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Re: Good Saab years Posted by cork [Email] (#716) [Profile/Gallery] (more from cork) on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:47:30 In Reply to: Good Saab years, conradblack, Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:38:31 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
In '02 Saab upgraded the automatic transmission to the "5 speed". It was a marked improvement over its predecessor and in combination with the increase in Aero horsepower from 230 to 250 yielded a qualitatively different machine from the '01 . It remains the basic 9-5 configuration to which all improvements have been added (including sentronic in '03) and toward which all model lines have gravitated.
The '02 Aero had xenon lights and park assist, though I don't know if they were widely available in other models. More importantly, in '02 only the Aero had 250 hp and the stiffer suspension which are now standard.
So, '02 is the first model year in which Saab made a 9-5 (the Aero) which is substantially the same as what you can now buy new. If sentronic is important to you (and it's a big step), then '03 is the earliest.
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