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Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 21:00:50 +0800
From: Sam Tsang <aleg13nopsamigator.com>
Subject: Re: the Best Sweed is a SLAAB!


Riff wrote: > > well saab is safer thatn Volvo's > > and the saabs are dont accelerate well 0-60, they arent funny cars(drag > stripers) > > they are good at acceleration from 40-70 , where it counts. > the 9-5 pionered head protection with Active headrests, and the 9-3 has > them now. > > the saab of '00 will be faster, in all aspects. the engine in the 9-5 is > capable of 250 hp min. with some tweaking. the same engine in aero is > 225 hp from factory, and can go much higher > the 500 hp engine in the awd SAAB race car goes 0-60 in 3.2 seconds! > > its a 9-3 with aero engine TWEAKED! > MArk > > Chris wrote: > > > > I am not sure of European models.. but from American models the fastest > > SAAB's are not comparison to any Volvo S70/V70 GLT or T-5 model.... The > > fastest SAAB's have only 7.4 sec. 0-60's while the Volvo GLT does it in 6.7 > > and the T-5 between 6.2 and 6.7 depending on where the results came from... > > The reason the T-5 has so many varied results could be because the > > Electronic Throttle Control switch may have been set differently by the > > testing driver(There is a power and a normal mode for the car which can be > > set by the driver via a small switch next to the Gearshift) > > > > SAAB's also have been known for their safety although when looking through > > information the whole of all the Volvo models appear to protect passenger's > > heads better than SAAB's.... The S40 with a direct comparison to the 9-3 is > > a whole lot safer... Pls tell us more about the 500 hp awd saab, thankyou.

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