Parents have just bought one of these to replace an aging audi a6 avant.
its a dec 2001 saab 9-3 HOT aero (205 model). its a manual (which is fairly rare), it hasn't got the infamous aero wing seats, its got the next ones up, rocky sport wing seats, which are basically leather bucket seats.
in standard trim (205bhp, and 280lb/ft) it will out accelerate a current model year porshe 911 turbo
from 30-70mph in 2nd then 3rd gear
however this little puppy isn't standard, its @ BSR stage 3, which means its more like 280bhp and 345lb.ft (in a FWD car), and will still pull ~30mpg on a good day. apparently it runs out of gears at 155mph, and in its original std trim 0-60 was mean't to be 6.5secrolleyes: I think saab were dreaming there), it will now actually do 0-60mph in 6.5sec's if you can launch it. and possibly do just under 6sec if on a nice sticky drag strip.
anyway, v nice car, v quick, not built anything like an audi (built more like a fiat in that respect, although it does have real carbon fibre inlay on the dash ), but handles a fair bit better, and will show just about anything else on the road up.
only problem we have is the stupid wheels, BSR stage 3 went onto insurance for an extra £80 (£280fully comp for both parents), but those stupid natty BK racing wheels (same size as OEM) will cost another £140 , so we are trying to find some OEM saab hot aero alloys with or without tyres before then (tyres are toyo proxes summit or other, ~£85 each, so we can change them over easily), before we pick it up on wednesday, although it looks likeit ain't gonna happen
bstrd insurance co's
its a dec 2001 saab 9-3 HOT aero (205 model). its a manual (which is fairly rare), it hasn't got the infamous aero wing seats, its got the next ones up, rocky sport wing seats, which are basically leather bucket seats.
in standard trim (205bhp, and 280lb/ft) it will out accelerate a current model year porshe 911 turbo
from 30-70mph in 2nd then 3rd gear however this little puppy isn't standard, its @ BSR stage 3, which means its more like 280bhp and 345lb.ft (in a FWD car), and will still pull ~30mpg on a good day. apparently it runs out of gears at 155mph, and in its original std trim 0-60 was mean't to be 6.5sec
rolleyes: I think saab were dreaming there), it will now actually do 0-60mph in 6.5sec's if you can launch it. and possibly do just under 6sec if on a nice sticky drag strip.anyway, v nice car, v quick, not built anything like an audi (built more like a fiat in that respect, although it does have real carbon fibre inlay on the dash
), but handles a fair bit better, and will show just about anything else on the road up.only problem we have is the stupid wheels, BSR stage 3 went onto insurance for an extra £80 (£280fully comp for both parents), but those stupid natty BK racing wheels (same size as OEM) will cost another £140
, so we are trying to find some OEM saab hot aero alloys with or without tyres before then (tyres are toyo proxes summit or other, ~£85 each, so we can change them over easily), before we pick it up on wednesday, although it looks likeit ain't gonna happen bstrd insurance co's
