Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 22:20:29 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: SAAB IS OVER
in article b7kb4k01eu1nopsams4.newsguy.com, Walt Kienzle at wkienzlenopsam.net wrote on 16/04/2003 20:32: > > "J. Harris" <insectonopsamspring.com> wrote in message > news:b7k9ne$uct$1nopsam.atl.mindspring.net... > [snip] >> Same here! Before poo-pooing the idea, one should drive a WRX. Then > after >> the grin-a-thon has finished from that test drive, imagine how some of >> Saab's safety and creature-comfort features will help to create a kartish, >> M3-eating street machine. Looks like it'll be a hatch-back too! > > The excitement is building already. One negative point I heard from a car > reviewer (I can't remember which one) is that the engine doesn't have much > power at the low end of the RPM band and you have to rev it up to really get > it going. I guess that shouldn't be too much of a shock; that has been a > characteristic of many sporty Japanese cars for decades. The other thing is > that Saab may make changes to the Subaru engine (or have a different engine > installed) to differentiate it from the WRX. Drop the clutch at 5000 RPM and hold on tight was my first experience of the WRX. It did lack the "comfort" of a Saab turbo mule though :) It felt a bit rough (kind of lacking, but then not lacking) through third. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/