Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:25:24 -0400 From: Malt_Hound <Malt_Houndnospamm*yahoo.com> Subject: Re: 2006 Saab 9-3 V6
J. Harris wrote: > From Autoweek.com http://autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=102406 > > 2006 Saab 9-3 Aero > Core Values: Saab Pumps Up Its 9-3 Aero > MAC MORRISON > Published Date: 5/23/05 > > 2006 SAAB 9-3 AERO > ON SALE: September > BASE PRICE: $34,900 (est.) > POWERTRAIN: 2.8-liter, 250-hp, 258-lb-ft turbocharged V6; fwd, six-speed > manual > CURB WEIGHT: 3465 lbs > 0 TO 62 MPH: 6.9 seconds (mfr.) > > Neither Saab executives nor devotees have had many reasons to smile lately, > but on this day the overtly good-natured Swedes manage to flash their > biggest grins and extend the warmest of handshakes to visitors of their > Trollhattan factory... > > > Wow, a 250 HP engine in a SAAB Aero? Who'd have thought it was possible? Oh, yeah, they did that in the '93 9000 Aero with 4 cylinders and 2.3 liters. Progress schmogress... -Fred W