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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
The Saab 9-3 Turbo X is a pretty slick Scandinavian alternative to the Teutonic norm, but with a confident all-wheel-drive system, it's just begging for more power. That's where Saab tuner Hirsch comes in, with their upgrade package for the 2.8-liter turbocharged V6. Utilizing a new intercooler, air intake box and an engine software hack, the package bumps power by 20 HP up to 300 and provides 317...
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Best Hobbies Live (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
A journalist from Sport Sedan and got in an accident with it with a Kia in Connecticut, en-route from Alexandria, Virginia to Maine! I see that he was on I-84 unfortunately, because if he was on I-95, he could have stopped off at 100 Waterfront Street in to vist Saab USA’s former headquarters (1961-1971,1971-1993) [...]
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Best Hobbies Live (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Film Credit: According to , the metal union suppliers to Saab Automobile AB in Trollhättan, Sweden where the current Saab 9-3 & 9-5 Sport Sedan & Sport Combis are produced, there will be a production stop this fall that may be just under 12 days between October 2nd and November 7th. Evidently, there are some discussions [...]
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Best Hobbies Live (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Photo Credit: Saab History The Saab Facilities in Trollhättan, Sweden for those that may not have ever visited or are curious about consist of the following. , which produces the current Saab 9-3 and 9-5 Sport Sedans and SportCombis located approximately 2.5 miles North of downtown Trollhättan, Sweden, situated alongside the Göta Alv river. , located across the [...]
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Recently absent from the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC), Saab will be entering the 2009 season with this specially prepped Saab 9-3. Going up against the likes of the Volvo C30 racer , the Saab conforms to the series' S2000 specification with a 2.0-liter engine that runs on bio-ethanol fuel. That four-banger has been bolted to a six-speed sequential gearbox, hopefully not with plastic hardware,...
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The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Apparently, there’s an ad-copywriting school that offers a course called “If It’s Way Too Complicated To Explain, Just Lie.” In the October issue of Vanity Fair, a Saab 9.3 Turbo ad proclaims, “We believe every person should recycle. And so should every engine.” So far so good. But according to the body [...]
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Best Hobbies Live (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
If you have been following my now that the Subaru partnership has ended, here’s another indicator of a Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan parked out in front of an L.L. Bean outlet store in Maine last week. I continue to see this as an opportunity for Saab to partner with L.L. Bean, so let this [...]
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Leftlane (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
We recently spent some time behind the wheel of the Saab 9-3 in 2.0T and Turbo X forms and we admittedly liked it well enough that we decided to give the 9-3 convertible a try – although the cool end-of-summer air might have also had something to do with it. After spending some quality [...]
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Best Hobbies Live (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Image Credit: Saab Automobile AB Saab Automobile launches a special edition of the Saab 9-3 convertible called the “Air Edition”. This “Air Edition” refers to the recent car that was released to this week that debuts at the Paris Auto Show on October 2nd, 2008. I can guarantee that this special edition it is not available [...]
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The VW Livery (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
I'd been behind the wheel of this Swedish rocket for no more than an hour when a fellow motorist decided he'd like to have a go with the Saab .
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Leftlane (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
I’d been behind the wheel of this Swedish rocket for no more than an hour when a fellow motorist decided he’d like to have a go with the Saab. Surely he was driving something like a Subaru WRX? Well, no, he wasn’t. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X? Nope. Audi S4? ‘Fraid not. All those cars would’ve [...]
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Filed under: Convertibles , Coupes , Sedans/Saloons , SUVs , Saab Hooray - the Saab 9-3 2.0T Sport is getting XWD, the Swedish automaker's cross-wheel-drive system. Boo - you're going to pay more for your Saab whether or not you get XWD. The rear-wheel-driving traction-enhancer was previously available only on upper crust models like the Aero and SportCombi, but Saab has announced it will hobnob with...
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
We knew it was on the way, but the Cross-Wheel-Drive system which debuted on the 2008 Saab 9-3 Turbo X has been made available across the rest of the 9-3 lineup for 2009. The Haldex-sourced system provides on-demand all-wheel drive which can be shifted to the wheel with the greatest grip on the fly. XWD equipped cars start at $34,870 for a 9-3 2.0T XWD Sport Sedan to a starting price on the 9-3 Aero...
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Driive (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
We knew it was on the way, but the Cross-Wheel-Drive system which debuted on the 2008 Saab 9-3 Turbo X has been made available across the rest of the 9-3 lineup for 2009. The Haldex-sourced system provides on-demand all-wheel drive which can be shifted to the wheel with the greatest grip on the fly. XWD equipped cars start at $34,870 for a 9-3 2.0T XWD Sport Sedan to a starting price on the 9-3 Aero...
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Best Hobbies Live (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Photo Credit: Mike Jager According to finished 9th overall at the recent European Rallycross last weekend in the Czech Republic. For more details including photos and even a video taken behind Per Eklund’s Saab 9-3 BioiPower on the track, please visit .
