Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 12:13:55 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: is it a turbo
in article cah9ev$fn4$1nospamn.btinternet.com, Andrew at quietnospamnothere.com wrote on 13/06/2004 11:14: > Well I certainly seemed to have opened a can of worm here... > thanks for the replies so far... > > from the VIN decoder at http://www.nospam/information/vin.php > I got the following.... which seems to match what I thought I had... (and I > don't have > a turbo guage on the dash, but theres a "turbo" under the bonnet near the > grill) > > Model year 1996 > > Model series CD/CS with driver's and passenger's airbag > > Body style 4-door CD > > Engine Turbo, B234E (2.3l light-pressure turbo) > > Transmission 4-speed automatic > > Built at Trollhattan line A There's no arguing with the VIN - that's the model you want to insure. The full specifications for the 9000 (albeit 1995 model) can be found here: http://www.nospam.com/assets/img/features/gm900/brochures/1995/9000_spe cs.gif Oddly, this chart shows only the CDE model to be the 2.3 (170 BHP LPT) ... Take a look at what the CDE has and what yours doesn't? Googling for "1996 SAAB 9000 CD 2.3" does glean some results though ... Nice ride, all the same. Paul