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I am really no good at interviews, but I sure do love driving!
Saab Turbo-X
03 July 2008
11 June 2008
"Souped-Up All-Black Saab Turbo X Sedan Is Rare, Cool, Quirky " Review on the Turbo-x from Bloomberg.com
Jason Harper of Bloomberg.com speaks highly of the Saab's latest and greatest. Here are some highlights from the review:
Turbo X -- the coolest Saab I've ever driven, am I damning it with faint praise? After all, Swedish cars are known for their safety, idiosyncratic designs and ... did I mention safety?
It's the first of the 9-3s available with Saab's new all-wheel-drive system and a punchier turbo engine. And it's a heck of a branding exercise, too. Saab has pulled a page from Porsche's playbook, releasing a limited edition that pays homage to a past model (in Saab's case, the 1985 900 SPG, which also came in all-black and had a turbo engine). It suggests where the brand wants to go
Though the Saab is a modest car, it zings nicely along the open curving freeways and ably handles back-country two-lane roads.
To view the article in its entirely click here!
10 June 2008
SPEEDPARTS AB puts their Saab Turbo-X through its paces at Kinnekulle race track!
(picture on left of the SPEEDPARTS TX on April 23rd 2008. The day they picked it up)
Some of you may have already had the pleasure of viewing this video over on YouTube since it was first posted on June 1st. I have waited to blog this story so I could get some of Peter over at SPEEDPARTS first impressions of how the Turbo-X performed on the course. For those unfamiliar, SPEEDPARTS is one of Sweden's largest Saab tuning shops. Their products can be seen at www.speedparts.se or at their USA distributors site www.genuinesaab.com. The SPEEDPARTS team picked this Turbo-X up on April 22nd 2008, and by the time I got photos on the 23rd they had already made sure that everyone knew that this would be no ordinary Turbo X. The SPEEDPARTS TX already has after market wheels, a tune, different springs, and of course the appropriate SPEEDPARTS name badging. Peter stated that the TX did just fine out on the track with the new SPEEDPARTS springs, and continued on to say that the TX looks too much like a Jeep on stock wheels and springs. I have to agree with his statement! The SPEEDPARTS TX looks like a true sports car with the modifications SPEEDPARTS has done to it. Good work! "Magic by SPEEDPARTS" is an understatement.
Pictured to the left is the SPEEDPARTS TX at the race track during a Saab Turbo Club of Sweden (stcs.nu) track day. The Video below was shot on the same day, and with Peter Schough behind the wheel, its bound to be a good lap!
Also making an appearance at the track day was Per Anders Johansson's face lifted 9-3X4R. Appropriately re-nicknamed "TXR" (pictured below)
And Peter's personally owned and tuned 9-3SS:
06 June 2008
Saab Turbo-X Driving Academy
As some may have read over on TrollhattanSaab.net earlier in the week I spent Monday and Tuesday at the Saab Turbo-X Driving Academy thanks to GMnext.com. The Turbo-x Driving Academy was offered up to any customer that pre-ordered a Saab Turbo-X at no cost to the customer. There were a few small differences in comparison to the standard Aero Academy and Viggen flight schools that have been previously offered at the beautiful Road Atlanta race track. Owners of the new Saab Turbo-X were sent to the academy at no cost to them. Hotel, meals, and track events were all covered in full by Saab. Saab has been putting on events at Road ATL for over nine years and never before have they allowed Saab customers time on the road course! Myself and a few lucky owners, along with Steve Shannon (Saab GM!) and Saab's head marketing manager were among the first Saab owners ever to hit the track with Saab's latest and greatest Saab 9-3! At speeds over 120MPH on the back straight the new XWD Saab did not dissappoint. Thanks to GMnext.com I was sent through the entire class and got to experience first hand just what this car is capable of. We spent a large part of our time doing breaking excersizes, skid pad tests, timed auto-x, and on track driving sessions. GMnext.com and myself have hours of footage being edited right now and we will have a few short videos out in the coming week for you all to enjoy.
If you haven't test driven the new XWD Turbo-X yet, do it. You know what they say: Those who test drive a saab, usually buy one.
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