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Overview
2008 Saab 9-3 2.0T SportCombi Front angle medium view photo KBB Editors' Overview
Saab claims a whopping 2,157 changes and enhancements for its premium compact 9-3 series in 2008, but only a handful of them are discernible to the ordinary viewer. Redesigning of the sport sedan and SportCombi wagon keeps their basic prior profile, but lays on distinctively fresh styling that was influenced by Saab's Aero X concept car. A new Cross-Wheel Drive (XWD) option will be available later in the 2008 model year on Aero sedan and SportCombi models; the four-cylinder 2.0T group gets XWD a year later. Saab's 9-3 sedan and SportCombi compete against the Acura TSX, BMW 3 Series, Volvo S60, Audi A4 and the Volvo V50 wagon. Saab also continues to offer a front-drive 9-3 convertible with a fabric roof.
You'll Like This Car If... You May Not Like This Car If...
Some shoppers gravitate toward the Saab 9-3 partly because of its "stealth" personality; it delivers more in performance and handling than its straight-forward appearance suggests. Others simply like the car's solid, tight Eurosedan feel, which is likely to be enhanced further yet when the XWD option arrives. Even more than their Swedish Volvo cousins, Saabs used to be known for various quirks and idiosyncrasies, which fans adored but some others disdained. Things like the console-mounted ignition&#151a long-standing Saab hallmark&#151can still prove too peculiar for some. Eccentricities are minor nowadays, but perception tends to outlast reality.
What's Significant about this Car?
XWD is the big news this year. In addition to slightly more power from the Aero's V6 engine, the 9-3 intensifies its Eurostyle appearance, newly evolved from the Swedish company's show car. Saab advises that the 9-3 has all-new bodywork ahead of the windshield pillar.
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