I brought you a brief article from the Boston Herald last week, where the writer Mike Mello had plenty of good things to say about the Saab Turbo X.

This week he’s published his full article, and it picks up right where the introductory article left off.

The 2008 Saab Turbo X is a rocket. It’s the kind of car that you’ll want to keep driving - on vacation, commuting, running around town, or just for the sake of driving - the Turbo X has that kind of allure. The moment you leave the driver’s seat, you’re thinking of the last shift you completed, while at the same time, anticipating the next launch.

It’s funny, but that kind of high praise is usually reserved for the Saab 900. Maybe this Turbo X is as much of a modern classic as Saab painted it to be when they posed with the 900 in Frankfurt last year.

Click through. That Boston Herald article is well worth your reading.

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Gunnar Heinrich at Automobiles Deluxe has also filled out his driving experience. He was a little more reserved in places, but quite enthusiastic nonetheless:

It’s hard to understate the new caliber of handling performance that the Turbo X presents for the Swedish marque. Such is the difference that I’d say that the Saab Party Faithful should brace itself for the eventual obsolescence of the front drive setups that the company pioneered all those years ago.

There’s some crits there of the brakes and the interior, but it’s a small-ish part of the whole. This car is about the going more than the stopping, though obviously the latter is still very important.

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And finally, one of the staffers at Herb Chambers Saab, who hosted the preliminaries for the event, caught the Turbo X-odus from the showroom on video.

There’s no big drama here, just a whole heap of Turbo X’s. You might also see Eggs n Grits there, though he might have to point himself out. I couldn’t pick him.

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