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Posted by The Saab Network (more from The Saab Network) on Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:34:28
The Saab Network Serves 100 Million Pages and Sets Monthly Record
During December 2002, The Saab Network served it's 100 millionth page to site
users. The Saab Network began in 1988 as mailing list and later expanded to
include a web site. One lucky site user won a $100 gift certificate for
making a bulletin board post closest to the 100 millionth page downloaded:
http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/bb/900/index.html?bID=213720
During January 2003, the site record for number of pages served during a
single month was broken and now stands at 3,467,265 pages. The monthly
visitors record was nearly broken in February 2003 with 171,435 visitors,
but the record remains at 171,804 set in April 2002.
To celebrate, the Share Your Saab Knowledge contest will resume in which a
prize is randomly awarded to a BB user each weeek who has answered a question
on one of the TSN bulletin boards. Past awards have included gift
certificates to Amazon, Starbucks, Home Depot, and many TSN Sponsors
including subscriptions to NINES magazine. One lucky user will also attend
the 2003 Owners Convention free of charge (registration fees reimbursed). The
Share Your Saab Knowledge contest will run throughout the rest of the 2003
calendar year!
In addition, a new 2.4Ghz server has recently been purchased and is being
configured. This will replace the 1Ghz server currently in use. Additional
bandwidth for the site is being purchased/installed (new T1) and made
available over the next month.
The Saab Network would never have been possible at all without the following
Site Sponsors:
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SAAB 9-3 SPORT SEDAN HONORED AS 'BEST FAMILY SEDAN' IN MOTORWEEK DRIVERS'
CHOICE AWARDS
Norcross, GA - Looking beyond the common and typical family sedans, editors
at PBS's MotorWeek television chose the all-new Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan in their
annual Drivers' Choice Awards as 'Best Family Sedan.'
MotorWeek, America's long-running automotive magazine show, announced its
annual Drivers' Choice Awards at the 2003 Chicago Auto Show. Winners will be
featured on MotorWeek on PBS beginning February 14, 2003 and on cable's Speed
Channel beginning February 17, 2003.
MotorWeek test drives more than 150 cars and trucks annually, and Drivers'
Choice Awards are selected by a team of 10 judges, comprised of writers,
producers and the crew of MotorWeek. Judges' decisions are based on superior
performance, style, technology, practicality and dollar value. But 'fun to
drive' need not be left out of family car specifications. In MotorWeek's
broadcast review of the all-new 2003 Saab 9-3 Linear Sport Sedan, drivers
noted that the 9-3 'cuts through the cones like a sharp knife' and 'feel as
though it wants you to drive it quickly.'
'With its superb handling, quiet ride and excellent highway manners, its
punchy turbocharged 4-cylinder and surprisingly low price, the new Saab 9-3
has still retained its uniqueness while becoming more attainable to
mainstream buyers,' MotorWeek commented.
Prices for the Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan start at $25,900.
'Not only are Saabs designed to be practical and comfortable, with the latest
safety features, but they are built for those who enjoy driving ' at work, at
play or with your family,' noted Debra Kelly-Ennis, president of Saab Cars
USA. 'We are pleased and honored that MotorWeek has recognized the high value
and advanced engineering of the Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan.'
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SAAB DEBUTS ALL-NEW 2004 9-3 CONVERTIBLE
Press Photos at http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/press/
The 2004 Saab 9-3 Convertible, unveiled March 4 at the Geneva Motor Show,
brings a stylish, open-top dimension to the exciting new Saab 9-3 range and
is the latest step in the biggest product offensive in Saab's history.
Norcross, GA - Originally inspired by the U.S. market and launched in 1986,
the popular Saab Convertible has proven to be a cornerstone in Saab's vehicle
portfolio. The all-new 2004 Saab 9-3 Convertible is poised to reaffirm Saab
as a market leader in the art of building open cars with rugged four-season,
four-seater practicality. Accounting for almost one in three of all
convertibles sold in Europe's premium segment last year, and one in five
Saabs sold in the U.S., the Saab Convertible has become a modern classic.
Revealing the new car at the Geneva Motor Show, Peter Augustsson, Saab
Automobile's President and CEO said, 'In many ways, our Convertible's appeal
goes right to the heart of the Saab brand. It expresses our brand pillars -
design, performance, control, safety and versatility - in a focused package.
It is a sporty, yet surprisingly practical car.'
The new 9-3 Convertible is, without doubt, the biggest advance Saab has made
in nearly 20 years of designing four-seater, four-season soft tops and is
poised to re-affirm Saab's leading role in the premium convertible segment.
The all-new Saab 9-3 Convertible's innovative features develop the Saab
concept that an open-top car should be 'more than a convertible.' In addition
to its functional qualities, the new Swedish soft-top offers a greatly
improved driving experience through incorporating the widely-acclaimed
chassis dynamics of the new Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan. By combining its sporty and
practical characteristics, it symbolizes the core appeal of the Saab brand.
Saab engineers developed the architecture for 9-3 Convertible and Sport Sedan
in parallel and were able to incorporate their demanding requirements for an
open-top car from the very start. The result is a premium convertible with a
level of structural integrity, build quality and running refinement that
positions it at the top of its class.
Key to its enhanced abilities is a rigid body structure - almost three times
stiffer than that of its predecessor - and an all-new suspension layout.
These are the solid foundations on which Saab test engineers have developed
the chassis poise, refinement and impressively low levels of noise, vibration
and harshness that distinguish a premium-class, open-top car.
The new Convertible includes a supplementary 'ring of steel' reinforcement
linking the front, rear and side structures, helping to compensate for the
loss of structural rigidity due to the absence of a roof and also improving
ride refinement, handling and crash-impact resistance.
Compared to its predecessor, the new car gains 2.0 inches (51 mm) in overall
width and 2.8 inches (71 mm) in wheelbase. Despite reduced front and rear
overhangs, the overall length of 182.5 inches remains the same as the
previous model.
The all-aluminum, four-cylinder 2.0-liter engine, configured for 175- or
210-hp, is 33 pounds lighter than its predecessor and is smoother, quieter
and more compact. It has a four-valve cylinder head, maintenance-free
chain-driven camshafts, counter-rotating balancer shafts, a dual-mass
flywheel and an integrated oil cooler.
Two manual transmissions are available, depending on the engine. A five-speed
manual is standard with the175-hp 2.0t engine. A new, compact 6-speed manual
gearbox, capable of handling exceptionally high torque loadings, is standard
equipment on the 210-hp 2.0T variants. A new 'smart' five-speed automatic
transmission is optional, including Saab Sentronic, a sequential manual gear
shift, adaptive to both the driver and road conditions and programmed to
fully exploit Saab turbo power characteristics.
Crash impact resistance benefits from a series of new structural and occupant
protection measures. Safety features for front seats include new seatbelts
integrated into the seat frames, adaptive dual front airbags, two-stage
side-impact airbags designed to offer protection for both the torso and the
head, and Saab Active Head Restraints (SAHR), proven to be effective in
helping to prevent neck injury during rear-end collisions.
Although rollovers are comparatively rare events, the consequences are quite
serious and Saab has installed an active protection system in the new 9-3
Convertible. Its DynaCage concept combines pop-up rear roll bars, front
seatbelt pre-tensioning and substantial reinforcement of the A-pillars to
help provide an integrated protection system.
The 'one-touch' soft-top operation, requires no manual involvement beyond
pressing a button. The roof is hydraulically-powered, with automatic
self-latching to the header rail, and deploys fully in just 20 seconds while
the engine is running. This is partly achieved by the Convertible's tonneau,
which has a unique two-step cycle, being completely raised horizontally and
then moved rearwards, parallel to the top of the trunk.
Another innovation is a more practical feature: raising the roof
automatically raises the capacity of the trunk. The CargoSET (Self-Expanding
Trunk) directly links the soft-top's rearmost hinge mechanism to the
flexible, 'accordion' storage well in the trunk. When the roof is in
position, the well is fully retracted, releasing useful storage space.
The new Saab 9-3 Convertible will be built in a dedicated new production
facility at Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik, near Graz, Austria, and will reach
the US market in the fall of 2003 as a 2004 model.
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