Saab 9-4X Crossover 2011 Arrival Set

By Nanya Tucker


The Saab 9-5 design is over a decade old, but there are many changes on the horizon, especially for the power plant of the 2010 Saab 9-5. Under the new ownership of GM, Saab will be offering multiple engine options for the newest Saab 9-5. All of these new engines have been redesigned under the supervision of GM.

The automobile manufacturer has long had financial problems. Production has been in serious decline for several years. In 2010 Saab produced only 32,048 cars, down from 102,915 in 2007. The car company's line-up currently consists of variations on just three different models. These are the 9-3, the 9-4x and the 9-5. The company also has two new models in development, one of which is not due out until the fall of 2012. General Motors, which owned the brand from 2000 until 2010, almost shut down the line when it had a difficult time finding a buyer. GM still supplies Saab with engines and transmissions. It also makes the Saab 9-4x. When GM located a buyer it had to obtain a loan from the European Investment Bank to complete the deal. The Swedish government guaranteed the loan.

With an up and down year in 2010 where sales forecast figures were cut numerous times as the new owners got to grips with production, the facilities and staffing resources. By the end of 2010 though Saab's new owner had got a grip of things and the company has started running smoothly once again.For the first time in 3 years Saab has reported a final quarter sales increase of 107% compared to 2009. Sales in the troubled 1st quarter of 2010 were down 60% but the new owners steadied the ship and improved sales consistently for the remaining of the year.

In the past companies, such as MapTun Performance, have developed aftermarket BioPower conversion kits for the 9-5 Aero and other Saab models.Larger injectors and remapped software in the Engine Control Unit (ECU) allow impressive power levels from 285 hp (213 kW), 330 lb*ft (450 N*m) in the Aero model on E85 ethanol.Due to the efforts at ECUPROJECT.com, tuning can be accomplished by the car's owner now through the open source program called T7Suite which allows the ability for nearly infinite power and torque possibilities.This is a major advantage over the mail box-style tunes that were/are currently available from the limited SAAB tuning community.

Saab's fortunes began to decline when GM began to pour more money into Hummer and several overseas operations while neglecting the Saab product line. Adding insult to injury, GM developed an SUV model for Saab, the 9-7X, a vehicle based on the unpopular platform of GM's mid-range SUVs. That move further sullied Saab's image, resulting in sales declining sharply and damaging the brand.

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