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Re: What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?
Posted by OKSaabs (more from OKSaabs) on Tue, 29 May 2012 12:40:50
In Reply to: What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, sieglo, Tue, 29 May 2012 06:57:49
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I don't think you can get a stick shift, but you would be surprised at the performance of the new Kia Optima SX (and the shiftable automatic is very smooth in either mode). We had an '02 9-5 Linear, which we passed along at 180,000 a couple of years ago, and the Kia has more than a bit of Saab-ness to it. Nice road feel though the handling isn't quite as crisp, lacking the Saab understeer; the 2.0 turbo does 0-60 in the neighborhood of 6 seconds (I've read 5.8, 6.1, etc.) without as much turbo lag as the 9-5 had.
Yeah, I know, it's a Kia, but you have to give it a chance to appreciate it. Kia hired Peter Schreyer away from Audi to do the design, and it's a very slick, solidly built, comfortable touring car with a bit of a kick. Only the EX and SX models have the turbo, and the SX has a tauter suspension. Built in the USA; comparable space to an old 9-5.
Will it last 180,000 miles? I don't know that it will, but then again, I don't know that it won't. But I shopped cars for over a year before I sat down in one of these new Optimas, and it sold itself in a big hurry. The Sonata has the same bones, but to my eye, the Optima is way more attractive.
Posts in this Thread:
- What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, sieglo, Tue, 29 May 2012 06:57:49
- I have an 03 Aero and was wondering the same thing, Blake, Wed, 30 May 2012 06:50:06
- Re: What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, No Snaab, Tue, 29 May 2012 16:06:10
- You have the best now. Just needs a JZW tune-up., Norm95, Tue, 29 May 2012 12:41:24
- Re: What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, OKSaabs, Tue, 29 May 2012 12:40:50 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, Paul H, Tue, 29 May 2012 08:11:54
- Re: What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, Dan-O, Tue, 29 May 2012 07:15:50
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