Comments on: SAABUSA confirms: 9-3 will get XWD http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:36:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Shaddow http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-313012 Shaddow Wed, 30 May 2007 08:07:14 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-313012 A mate once commented that the key seems to get further and further back in SAABs and eventually it will be in the boot. I Think SAAB has come a long way in looks and AWD shall really help make it so much more sellable and another good option on the market. A mate once commented that the key seems to get further and further back in SAABs and eventually it will be in the boot.
I Think SAAB has come a long way in looks and AWD shall really help make it so much more sellable and another good option on the market.

]]> By: GarbageMotorsCo http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312688 GarbageMotorsCo Thu, 24 May 2007 12:12:57 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312688 They're ugly, they're unreliable (Bottom of the barrel in CR and JD) but hey, you get that key between the seats! So popular, nobody has ever tried to duplicate it lol. Why doesn't GM just throw a couple of more rebadged Chevrolets at the brand and be done with it. That should milk them along for at least another decade... They’re ugly, they’re unreliable (Bottom of the barrel in CR and JD) but hey, you get that key between the seats! So popular, nobody has ever tried to duplicate it lol.

Why doesn’t GM just throw a couple of more rebadged Chevrolets at the brand and be done with it. That should milk them along for at least another decade…

]]> By: Sharif http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312676 Sharif Thu, 24 May 2007 04:49:08 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312676 Saab is interesting in a stupid kind of way. Everyone knows how different car brands have their little trademark thing, an example would be Lamborghini and their doors. In Saab's case, they choose to have an outstandingly ugly grill as their trademark. It's not that they don't know how to make good looking cars, they just thought it would be smarter not to. They figured that if their products were ugly it would boost sales. This is some sort of high logic which is completely beyond me, which is probably why i don't qualify to work for Saab. Saab is interesting in a stupid kind of way. Everyone knows how different car brands have their little trademark thing, an example would be Lamborghini and their doors. In Saab’s case, they choose to have an outstandingly ugly grill as their trademark. It’s not that they don’t know how to make good looking cars, they just thought it would be smarter not to. They figured that if their products were ugly it would boost sales. This is some sort of high logic which is completely beyond me, which is probably why i don’t qualify to work for Saab.

]]> By: GarbageMotorsCo http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312612 GarbageMotorsCo Wed, 23 May 2007 17:06:20 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312612 Isn't that figure just a bit optimistic? I bet 3000 of those are from Enterprise rental. Saab has less market prescence than Suzuki, as mentioned above, America has pretty much forgotten about the brand. Waste of what little resources GM had in the first place. The time and money could have been spent on much more imprortant things than a failed brand that has essentially been left to die for the past 15 years that GM owned them. Why bother now? Isn’t that figure just a bit optimistic? I bet 3000 of those are from Enterprise rental. Saab has less market prescence than Suzuki, as mentioned above, America has pretty much forgotten about the brand.

Waste of what little resources GM had in the first place. The time and money could have been spent on much more imprortant things than a failed brand that has essentially been left to die for the past 15 years that GM owned them. Why bother now?

]]> By: Get Real http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312593 Get Real Wed, 23 May 2007 14:33:12 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312593 All 3,768 Saab owners are happy. For the rest of the country, it doesn't matter. All 3,768 Saab owners are happy.

For the rest of the country, it doesn’t matter.

]]> By: Veda http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312575 Veda Wed, 23 May 2007 09:25:42 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312575 Same crappy interior? Why bother.... Same crappy interior? Why bother….

]]> By: GcoupèJoe http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312554 GcoupèJoe Wed, 23 May 2007 00:25:40 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312554 The 9-3 sedan has defenitely grown on me as well, before the 3rd generation, I did'nt even know Saab exhisted, what an improvement from Saab.... The 9-3 sedan has defenitely grown on me as well, before the 3rd generation, I did’nt even know Saab exhisted, what an improvement from Saab….

]]> By: drivingisfun http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312539 drivingisfun Tue, 22 May 2007 22:06:46 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312539 AWD is a step in the right direction, but wouldn't it also be nice to get a completely reskinned 9-5 and 9-3, and why not create a 2 car/1 crossover lineup with a smaller sedan/coupe to compete with the 3/A4/C-class; a mid-sized one to compete with the 5/A6/E-class; and a 9-3 based crossover to compete with the X3/RDX etc. This would make Saab great again. AWD is a step in the right direction, but wouldn’t it also be nice to get a completely reskinned 9-5 and 9-3, and why not create a 2 car/1 crossover lineup with a smaller sedan/coupe to compete with the 3/A4/C-class; a mid-sized one to compete with the 5/A6/E-class; and a 9-3 based crossover to compete with the X3/RDX etc. This would make Saab great again.

]]> By: youngm7 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312538 youngm7 Tue, 22 May 2007 22:05:54 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312538 Hopefully the AWD will trickle down to the Malibu/Aura/G6, if the G6 stays FWD. And by trickle, I mean get there fast. Hopefully the AWD will trickle down to the Malibu/Aura/G6, if the G6 stays FWD.

And by trickle, I mean get there fast.

]]> By: jonnycat http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312530 jonnycat Tue, 22 May 2007 21:25:11 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312530 I like it, I like it a lot. I like it, I like it a lot.

]]> By: PrimeGTP http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312526 PrimeGTP Tue, 22 May 2007 20:42:55 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312526 The 9-3 sedan is growing on me. Now equip it with the 3.6L DI engine, and then add a Audi-competing turbocharged version of THAT, and I would give it an A+. Sadly, I think the 9-3 is doomed to remain underpowered. The 9-3 sedan is growing on me. Now equip it with the 3.6L DI engine, and then add a Audi-competing turbocharged version of THAT, and I would give it an A+. Sadly, I think the 9-3 is doomed to remain underpowered.

]]> By: Fromes http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312525 Fromes Tue, 22 May 2007 20:37:32 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312525 All wheel Drive should make Saab a more legit competior for the likes of Volvo and Audi, now just bring on the 300 plus horse power version of the 9-3 already All wheel Drive should make Saab a more legit competior for the likes of Volvo and Audi, now just bring on the 300 plus horse power version of the 9-3 already

]]> By: LP640 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312522 LP640 Tue, 22 May 2007 20:23:24 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312522 i like the 9-3 but not the 9-5 i like the 9-3 but not the 9-5

]]> By: 400horseSS http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html/comment-page-1#comment-312521 400horseSS Tue, 22 May 2007 20:21:56 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/saabusa-confirms-9-3-will-get-xwd.html#comment-312521 i like it dont volvo's have all wheel drive too its a real good looking car i like it dont volvo’s have all wheel drive too its a real good looking car

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