More official 9-5 pics

We posted the front-on view of the facelifted 9-5 a few days ago, and thanks to Hagfish7 at Saab Central (don’t you just love usernames?) we now have news of these.
Here they are - and not too shabby either, if you ask me:

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If anyone’s interested, my thoughts on spyphotos and people’s reactions are here.

Off topic: spyphotos

Posting may be light over the next 48 hours due to a software upgrade and the associated backups that I have to do in order for it to happen.
The following is just a summary of my thoughts about the spyphotos that have been featured here in the last 6 weeks, which are as follows:
The facelifted [...]

New 9-5 official pic

I don’t know how this got out there, but kudos to ‘Chapel 976′ at SaabCentral for posting.
I posted some of the first spyshots of the 9-5 here last month and overall, they were received with a tirade of abuse and dislike. Funny, all those negative reactions to the car among the Saab faithful seem [...]

Hirsch in the UK

To my (limited) knowledge, Hirsch has been around offering Saab upgrades for some time now. Factory backed and quite chunky, a 9-5 Hirsch truly is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Saab UK have issued a press release regarding Hirsch in the UK. I’ve seen Hirsch-modified cars here in Australia so I’d be [...]

Q & A with Jay

Finally, some unabbreviated output from ‘The Spench’.
The original article with a good background piece is here at the American International Automobile Dealers site.
Here’s the interview:
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MB: Your success at Cadillac has been well documented and praised both in and out of GM, but that is history. Is there relevance to your new assignment, challenges [...]

The worst Saab review EVER

I’ve just stumbled on this review, by a Mr Sean Bugg, as published in Metro Weekly, Washington DC’s Gay and Lesbian Magazine.
And before anyone asks, I picked it up via Google News, not during a scan of the online queer news (not that there’s anything wrong with that….)
Anyway,
Let’s start with the genesis of the 9-2x. [...]

9-3 TiD road test

It’s been a little while since there’s been a new road test available, so it’s fantastic to see Carpages testing the 9-3TiD.
The full test is available here.
We’ve covered the diesel dilemma here at Trollhattan in the past. Whilst they’re popular and commonplace in the UK and Europe, they’re rare in the US. North [...]

Saab 9-2x dot com

I’ve added a new button onto the sidebar for the Saab 9-2x Forum. I spotted this forum just after it started up but haven’t checked up on it again until now. These things are always risky ventures, but the forum has grown very quickly and is now a thriving group of 9-2x enthusiasts.
There’s [...]