The sound of the 3.0 pulling away sounded sooooo lazy. Might as well have been a diesel. I just came out of the 2008 9-3 Sportcombi reviews and was surprised how pleasant it revved away down the quarter. I will say, though, watching this 9-5 flinging through the slalom... I don't see the car bouncing on the bump stops harshly, which is a relief. I recall seeing the IS300 slalom and how violent it seemed to be as it maxed out bouncing on the stops (as many cars I've noticed), but this one stood out as not bouncing like that.
Yet the torque it delivers is insane. It has very wide range. Also the 3.0t is much stronger engine than the 2.0t and 2.3t. The internals were made of cheese. Nothing like the older engines in the 9000 series.
Wasn't the "quirky" that Killed Saab. But the perennial "Saab Stories" and their Constantly expanding prices. These were EXPENSIVE cars. PS; Saab Aero has Eff All to do with any saab car after1970. SCANIA is the actual maker /pedigree. Note that the Drag coeff is .32 to .36... dependant on info source. Use a valid reference .. next time Gee ...it's as fast as a current Civic.
$1,800 ventilated seats. Whoa! That's substantial money today, much less in 1998.
And very noisy too. Ridiculous, eh?
it was the first car to have cooled seats, i guess no one saw how big they were gonna be 20 years later
2:58 Lisa Barrow
The sound of the 3.0 pulling away sounded sooooo lazy. Might as well have been a diesel. I just came out of the 2008 9-3 Sportcombi reviews and was surprised how pleasant it revved away down the quarter.
I will say, though, watching this 9-5 flinging through the slalom... I don't see the car bouncing on the bump stops harshly, which is a relief. I recall seeing the IS300 slalom and how violent it seemed to be as it maxed out bouncing on the stops (as many cars I've noticed), but this one stood out as not bouncing like that.
Yet the torque it delivers is insane. It has very wide range. Also the 3.0t is much stronger engine than the 2.0t and 2.3t. The internals were made of cheese. Nothing like the older engines in the 9000 series.
I’ll take the 2006-2009 with the 260hp 2.3T
Or 2010-2011 with 300HP 🗿
@@Nathan_Jay it’s slower than 06-09. Bigger, heavier car
Wasn't the "quirky" that Killed Saab. But the perennial "Saab Stories" and their Constantly expanding prices. These were EXPENSIVE cars.
PS; Saab Aero has Eff All to do with any saab car after1970.
SCANIA is the actual maker /pedigree. Note that the Drag coeff is .32 to .36... dependant on info source. Use a valid reference .. next time
Gee ...it's as fast as a current Civic.
Looks like he is singing not speaking 😒
The NG900 of 1994 was charming but the 9-5 was a def downgrade from the suave 9000.