Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 21:06:27 +0100 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: 2006 Saab 9-3 V6
Malt_Hound wrote: > 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... Lol ! Progress also seems to included mileage limited rubber cam belts too. :-( Graham