<VV> Saabaru NO CORVAIR

[Bill Elliott]

Ah, I thought you were talking about a _real_ SAAB... none have been built since about 1993 when the GM designs kicked in... (VBG)... the 9-2X is likely 
the best thing they've built in the "modern era".. and you got your at a serious steal!!!

Bill


On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:37:52 -0500, Jim Burkhard wrote:

>Bill-
>I'm afraid John got it right, although your more esoteric 
>alteratives are probably more interesting!  The Saab 9-2X 
>Aero "Saabaru" is basically a very slightly up-trimmed but 
>de-boyracered Subaru WRX.  It's supposed to cost a few $K 
>more than the WRX, but sales were so absolutely dismal (a 
>few thousand for all of 2005 ... makes 69 Vair volume look 
>stout) last spring that they had a MAJOR fire sale for GM 
>employees and suppliers.

>They were selling them to us (brandy new, order whatever you 
>want from the Saab USA supply, not just dealer stock) and 
>they starting at a bit over $17 for the turbo one.  Mine 
>wound up being a couple $K more because of options I wanted, 
>but it was still only about $20K, almost $11K under list, a 
>lot cheaper than the WRX. Hard to beat that for AWD and 14.5 
>psig boost / 227 hp. Gotta find a set of 16" OEM wheels, 
>though for snows ... the 17" 45 series Potenza RE01s that 
>are on it are definitely a poor choice for winter.

>Jim Burkhard


>JVHRoberts at aol.com wrote:
> > Aaah, you got one of them there Saabarus...


>Bill Elliott wrote:
> > Actually you have a slant 4 Triumph engine in there!!!
> > I've had all 4 "SAAB" engines... the 3 cylinder DKW, the
> >V4 Ford, and the slant 4 Triumphs... 8V and 16V turbo....of
> > course the final 16V version of the Triumph engine far
> > surpassed any Triumph version...


>>> In a message dated 12/20/2005 9:54:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
>>> burkhard at rochester.rr.com writes:
>>> 
>>>     Yeah? Well, my Saab has a flat-4...  Turbo.
>>>     ;-)
>>>     Jim Burkhard