Instead of a bigger V8 the Saab needs an exclusive twin turbo version of the current engine. That would be bad-ass and more inline with Saab’s philosophy and history.

DID YOU GUYS SEE THE 5MPH CRASH RESULTS ON LUXURY CARS ON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT, THEY HAD A G35 HIT A SIMULATED BUMPER AND CAME OUT WITH $14GRAND IN REPAIR BILLS, THEN THEY SAY SAAB WAS THE BEST AT $6GRAND, 6 GRAND FOR 5 MPH CRASHES, GOD DAMN THAT SUCKS.

I know I’m in the minority, but I’ve always really liked the Saab 9-7 and with a big V8 in it I can only like it more. The GMT-360 platform isn’t all that bad to begin with and with the Saab interior treatment & underpinnings they made it a very comfortable city and highway vehicle.

Wow, an uglier Trailblazer with that stupid Saab grill for more money – now with a bigger engine. Joy.

The Saab truck doesn’t look that bad. It reminds me of a Saturn Vue. It is by no means attractive or beautiful. Saab’s in general are one of the ugliest cars I have ever seen. The problem for Saab is that their cars are made very poorly. Would I buy this car? Absolutely not. Not in a million years.

Since this car already outperforms its lesser rivals like the Infiniti FX, MDX, X5 and Mercedes, a 6.0l V8 should make it a more formidible competitor to the Cayenne Turbo, at a fraction of the cost. And the GMT-360’s have infinitely better reliability and durability than any of the above so you are still inheriting those traits as well as the performance.

Sounds like a winner.

No AFM (Active Fuel Management), that shuts down half of the cylinders on the highway, means no sale. To me at least. The 5.3l and 6.2l GM V8s have it, why not the 6.0l?

The new V8 makes a 390hp Saab is a “more formidible” competitor to a 521hp Cayenne turbo…
Hmmm…
The world of a GM fan boy must be a strange place to live in. Even with slightly less weight (4720 vs 4950 lbs), that’s a 131hp difference. It’s almost sinful to mention Cayenne and 9-7x in the same breath.

Plus, the 9-7 is likely gonna gain more weight with the bigger motor, considering that they’ll have to upgrade the brakes and suspension.

hmm. this car is the lowlyest against the competitors and I don’t see why or how it out performs them.

since when did they even compare each other? I’d like to know where your stating your sources from GMSALES.

You’re all xxxxing idiots. The General is positioning the 9-7 to take the Rainiers place as the plush GMT360 now that Buick has the Enclave. The cost to produce this over the Chevy or GMC version is probably marginal at best. You might not like it but a sale is a sale for GM regardless of the brand. Nevertheless the vehicle is of no consequence to your daily lives so stop xxxxing balking already.

everyone just ignore 1487_GM_SALES. i read the names b4 i read the comments because of this 30 sumthin star wars fan.

Hmm. . .a great big American V8 . . . mothing quite says SAAB like a 6.0L SBC.

global_lightning is right on. They should do like a Merc AMG bi-turbo V8(480-500hp) slam the thing on tasteful 20-in alloys and do up the interior in Swedish Lynx fur or something. No, nobody would buy it still but at least it would be cool to see in rap videos.

Its a good little SUV but Saab can do better. Im expecting much more from the 9-4 (even though its another xxxxin crossover). 9-7 is dead at the end of the year, isn’t it?

I would never, EVER consider purchasing this vehicle. It’s existance alone is horrifying. What GM has done with Saab is…stupefying at best.

THIS VEHICLE SHOULD NOT EXIST. It is, to put it in laments terms…So xxxxing AWFUL it’s got to be a sick, sick joke.

Commodore: We as a society have really gotten pretty xxxxED UP when anything spawned from the GMT-360 platform is referred to as a “good LITTLE SUV”. Please don’t refer to this truck as a “little SUV”, and more importantly, don’t you EVER refer to it as…”good”. Go to Europe, or..go someplace other than this disgustingly bloated and ignorant nation and you’ll find that the 9-7X, along with everything from the GMT-360 platform, and also pretty much every midsize to fullsize SUV on the market is far too large for comfort.

LamborghiniZ: Its a good SUV, if you dont like it, then shove it. And too big? Thats the most retarded thing I’ve read all week! Its not too big, because this is America, not some tiny unknown village in europe, here in america we have a thing called “space” and again, if you don’t like that, shove it. Europe is full of 6000lbs uber sedans that’ll have just as much trouble fitting through a town than this thing will you blind little troll.

Agreed Lambo.

I’ve seen this xxxxbox in the flesh, and it’s an unholy piece of feces. Ugly, reeks of Chevy Trailblazer, awkward styling, etc. Should I go on? No thanks, I’d rather masturbate than talk about this POS.

What does Saab sell … 3 of these 9-7’s per month nationwide? I spend a fair amount of time on the road and I have not seen one ever. What to they think a higher-priced higher-gas-consumption version of a model that does not sell is gonn do? Light the world on fire?
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Q) Whaddaya call a Trailblazer with the key between the seats?

A) A Saab 9-7.
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… and that’s why it will never sell.

Anyone that buys one of these (a Chevy with a Saab grill) is an idiot.

Jimstar: Just proves you’ve never been to Europe. I just spent 2 weeks in Europe, traveling to Rome, Florence, Sicily, Naples, Dubrovnik, Barcelona, and Nice. The number of SUV’s that I saw over the course of 2 weeks I could count on 2 hands. The amount of SUV’s the size of the Trailblazer/9-7X I could count on ONE hand. Ever spent time in a large American city? NYC perhaps? Wait a minute, and we have SPACE here? Ever spent time in the Italian Tuscan country side? And you’re saying they DON’T have space? Stop talking. You’re poor excuses for this gas guzzling, ill-manufactured piece of **** are pathetic, and you’re so damn ignorant you’re making my head hurt.

I just re-read your post again and it’s so retarded that I realized I have more to say. Why, may I ask, because you think we have “space” here in the U.S., is that a legitimate excuse to own this vehicle? It’s not about space you dip****! This vehicle is one of the worst in its class, all GMT-360 vehicles are, they’re from the ****ing stone age! Most people that drive them have NO NEED FOR THEM at ALL, and just like the idea of sitting up high, or are too insecure to sit down low…or both! And like I said, I wasn’t aware that Rome was a “tiny, unknown village in Europe”. You’re pathetic. Get the hell out of your midwestern ****ing house and LEARN something

Now it’ll really be born from jets with that jet engine. Sorry, polar bears. SAAB wants to melt your little icebergs too.

40K for a car with no status.

Wow, Lambo spent 2 whole weeks in europe on a whirlwind tour of 20 cities which makes him the sel-proclaimed resident expert!

Oh **** GM! Good idea, never saw it coming, ill tell you that much. I like it.

(and i see an RX350 around every damn corner)