Friday, July 25, 2008

Oh, Saab, no!


According to the nice people at Trollhattansaab.net, the 2009 Saab 9-3 will finally feature the XWD all-wheel-drive system for the 2.0t motor range. Great news, you might think. What I'm struggling to understand is the fact that they ignore their most selling models, at least in Europe. There will be no XWD available for the brilliant 1,9TTiD diesel engine, which is the engine of choice for most European countries, and no XWD for the E85 (ethanol) version of the 2.0t engine, which is by far the most selling engine configuration in Saab's native Sweden.

Why, oh why, Saab, won't you give us the car we want? I'd like a fuel efficient Saab 9-3 1.9TTiD XWD, or an eco-friendly Saab 9-3 2.0t BioPower XWD, please.

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