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Car Forum / Saab Cars / September 2005Saab 9-7
Today I read that the Saab 9-7 is a Chevy Trail Blazer in disguise, but over $10,000 more for the disguise. The 9-2 is a Subaru Impreza commonly known at the Saabaru, fewer features, but at a higher cost. It has been a great brand, but it may well be that the glory days of Saab are past. Treasure those older models; you may never see them again. Tom '87 Turbo Conv. > Today I read that the Saab 9-7 is a Chevy Trail Blazer in disguise, but over > $10,000 more for the disguise. The 9-2 is a Subaru Impreza commonly known at [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Tom > '87 Turbo Conv. Tom, This is nothing new. This has been in the news since 2004. No big deal. It's a market Segment Saab/GM wanted using the term "Badge Engineering" We're all over it. The 9-3 SS and 9-3 SportCombi along with the 9-5 flagship models are also more True "Saabs" today comparatively. The old Saabs are still good. Don't worry about it. A new "Hatchback" will be available in 1998 Please take a look at the videos at www.saabvideos.com to see the lineups over the years. SG > On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:28:41 -0400 > We're all over it. Can't say I'm over it, but it is def'ly old news at this point. I guess I'd say "accustoemd to the idea of it". > A new "Hatchback" will be available in 1998 Heeheehee...Ryan, I think you mean 2008. ;-) - tex > > On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:28:41 -0400 > > We're all over it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Tex, Yes 2008, :) Are you enjoying the Saab videos? Which one is your favorite? SG > Today I read that the Saab 9-7 is a Chevy Trail Blazer in disguise, but over > $10,000 more for the disguise. The 9-2 is a Subaru Impreza commonly known at [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Tom > '87 Turbo Conv. Can't speak to the 9-7, but the 9-2's are going out the door at firesale prices (or were, they're probably mostly gone now) that were possibly lower than the Subaru dealer was getting for the similar Imprezza. I toyed with the idea of a 9-2 (briefly... very briefly) but once I heard they were discontinuing the model decided I did not want any of that white elephant.  Signature-Fred W Toys for sale, Hey get your toys here: <http://users.adelphia.net/~fredwills/> > > Today I read that the Saab 9-7 is a Chevy Trail Blazer in disguise, but over > > $10,000 more for the disguise. The 9-2 is a Subaru Impreza commonly known at [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > heard they were discontinuing the model decided I did not want any of > that white elephant. Tom, (Malt Hound), or whatever your real name is. :) The 9-2x is running again for 2006, but in the base model only (no idea why here) I think that the 06 model IS the last model, so you are correct. SG >>>Today I read that the Saab 9-7 is a Chevy Trail Blazer in disguise, but over >>>$10,000 more for the disguise. The 9-2 is a Subaru Impreza commonly known at [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > SG Ummm, it's Fred. Tom was the first guy. Signature-Fred W Toys for sale, Hey get your toys here: <http://users.adelphia.net/~fredwills/> > > Today I read that the Saab 9-7 is a Chevy Trail Blazer in disguise, but over > > $10,000 more for the disguise. The 9-2 is a Subaru Impreza commonly known at [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > heard they were discontinuing the model decided I did not want any of > that white elephant. That would make the model quite unique and interesting to own? > The 9-2 is a Subaru Impreza > commonly known at the Saabaru, fewer features, but at a higher cost. Are you sure about that? The 9-2x is usually selling for less than an Impreza due to all the Employee Pricing BS. The 9-2x is vastly superior in terms of appearance and roadholding to any Impreza model. The rest of the car is virtually identical, interior, etc. But the suspension and front/rear fascias are so much better it is definately worth more than an Impreza. The price puts icing on the cake. Perhaps not a true Saab. But a great car. The 9-7x is a vastly superior automobile than the TrailBlazer. It has more power, much better styling and suspension. Not to mention interior quality touchy-feely stuff. $10 000 more it is worth it, have you driven a TB? The 400 horsepower TrailBlazer SS is interesting though. It uses 9-7x suspension apparently. Maybe you can shove the 400 horsepower engine into a 9-7x, 9-7x Viggen?! I think the weakest point on the 9-7x (aside from the fact that it's not a true Saab), is the fact that they kept the chintzy GM standard 4-speed automatic. A 4-speed is hardly modern and highly inefficient. - tex > The 400 horsepower TrailBlazer SS is interesting though. It uses 9-7x > suspension apparently. > > Maybe you can shove the 400 horsepower engine into a 9-7x, 9-7x Viggen?! This is a GM 4-speed automatic. GM automatics are the best in the industry. Having driven many exemplars of their units over the years, I can say with confidence that the inefficiency you speak of is rather minimal. To use an example, a full sized Impala with a 3.8 litre engine, a 4-speed automatic will get 30 miles per gallon easily, on regular fuel. My 2.0 litre Saab with a 5-speed MANUAL is hard-pressed to achieve that. And the "gear wars" today are getting stupid. 6 speeds can be an efficiency gain, but 7 or more is less efficient, since the engine just spends all it's time waiting for shifts. CVT are different story. |
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