Turbo Xs for sale! Germany and Australia

Prices belong to the typ of car you want to buy! We know, that some dealers sell TurboXs very cheap! This cars cost about 55.000 to 60.000 Euro in german pricelist! And if we sell a NEW car to one of our customers for about 35.000 Euro, i think thats a good offer! I could put the cars in the internet for this price, but this would not be correct to other dealers and to customers, who buid a car like this one year ago for much more money! So if anybody want such a car, we can talk about everything! Best service included ;-)

Enjoy manual transmission ??

Today's auto trans is much better shifting than even the best driver. Intelligent electronics will handle the gear ratio in a smooth way with different shifting patterns available, and even adaptive learning of the driver's style.

Manual stick -no way I would by one.

Aeropilot, Although it will always come down to personal preference, it isn't always what is best when deciding on transmissions. I enjoy driving a manual (stick shift) because it makes me feel more involved in the driving. I have driven many rentals and company cars with automatic transmission and felt they were lacking in involvement.

Swade summed it up the other day talking about a Camry rental... a sandwich of a car - not inspiring but it gets the job done. To my point of view any auto transmission is the same. But you are entitled to your opinion and I respect that.

I can understand every customer, who is looking for the cheapest prices! But please think about the really Saab-dealers! Everbody wants to have the best service, a washed car after his service and and and! But this things have to be paid! Since February the numbers of customers who order a new car is going down and many dealers are in big trouble! So they try to sell everything as fast as possible! They look in the internet and see a TurboX for 29000 Euro incl. german tax, 1 year old 6000 miles, offerd from an Opel dealer with Saab-service-contract who got the car very cheap from Rüsselsheim when he tooked 25 Opel! This guy earns money on his Opel-factory-used-cars and don´t care about Saab! So what do you think the Saab dealer will do? Yes, he offers his car for the same price and in this moment, he burns about 15.000 Euro!!! @Ken H That´s the reason we only offer this cars very cheap to other really Saab dealers, and give them a chance, to earn some money with it! And we have many orders at the moment from Switzerland, Norway and Austria! And like i wrote before, if a customer is here in our showroom, we always find a way to make a good price (Hirsch 300HP, winter tires ...) Just my opinion! Greetings from Dresden!

Right, I just changed to auto with my last purchase and I wouldn't want the manual back.

Had a talk to a salesman at my former Saab dealer a few years ago. He told me that he used to drive rallye cars for quite a while but he can't shift better or more intelligent than the Auto in his 9-3. Didn't believe him then but now I know he was right.

André, thanks for commenting, it shows you are not the regular car dealer only looking for sell-sell-sell... ;-)
I think the fact that we already see sub 30k cars is most of all a testament to the horrendous depreciation the Turbo X is suffering. It's great for us customers, must be a nightmare for dealers...
Here in Belgium Saab dealers are offering Turbo X for around 47k EUR. Anyone wonder why they are still unsold...?

A friend of mine is looking for a new car at the moment. He had a look at a Turbo X SC yesterday with 1543 mi on the clock (I believe just test drive miles) and was offered $29k without really negotiating. He isn't interested because of the fuel economy numbers.

Personally I would buy it if I was looking, which I am not because I have a perfectly good 2004 9-5 Aero SW in the driveway that I owe nothing on.

When I insured mine the other day, the insurance company valued it at $42,000. I purchased my TurboX SportCombi for a little over $34,000 two days ago. Unbelievable price if you ask me.

@ Foghorn: Sorry to hear of your XWD woes.

Can you be more specific?

By comparison I've had no problems. Nothing (well, there was hailstorm here last month that's done about $ 2500.00 CDN damage to the aluminum hood and trunk panels, but I can't blame GM for that!). I understand mine was one of the last builds (of the 2000).

From a perfectly satisfied owner [automatic -- don't appreciate the carping from the supercilious stick owners :)...would the same criticisms be levelled at a Merc C 350 4matic? That's a direct competitor and hardly a granny mobile... ] with 8800 km - Purchased Mid Dec-08.

Still vacillating on the 'chip' front -- whether VTuner (320 hp - stage 0) or BSR (PPC- 300 HP) -- but that's sugar as she's currently more than a match for the vast majority of Audi's, Bimmers, Mercs in the same 'class'.

Last November (3 months in and <6000 kms.)the "Service XWD" warning msg started appearing. Dealer no. 1 first diagnosed that the fluid was low. Guess what? No fluid anywhere in North America so it had to be ordered from Sweden. After several weeks, the fluid was topped up and the warning still appeared. Round 2 involved replacing some module (after a further delay/shipment from Sweden but still minus one part that they were waiting for). Same result. Before I could go back again, this dealer closed. So I started over from the beginning with Pickering Saab, a major inconvenience since I live and work in TO. At least they managed a proper diagnosis. Only problem is that, once again, the parts weren't available from the supplier and, last I heard, they were going to take a complete XWD assembly off of a car being built in Sweden. When that finally arrived, they took everything apart to find a seal and bearing gone inside (more parts, not available, had to be sourced in the U.S....). By now you get the picture: 7 visits to two different dealers; 15 days and counting off the road). By the time we're done, hopefully next week, I'll have had both the "brain" and all the mechanics for the XWD system replaced.

Apart from that, did I mention it's a great car?

Sorry to hear about the hail damage. I had the good fortune to be out of town that weekend but my neighbour had about $2000 damage on her new Mercedes.

Foghorn