[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Before you bash it, get your facts straight Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by turrbo [Email] (#8) [Profile/Gallery] (more from turrbo) on Wed, 2 Mar 2005 17:09:15 In Reply to: What's "sport" about it?, Draken, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:17:45 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Its not the same engine. Its a new engine that was introduced in 2003 on the SS.

The name Sport Hatch was never official, and even the concept pics looked similar to how the final production model will be.

<<Anyone can stick a bubble butt on a sedan and call it a "SportHatch">>
Its not called the SportHatch, and Saab is not intending it to be a hatch. The general public (beside you, me and a lot of TSNers) don't want a like my 900 or 9000. The SportWagon is big (look at Mazda, MB, BMW, etc) and thats whats going to sell.

My only question is what would make people want to buy the SportCombi over the 9-2x? Both are essentially wagons, both are smaller than the 9-5 wagon and both are Saabs. With the SportCombi, you lose AWD and gain a better interior. People that have the 9-2x absolutely adore them. Won't this take away from 9-2X sales (or vice versa) or is the 9-2X going to be cut?

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-turrbo

My babies:

1995 9000 Super CS
2001 9-3 SE Convertible (gone but still in the family)
2004 9-3 Aero Convertible (sold but in good hands)
2007 9-3 Aero SS
2008 9-3 Aero Convertible

• SportCombi Pics, saw, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 18:48:04
  • I like it a lot except for the frosted rear lights..., AdamB , Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:19:55
  • Should have built the 9X..., Yak, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:41:44
  • Re: SportCombi Pics, kaslop, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 15:34:24
  • Kind of looks like a Dodge Magnum, SilverAeroGuy, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:51:57
  • Like how far that hatch opens...no bruised foreheads, KB900psi, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:30:22
    • Yao Ming, is that you?, Draken, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:35:39
      • Yes..., KB900psi, Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:41:10
  • How is SportCombi differnet than a wagon?...nm, Al S, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:23:03
    • What's "sport" about it?, Draken, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:17:45
      • Before you bash it, get your facts straight, turrbo , Wed, 2 Mar 2005 17:09:15 <-- Viewing This Message
        • You're right about the 9-2x, Finch, Thu, 3 Mar 2005 09:47:30
        • Re: Before you bash it, get your facts straight, Draken, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:39:41
    • Re: How is SportCombi differnet than a wagon?...nm, Bill in VA, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:51:11
    • SportCombi=SAAB; Now days generally wagon=SUV ;-), saw, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:50:47
  • Too bad about the HVAC controls.., dparadis , Tue, 1 Mar 2005 19:24:02
    • Re: Too bad about the HVAC controls.., steveC, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 15:29:04
    • Who is to say..., Finch, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:45:11
      • Finch, I agree...., 99 9-3 HOT, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:21:02
    • at least no more knobs snapping off, Heckler, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 05:38:11
    • Re: Too bad about the HVAC controls.., compaqted, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 05:34:31
      • Plethora of buttons, Draken, Thu, 3 Mar 2005 14:41:59
        • Buicks have them, Brett, Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:39:25
          • That's pretty funny! nm, Draken, Thu, 3 Mar 2005 20:37:55
      • They sold out..., Caarma , Wed, 2 Mar 2005 08:22:41
        • Less BMW-like, Draken, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:24:51
        • Re: They sold out..., Bill Homer , Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:38:47
    • very true on the controls, saw, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:56:28
      • Looks more like auto climate control . . ., Mike in Anchorage, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 22:10:15
        • Looks like dual auto climate control..., JustinHiFi , Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:30:28
          • I love buttons. The more the merrier!, NickR, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 06:52:13

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