Deal of the Week: 2007 Saab 9-7x

saab_9_7x_deal.jpgForget for a minute the Saab truck's humble midwestern upbringing. Pretend there's no such thing as a Chevy Trailblazer that gave its hide so a Swedish SUV may live. Sure, a luxury SUV without a luxury platform underpinning it is at best a sophisticated pimp job and at worst a job for the Better Business Bureau. But…

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GM Makes With the Polaroids: Saab 9-7X Aero Gallery

saab_97_x_aero_new.jpgWe did say when we got them, you'd get them. And whether or not you spent the weekend pining away for official shots of the Saab 9-7X Aerosmith Edition, they arrived across the wire earlier today. Again, this is the LS2 V8-powered version of the Swedish-but-just SUV we reported on last week. We're kind of past the…

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GM Introduces Saab 9-7x Aero; Gets Bigger V8, Still Not Swedish

saab_97_aero_2.jpg Say what you will about the Saab 9-7X, that it's an upmarket Chevy Trailblazer clone, that it's a cynical product that belies Saab's charter or that it's about as Swedish as In-N-Out Burger. Of course, it has a nice interior, and the ignition key is on the console, so it's not entirely without Saab appeal. But…

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Born From GM: Saab Prices 2007 Model Year Lineup

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We just got the press release from the company selling off the sons and daughters of jets — and Saab's '07 US lineup has a starting price of $26,915 with a top out at $43,120. Although it may seem it's a few grand higher than the 2006 pricing entry point of $23,710 — it's really about the same, because that was…

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Pimp My Saabblazer: 9-7x Gets Tuned

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Our friends at Trollhattan Saab bring us this Saab 9-7x that's been given a proper Swedish donking by Uddevalla tuning shop, Speedparts. It's the first such job we've seen on the US-built, Vortec V8-powered, Swede-ified Chevy Trailblazer. We're not yet sure if we'd like it to be our last.

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