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Saab 9-5 SE 2.0t 150 bhpNewest Review: ... and I am very pleased with it. In truth, I would rather be driving a Honda S2000 or Aston Martin DB7 but I can't afford ... more More Saab card
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by averagepunter - written on 08.04.02 (Very useful, 185 readings)
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I've always found it somewhat bizarre that when people find out I drive a SAAB thay look quizzically at me and make a comment along the lines of 'That's a bit of an old man's car isn't it?' Hard as I might try, no-one has yet been able to tell me why they think it is an old man's car, other than some notion they have that a lot of old men drive them. Well my friend, maybe all that experience should tell you something! After all, it was recently voted What Car Used Car of the Year. I have been driving a SAAB 9-5 2.0 SE Airflow for just over a year, and I am very pleased with it. In truth, I would rather be driving a Honda S2000 or ...
by - written on 04.12.00
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The Saab 9-5 bears more than a passing resemblance to the car it replaces, the four-door 9000 CD and you'll have to look hard to spot the difference. The new car is based on a stretched Vauxhall Vectra chassis, but it's bigger than the 9000 CD and the five-door 9000 CS which remains on sale until an 9-5 estate arrives later in 1998. Despite its GM underpinnings, from the outside the 9-5 looks every inch a Saab. We started off with the three-litre auto V6. The 197bhp engine is turbocharged, but you'd hardly notice as the power delivery is so smooth. Unlike Saab's old four-cylinder turbos, there's no rush of power. Go for the ...


