new saab 9-3

Post by **Bfowler** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:30 am

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/11/swed ... and-conve/

looks sick! i want to see how it stacks up to the perenial german powerhouses.

Post by **stipud** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:43 am

Yeah, that does look nice. Pity they castrated the engines in them... swapped the Ecopower out for the Ecotec in 03. The old Ecopower block (same as 9-5) is much much more robust. Mine handles over 20psi in fourth gear on stock parts. Swap for forged pistons and you can run well above 450hp!

Aero TTiD looks sweet though... twin turbo diesel!! 180hp/300ft.lb. Unfortunately this isn't for US markets

. At least we will get the Haldex AWD.

I wonder why they're rolling out ANOTHER new 9-3, when the 9-5 is soooooo stale. They haven't changed it at all since 2000, besides random tweaks, GM cost cutting, and two facelifts.

Audiophiliac · Post by **Audiophiliac** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:43 pm

That Ecotec block can handle a nuclear bomb. They are getting 600+ HP on the strip with the ecotec block. The top end needs beefed up, but it will handle loads of boost.