If you haven’t had your say in the Tell GM About It: the Saab 9-1 post yet, then please head on over and do so.

The more people, the bigger the voice, and this is a car that definitely needs a voice. In fact, you can help by letting other Saab enthusiasts you know who may not frequent this site about the campaign. We’re not trying to stir up trouble here and this is just a small pocket of people on the web, but GM have to know that there’s people who are keen on this car.

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Karl Brauer from Edmunds is quite familiar with the individual nature of a good Saab. Until recently, he was the owner of a very nice Saab Sonett III. His publication is also one of the most widely used automotive resources on the web.

So when he says today’s Saabs should have more quirkiness, and for less cost, I think Saab should listen (despite my objection to the Q word).

In summary, he says that the Turbo X is a great car, but costs too much compared to its natural rivals and doesn’t offer enough of the individual traits that Saabs were known for in the past. I may not agree with his comparative analysis and I certainly don’t think a Turbo X is too expensive in the US (compared to what other markets are paying). But I definitely agree with the need for more individuality.

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Scripps News has a really great review of the Lynx Yellow Saab 9-3 Convertible, including some yellow Saab history that I didn’t know.

A good read, especially for those interested in picking up a convertible in the near future. I’ve actually got a little bit of convertible fever myself at the moment, but a C900 Convertible is going to be more in line with my budget when it comes time to pull the trigger.

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Jill Ciminillo from the Chicago Sun Times has also written a review of the 9-3 Convertible, and makes an interesting point about the top that I couldn’t disagree with more:

So, as far as soft tops go, the 9-3’s is one of the best. But still, a hard top would look so much better.

I’m yet to see a hard-top convertible that looks natural. The roof always looks a little out of place on the hard tops, like it wasn’t quite designed to be that way, but the necessities of physics made it so.

Nah, give me a soft top any day. If a car’s going to be a convertible, let it be a convertible. Why disguise it as a coupe?

It’s also a good review and definitely click-worthy.

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I’ve gotta say……. I like the way GM are covering the design and build process of the Chevy Volt. This is a game-changer for them and despite my own frustrations with them and the way the manage Saab, I hope they hit a home run with this one and shut the critics up for a long time.

They’ve recently released a number of new images of the production version of the car, and have a dedicated section over at GM Media so that people can get the latest as soon as it’s available.

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Here’s another reason why it’s great to have a successful motorsports program: you get to make cool videos like this one:

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