MY2010 Saab information for the UK market

Djup Strupe has passed on this newly minted information brochure for the UK market. There's plenty of 9-3 and 9-3x information to be had, but nothing on the 9-4x or the new 9-5 I'm afraid.

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Saab 9-5

The only story to tell is that there will be no 9-5 saloon in terms of the current model as it will make way for the 2010 all-new model. The 9-5 estate will be the model as we know it today.

Saab 9-5 Estate new colours: Glacier Silver Metallic and Arctic White Solid

Saab 9-5 Estate deleted colours: Pepper Green Metallic, Polar White Solid, Glass Grey Metallic

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Saab 9-3

The 9-3 sedan and combi will both receive a passenger airbag deactivation switch. It'll be located on the end of the dashboard on the passenger side and a warning light on the dashboard will indicate the status of the airbag.

The Airflow trim level has been deleted and it seems the old 1.8i engine has got the boot as well. The base specification now is called the 'Turbo Edition' and above that are the Linear SE, Vector Sport and Aero.

The 2.8l V6 and 2.0t engines have also been deleted. This includes the 2.0t BioPower engine.

The base engines are now the 1.8t and the 1.8t BioPower. Other engines include the 2.0T (high output turbo petrol), the 1.9 TiD (in both 120hp and 150hp versions) and the 1.9 TTiD.

The Turbo Edition and Aero versions will have an optional TX Design Pack available. The equipment in this pack depends on your base model, but the chart below will give you the rundown.

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Saab 9-3x

Dealers can start placing their orders for the Saab 9-3x from this week (May 27, to be precise) and the Saab 9-3x is expected on your dealer forecourts in August 2009. Woohoo!

Full prices and specs are expected late June, but you should budget for a base FWD manual TiD at around 25K.

Available with 2.0T (210hp) and 1.9TTiD (180hp) engines (Manual 6spd & Auto 6spd)
2.0T engine is fitted with XWD and eLSD (1.9TTiD is front wheel drive only)
Ride height raised +35mm versus FWD (1.9TTiD ride height raised +20mm versus FWD)

8 Comments

Me | May 30, 2009 12:33 AM | Reply

The price catalog for the 9-3x is long available at the german saab site.

http://www.saab-promotions.de/saab.de_brochure/pdf/Saab_9-3X.pdf

And this is the british one

http://www.saabinformation.co.uk/eBrochures/staticPDFs/YourSaab93XBrochure.pdf
The OTR for the diesel is 24995 GBP, and the petrol sells for 25995 GBP.

Pear | May 30, 2009 2:03 AM | Reply

The seats don't really look like much do they? SAAB have been known for their excellent seats (at least here in Norway). Invest more in the seats SAAB

BrianL | May 30, 2009 2:50 AM | Reply

So much for the exclusivity of the Turbo X look :(

zippy | May 30, 2009 5:16 AM | Reply

Those ALU79 alloys are gorgeous but I have other things that my Saab needs before a snazzy set of alloys. Tires later this year being the biggest purchase!

Tedjs replied to comment from BrianL | May 30, 2009 5:55 AM | Reply

And no more 2.8L V6 for 9-3. They still should have offered that engine in the AERO model at the very least... Especially for how expensive that car is in that trim level.

I see GM Australia is still going to be sending the 2.8L turbo over here for installation in the 2010 Cadillac SRX with the XWD drivertrain out of the 9-3. I guess that is the 'new' GM's way of giving customers exactly what they want (rolling eyes).

zippy | May 30, 2009 6:42 AM | Reply

XWD &^%$#@g Caddie!

Excuse me while I explode............

David Blumberg | May 30, 2009 10:44 AM | Reply

Must they wait so long with the new 9-5?!?! Send it out, ship it out, release it, nooooow. The car should be ready when the new Saab is ready. Grrrr. It'll be owned by koenigsegg and still offer a 9-5 from the late 90s. I don't think people will be too happy to wait around much longer and the marketing opportunity that comes with the launch of a new company/ownership is immense, so there should be more cars to sell. Who's fault is this? GMs??

James | May 31, 2009 12:24 AM | Reply

;O What selling the currant 9-5 in 2010. Im getting afraid of the fact that the saab 9-5 and 9-4x may be looking out of date by the time they come to the market, which means saab will trail behind again and that they can't afford. This is there last life line, the 9-5 and 9-4x should of been on the showroom flows a least to years ago :(.