good and alot of people like them but i dont think we will ever need to worry about a saab taken an audi.

for now....dun dun dunnnn

u kno its a subaru impreza rite

Wow i'd never even heard of that in the UK, must be something only you guys are getting.

It looks crap, it's an impreza with a saab 9-3 front end.

Saabs are ok but they aren't quite up there with BMW/Merc/Audi in Europe, there are loads of places that tune them though, the turbo ones are very tunable.

http://www.saab.com/

http://www.abbottracing.com/

http://nordictuning.com/

http://www.saabcentral.com/index.htm

http://engstrom.net/cgi-bin/SoftCart.100.exe/scstore/shophome.html?E+scstore

yea, the rear end totally looks like a wrx. the front end is slightly unique to saab, and the interior is actually pretty similar to audis. they even offer basically the same packages audi does (cold weather, sport, and premium). sounds like those swedes are stealing styling left and right. i'll stick with my audi.

If they made them in a sedan I'd be a little more interested not a wagon person

i was never a wagon person until, believe it or not, the volvos turned me into one. and now that they've started making these "sport wagon" versions of everything i'm likin them even more. i don't know what it is about them that i like, but i'm feeling all these new wagons. avant, wrx, these saabs, mbz, all their new wagons look dope to me.

save some money and just buy a WRX wagon if u want to buy the 9-2x

Saab's aren't Sweedish anymore.. GM bought Saab about a year or 2 ago....
so that Saab might as well be a Chevy (yuck). I went to the Philly Auto Show in Feb. and they were showing a new Saab SUV, it's a GMC Envoy with a different logo on the grill.... disgusting.

yea saabs looks are comming around but no thanks

We just had this old 86 900 16V come in on a trade this thing is rotten but one of the guys her bought it for $40 haha to use as a field car he took it in the back on saturday and I guess this thing still halls a$$ for $40 you just can't go wrong but you look under the hood and its all backwards the belts are at the back of the engine the tranny is in front of the engine haha wtf were they thinging damm swedins

i think saab def uped up there game

cl, are you joking?! the tranny is seriously in the front???? that's def one the most ridiculous things i've heard in a while. so you basically have to pull the motor to replace a belt....that's hella cool, i'm getting one tomorrow.

I've only seen this car from the outside it is just what i heard from the guy that bought it

jd, just because gm bought them doesn't mean anything's changed as far as production. i'm pretty sure the whole assembly process hasn't changed at all, nor has the location of their factories. it's not like they're putting chevy engines or any other gm components on it, they just own it...not that chevy is a bad make. i have an 89 blazer with 270k miles on the original motor.

not 100% but from what i've heard the from my father he works over at saab retired driver but he was talking to the tech's and that motor is a GM built design and it is all trouble I don't have any facts on this it is just word of mouth

if GM owns them , then GM mgmt. makes their decisions (especially when it would come to $$) ..
so if John (I build crap) Chevy says "save $50 per car and put in that crappy part instead of the quality one" (a very GM mindset), then Saab will do just that..

look their looks may have come around but it's stil a vehicle built buy GM ....
and if you've seen anything on the news recently about GM, they are in SERIOUS financial problems... there is NO WAY i would buy a vehicle being produced by not only an American car company that has been notorious for producing crap, but one that is in financial hardships at that....
your asking for a lemon