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Detroit, 9:32 AM
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    Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
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    Image of Comrade Clockwork Comrade Clockwork
    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
    Saab is like one of those actors you thought was dead. They show up looking tired, out of place and uncomfortable but their agent can still pull some strings to get them airtime.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    11/12/08

    @Speed8: COTD for sadness
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    Image of SundaySunday SundaySunday
    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
    I think the poll is missing below the two thumbnails. In any event, I vote "Something Old".


    I like the 900 convertibles up to and including the '90s version. The switch to the 9-3 body style as a drop-top does nothing for me.

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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
    Okay, stupid special edition, stupid price. But it's entirely possible right now to buy pretty much any 2008 Saab, even a vert. and 9-7x, for less than $30K. I would definitely shop it against the competition in that price range.


    The key, really, is to either buy off lease or buy a clean used example. The newer Saabs are much more refined than the old Vectra 9-3 clone, however, which is rather berserk on boost.

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    Image of aircooled_poirot aircooled_poirot
    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
    I am very much against Saab's policy of rounding to the nearest integer.


    The Saab 900 should have been renamed the Saab 9^3.05903274, not the Saab 9^3. More precisely, it should have been the Saab 9^(ln(900)/ln(3)).


    The Saab 9000 is even trickier. It seems that Saab rounded up very ambitiously from the Saab 9^4.143854911 to the Saab 9^5.

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    11/12/08

    @aircooled_poirot: From where precisely, do you derive your numbers?
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    Image of kors kors
    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
    But hair dressers will pay for it. Champagne cocktails anyone?
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/12/08

    @kors: TOTALLY. Oh-Em-Gee, it's like totally Margarita night at Ric's Grille! Come on, girls, put on your boobie bar shirts, let's go par-taaaayyyy!
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    Image of FionaScrapple FionaScrapple
    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
    $46k?!? That's just ridiculous.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    11/12/08

    @FionaScrapple: Na,just overpriced,this is rediculous...
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    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
    Just because...
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show

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    11/12/08

    @Deartháir: The video isn't working for me,more importantly,is she naked?
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/12/08

    @Deartháir: And I would totally buy one -- off lease. The depreciation on these is enormous. Could probably be picked up for $19k CDN. Yes, the price is too steep, but there's something about Saabs that just make me love them... even though it hurts.
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    11/12/08

    @Deartháir: Why?, why are you making my ears bleed this morning....
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    11/12/08

    @Deartháir: Even over a VW or Audi? ;)
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    11/12/08

    @oddboxalfa: It's Maximum Minivan Day. EVERYONE SUFFERS!
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    11/12/08

    @layabout: Possibly. I have no particular loyalty to new Volkswagens. They're nice and all, but they're nothing really special. (I have a ton of respect for the parent company, though.)


    The Audis... yes, their high-end, powerful cars make me tingly in my naughty bits, but the rest aren't really... exciting.


    There's just something quirky and weird about a Saab. You know they're not all that great, you know they're not REALLY a luxury car, you know they've been raped, pillaged and plundered by the General... but somehow, still, when you see them, you smirk and think, "Heh. Cool."

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    Image of Spasticteapot Spasticteapot
    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
    If I'm not mistaken, GM built this car by putting a truly miniscule turbo on the rather unpleasant old Vauxhall Vectra and then taking a tin opener to it. As the CTS-V and Corvette ZR-1 (faster AND more comfortable than the Z06? Woot!) show, it's quite possible for GM to make a car that even Clarkson adores...but here, they've really fallen short.


    What would have been much better is if they started with the 260HP engine out of the hot Astra and slotted it in a modified chassis. Turbo Saabs are supposed to be berserk, not bland.

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    11/12/08

    @Spasticteapot: The Astra VXR has 240 bhp & struggles with it,the ltd edition VXR Nurburgring has 255bhp handles a little better.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
    I'll shamefully admit I had no idea about Saab MSRP over the past decade. However, I've driven a few and I've read the specs. This is a low-$30k range car. I was floored to see the price. I think Saab is suffering from Volvitis: An enhanced sense of one's own position in the competitive landscape (or in another sense, maybe "if we price it there, people will automatically cross-shop it with nicer cars and assume the same about us")
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
    For 46k large? Seriously? This is why people are wiping their asses with GM stock.
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    Image of c0de c0de
    11/12/08

    In reply to Saab 9-3 2.0T Special Edition Convertible To Drop Top At LA Auto Show
    fugly looking cars, who buys those ? seriously ?!
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    11/12/08

    @c0de: ABBA fans? Dunno
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    11/12/08

    @layabout: Mama mia, here we go again.
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