Comments on: The 9-2x Aero lives!!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:17:13 +0000

I really like the 9-2x. Will there be any change to the exterior?

By: Swade

Swade — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:47:09 +0000

PT,

Unsure about that, but the tail end does hint at a cat being let out of a bag, doesn’t it?

There’s been nothing official to say that the 9-5 will get the V6. However, I’m pretty sure that one of the spyshots seen has had dual tailpipes. In addition, it makes no sense to have your top model having a smaller engine that your next model down, even if the 4cyl is tweaked to 10hp more. Finally, I have heard from an insider (Djup Strupe – see the Spy Stories post) that the 9-5 will get the V6.

But, as I said, nothing official has come forth.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:22:42 +0000

I see that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (iihs.org) rates the Impreza a Best Pick, good in all categories. So, I guess the 9-2x, being based on the Impreza WRX, continues SAAB’s reputation for building safe vehicles. Does anyone know how well it holds up in a rollover? I love that old SAAB 99 photo where they dropped the car from 6 or 7 feet high onto its roof. I wish they tested all cars like that. For that matter, I wonder how well the 9-3 and 9-5 would fare.

By: PT

PT — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 04:31:37 +0000

Does the tail of this PR mean that the 95 wagon is now a Sportcombi too?

Anyone know if the TTV6 will be in the 95s too?

By: Swade

Swade — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:09:27 +0000

Ken, forgive me, but I don’t get it – OK, got it now, I think my sleepy haze made me see ‘wierd’ when you’d written ‘wired’.

This news release in the middle of the Tasmanian night problem: yet again.

By: SaabKen

SaabKen — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:55:24 +0000

I guess this is the land of Starbucks coffee and my over-caffeinated PC mouse hand is just too “wired” looking for any SAAB news.