Auto News & New car review

Turbocharging has been as much a part of Saab’s DNA for the last three decades as jets. Saab didn’t invent turbocharging, but the Swedish brand has probably embraced it more completely than other carmaker. With 2008 marking the 30th birthday of the first production Saab 99 Turbo, the gang in Trollhattan decided to celebrate with their meanest and fastest iteration yet. Read the rest of this entry »

These are the first true pictures of the 2010 Saab 9-4X crossover vehicle, just captured by our spy photographers undergoing track testing.
We first saw this body style at the Detroit Auto Show, being touted at as the 9-4X BioPower Concept, but Saab is obviously serious about bringing this to the marketplace in a timely fashion.
Codenamed GMT168, the Saab 9-4X will arrive in time for the 2010 model year. Read the rest of this entry »

The Saab Aero X concept is a dynamic, two-seater sports coup? that showcases two core brand elements: Saab’s aviation heritage and its Scandinavian roots. The muscular shape of the Saab Aero X clearly signals its role as a high performance driver’s car, while its looks and visual appeal show this is a design that could only come from Saab. With innovative features typical of the brand and thrust from a 400 bhp, twin-turbo BioPower engine, it opens up new horizons for Saab’s development. Read the rest of this entry »

If an automobile were an entirely rational purchase, there probably wouldn’t be a lot of room in this world for cars like the Saab 900.

We don’t mean to suggest for a minute that the 900 is deficient in any of the key automotive virtues, such as performance, comfort and safety. It’s just that Saabs tend to march to a different drumbeat. Read the rest of this entry »

This week, Saab brought its limited edition 2008 Turbo X to the U.S. auto show circuit in Boston. The all-black sedan and wagon are similar to any Saab 9-3, except the Turbo X comes with a higher power engine, performance upgrades and most importantly to car shoppers, Saab’s new all-wheel-drive system, called XWD. Read the rest of this entry »

First impressions last. Or in this case, first. Anyway, the slightly-new-for-‘06 (but mostly unchanged since ‘99) Saab 9-5 SportCombi misses the mark at first glance. GM’s Swedish division crafted a wagon that looks like a slightly larger Saab 9-3, only uglier. The SportCombi’s low greenhouse, swoopy rear windows and huge up-curving C-pillars combine all the worst elements of a ‘00 Saturn SW wagon and a Cadillac SRX. The design says “We wanted to make a wagon, but we only had enough cash for a car-camper shell.” Volvo continues to master Skandinavisk chic. Saab goes for cheap chic– and fails.
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