Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:57:11 -0600 From: Terje Johan Abrahamsen <terjej_fjerndette_nopsamoot.com> Subject: Re: Rally Saab
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 20:36:51 GMT, "Jussi Ketola" <jussi.ketolanopsampam.eterra.fi> wrote: > >"Terje Johan Abrahamsen" <terjej_fjerndette_nopsamoot.com> wrote in message >news:8n6f9usj26dcmij74qvh8ah1cm2qkehba8nopsamcom... >> On 19 Mar 2002 20:02:26 GMT, davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: >> >> >Someone who looks an awful lot like Terje Johan Abrahamsen ><terjej_fjerndette_nopsamoot.com> wrote: >> >> I just rented Rally Sport Challenge for my Xbox. One of the cars was a >> >> Saab 9-3 4x4 with 5-600 hp. Has Saab ever made such a car for rally? >> >> Or did the gamemakers just make it up since Saab sponsored the game? >> >> The other cars are real thought. At least as far as I know. >> > >> >Sounds like maybe the Pike's Peak car? I seem to recall it was a >> >9-3 Viggen with an obscene amount of HP, sounds like you might have that. >> >Is it blue? >> >> Here is a link I found: >> >http://www.womanmotorist.com/racing/features/bs-pikes-peak-preview-2k-02.sht >ml > >I vaguelly remeber reading about the original version of that car. It was >built from a NG900 and it had 800HP. They had to restric it to 600HP to be >allowed to compete in rallycross. That was just the first version of that >car it seems. > >WRC-rally drivers compete just for fun once a year in Canary Islands, on a >rallycross track. They have all the WRC-cars there and as extras old B-group >rally cars. This year they didn't have old B-group cars. They had atleast 2 >of those 750hp 9-3's there to drive. Must have been quite different from a >normal WRC car with 300bhp or so :-) That must be a nice project for Saab to make as street legals. Modify a little, and have a real Ferarri killer. At least something that is better than Audi RS/2, BMW M series and so forth. Today, cars like Nissan Maxima has more hp than the fastest Saabs... Sell it in a very limited number, and make Saab a lot more exclusive.... If any Saab guys reads this, and thinks it is a good idea. Please remember me when the first cars roll of the assembly line...:)
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