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Date: 5 Feb 2005 03:34:39 -0800
From: "pjgh" <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: C900 Aero....... or is it?


Grunff wrote: > Dima wrote: > > Very interesting. All US SPGs, I believed, (1992 for sure) came with > > leather. I just walked away from a car that was sold as a European Aero, > > thinking that it was a souped up European delivery car. It had gray velour > > upholstery, and the badge on the back said 900 Turbo. I see these Aero > > pictures show gray velour upholstery, too, but the identification on the > > back is what I would expect - none (US SPGs only say "Saab" on the back). > > I thought the difference between (UK) T16s and Aeros was that the latter > all had intercoolers and body kits, while the former didn't (although > some T16s definitely had intercoolers but no body kits). Oddly enough, the LPT with body kit (at 145 BHP but no intercooler) it listed on the V5 as an "Aero" where the T16S with bodykit (at 175 BHP with intercooler) is not!!! Maybe the later ones, say, 1992/1993 did, but the earlier "proper" Aeros did not. What makes an Aero is if it is the same spec as the Swedish Aero or US SPG ... essentially, the UK T16S with intercooler and bodykit. It might also have a red box APC, but still be the 175 BHP model rather than the 185 BHP model that the red box would suggest. For a great resource on APC boxes, see http://www.nospam/ If you've got a T16S (which will have "SAAB" on the LHS of the boot, then the round Griffin and "turbo S" or sometimes "900 turbo S" on the RHS with a "16 Valve" badge underneath), with intercooler and the Aero bodykit, just double check the APC box number to confirm the performance spec. Do not confuse the Aero with the 'Airflow', which is a slightly different bodykit released in 1987 and best exemplified as the UK 'Carlsson' model. Oh, there were T8 Aeros, too - 1989 run-out models for the Swedish market. The UK got the T8S - see my "Specials" site at http://www.pjgh.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/saab/specials/ You'll have made a nice purchase, whatever! Paul

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