LAST AUTO NEWS – HIGH-RIDING SAAB HAS GOT X FACTOR!
Last Auto account – High-riding Saab has got X factor! Asperous new 9-3X gets 4WD, aloft suspension.
It’s the abutting Saab has got to an off-roader – and the new 9-3X has all the acumen of an controlling estate.
The asperous model, due on auction in June, rides 35mm college than the accepted petrol Sport Wagon XWD, and 20mm taller than the oil-burner. Chunkier bumpers, a rear drift bowl and artificial mouldings for the sills and wheelarches adumbration at its ability.
Aluminium lower aperture strips and roof balustrade are aswell fitted, while a set of 17-inch admixture auto and accompanying bankrupt pipes complete the design. Inside, the 9-3X gets a aphotic brownish accomplishment on the aperture trims, glovebox and gearbox surround. Sports seats featuring atramentous covering trim and blah bolt inserts are aswell included.
Power will appear from Saab’s 2.0-litre petrol turbo and high-power 1.9-litre agent Aero engines. But alone the 210bhp petrol car gets the smart-thinking XWD four-wheel-drive set-up, which switches ability amid axles for bigger anchor in glace conditions.
While the 178bhp agent makes do with front-wheel drive and hardly beneath arena clearance, it emits alone 144g/km of CO2. The 9-3X is acceptable to amount about £28,000 if it hits showrooms, undercutting abutting rivals such as the Volvo XC70.
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