The Turbo X reviews continue and this time it’s Motor Trend who have been for a quick run and recorded their thoughts.

This is just a brief review and I’m not sure if they’ve participated in the recent drive event in Marseille or not. There are some brief driving impressions, however:

The result is the best-handling 9-3 to date — oversteer is more prevalent and easier to maximize, and the overall balance borders on neutral. Moreover, torque steer has been all but quashed.

It’s a good review for seeing just what the Turbo X offers as a package and Motor Trend seem to rate it pretty highly.

A recommended, albeit brief, read.

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If I can also note one thing at this point…

We’ve covered quite a few Turbo X reviews here in the last week and missed quite a few as well due to language barriers.

In all the reviews I’ve covered, not one reviewer - not one - has commented on a lack of power.

I agree with everyone else that Saab would have been wise to boost the power in this limited edition car up to 300hp. If only for the marketing edge it would have given them. But as we’ve seen from the reviews so far, power isn’t an issue.

What’s been the highlight is the ability the Turbo X has to make the best use of all available power and deliver the best drive a Saab 9-3 has ever delivered.

Case closed for the XWD system if you ask me.

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There’s another Turbo X review from Finland here.

MarkoA tells me:

….they seem to like it and they claim it to be the most powerful “real Saab” ever. The headline says “the return of a Phantom (the comic hero)”.

And in the end it says, just 2 out of 14 Turbo X models for Finland are still available.

We place a pretty high standard for Saab at this site. It seems in the eyes of most of the automotive world that they’re hitting a good mark with this model.