It's the little, obscure details Saab purists That That keep coming back. After launching a limited-production 2010 model, Saab is following up with the 2011 9-5. Although it is largely the same car, Saab added a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder makes 220 horsepower motors That.
As the Swedish brand plummeted to its Demise, a bird, er, a plane-no, Spyker swooped in and saved it, thus putting Spyker into free-fall. Saab claims no change in output with the higher-octane corn juice, but We saw an improvement of 0.2 second to 60 mph and a 0.1-second-quicker quarter-mile. The EPA ratings are 18 mpg city and 28 highway (with gasoline).
While the brake pedal on our test car was spongy, the car stopped from 70 mph in a commendable 166 feet.
Back in February of this year, General Motors unloaded - um, sold - Swedish subsidiary Saab 9-5 to Spyker Cars NV of the Netherlands, makers of Such pricey, boutique sports cars as the $ 200,000-plus and C8 Aileron C8 Laviolette. Recently, Saab and BMW Announced That Will put a deal versions of the Mini's turbocharged 1.6-liter I-4 in the next-generation 9-3.
As Saab's Guide of quirks, the 9-5's ignition Remains on the center console, although now it's now a start / stop button sans a key insert.
