Comments on: Black Turbo Snippets

By: Mr. AERO

Mr. AERO — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:26:06 +0000

dont cry about stick shift only. a stick is much fast to drive and you get a sportier feel. )

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:29:25 +0000

Well, what am I supposed to do? No one in my immediate family drives a car with a manual transmission. The closest I have is my stepdad’s Infiniti G35x sedan and my mom’s Volvo S40 with the manual override thing, but that obviously doesn’t work. My uncle has a Corvette that he won’t let me drive, and he also has a gigantic diesel Dodge Ram that I couldn’t drive if I wanted to…so I don’t really have a lot of options. I figured I’d learn to drive it out of neccesity when my 900 finally dies and I have to get another car, because I’ll probably end up with something manual.

By the time I can actually afford a newish Saab, I’ll be able to drive stick.

By: Tom Kietur

Tom Kietur — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:02:20 +0000

Does anyone have a guess on the starting price of the Black Turbo Combi? I am guessing $46,000 in American dollars. Any other guesses out there?

By: Saaboy

Saaboy — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:51:51 +0000

Jeff,

you need to learn how to drive stick, now…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:37:35 +0000

Manual only? Poop, now I have to learn how to drive stick.

Still, maybe it will impress my uncle for once.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:40:25 +0000

ctm, I agree with you but Journos will make these comparisons. They expect cars to be set for the track not the real world – the biggest bug bear with my wifes M Sport. SAABs are softer but sadly some of the press think that if it does not drive like a 3 series it is no good. I like light steering and a softer car but I do see the need to get positive press too.

By: El Loco

El Loco — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:19:32 +0000

6-speed only is not a good choice. The current 9-3 and 9-5 Aero sales here in Holland show an 80%-share of automatic gearboxes. Maybe even more.

There is a market for the top-of-the-range models, no doubt, but people who want to drive something fast and ‘hardcore’ don’t drive Saabs. At least not many.

And my second point; Do I understand it correctly that they won’t give the CV the Black Turbo-treatment? Wrong choice Saab… The convertibles are the ones who are bought with the big engines…

By: Saaboy

Saaboy — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:57:08 +0000

6 speed only?!?! Might this be a predecessor to the Viggen?

I’ll take a combi version NOW …

By: Ivan (MuzX)

Ivan (MuzX) — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 05:38:40 +0000

Does anybody know about what changes Saab made under the bonnet?
I have heard from several sources (one of them is a technician of the Hungarian Saab HQ) that the current 9-3 Aeros suffering problems of the inadequate cooling capacity of the cooling system. If the same engine in the same engine bay pulled up to more than 300 HP, it should have much better cooling system…

By: ctm

ctm — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:00:19 +0000

So we see a line of high-spec cars from Saab in the same way that BMW has it’s M-series, Audi it’s S-series and so on. And they have a special style from the factory, special interior, and a nice badge.

About that Top Gear test… Saab never said that a 9-3 with XWD will compete with a S4? It’s the Black Turbo that will do that. Otherwise, it’s like comparing an Audi A4 with BMW M3.