Tag archive for ‘Saab Turbo X’
Edmunds provide puzzling Saab Turbo X road test
I’ve written a fair bit in the past about frustrating road tests, and this road test of the Saab Turbo X SportCombi is a classic example.
Saabs O The week - collection edition
I’m pleased to bring you these shots. The owner of two of these cars, Devid M, shared a little of his story with us a few months ago.
David is one of the Turbo X owners that I reported on back then, one of the ones whose satnav order went missing somewhere between his dealership [...]
Friday Snippets
Re-posted, with links stripped and re-coded. Hopefully it might work for all-comers now.
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In today’s snippets entry:
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Edmunds’ editor on the Saab Turbo X: Saab needs to get its quirk on.
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Building a rally car from beyond scratch
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Two great reviews of the Saab 9-3 Convertible
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Hell freezes over: I compliment GM!
NY Times on the Turbo X
Normally when there’s a new Saab review out there, I might get one or two emails about it. Over the weekend I think I had close to ten about this one (thanks to everyone). Such is the drawing power of the New York Times and the writing of Ezra Dyer.
Friday Snippets
In today’s snippets entry:
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More follow-up news on leasing
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July sales to be a slaughter
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Automobile Magazine on the Turbo X (and it’s not good)
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John McElroy on Eurodiesels
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Saab Germany get dressed up
Saab all over the Detroit Free Press
Mark Phelan from the Detroit Free Press is doing a full court press on Saab coverage today. It’s the Turbo X, future models and E85.
Turbo X startup question - answered!
I got a question from a Turbo X owner via email the other day, and as I know we’ve got a number of Turbo X owners (and Aero V6 owners) here, I thought I’d share it with the wider audience. The query was concerned with the car performing (and sounding) better during the first few minutes of a cold start, compared with when it warmed up.
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Seeing as how I don’t actually have a clue about these things, I passed the query on to our resident GM Master Technician, Tedjs. Here’s what he had to say….
Stig to take Saab 99T around the Green Hell
Some say that he was the secretive fifth member of ABBA, and that the hair covering 90% of his body is actually made from carbon fibre. All we know…….
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The original Stig (Blomqvist, that is) is going to be promoting the Saab Turbo X with a lap of the Nurburgring in a couple of original Saab 99s - a rally trimmed version and a turbo. I hope they bring a camera!
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