My car is a 5 speed auto. The good thing is when shifting in manual it will let you hold that gear as long as you want even past the red line and not interfere. The only difference is when the car drops below 1200 rpm it will shift down automatically. I've been in other cars with the same feature and around 5000 rpm it will automatically upshift. The shifts do come on kind of late and are not instantaneous like a true manual.Originally Posted by ArK
Stock wheels are 17's. Only the European cars received 18's as an option.
Yes and no. GM decided to shut Saab down, but I don't think they will be gone for long. Someone is going to come in buy once GM is out of the way so they don't have to deal with them. Saab has great technology which is very valuable in the industry right now. refined turbo technology and the Turbo-X has the latest generation of the Haldex AWD system along with an E-LSD. Not to mention the new 9-5 that probably won't get released had some really nice tricks up its sleeves. The european cars have turbo-diesel and bio-fuel mapping options.
As far as parts those are plentiful. The engines in the newer 9-3's are Ecotec units and the 2.0 is the same engine used in the Cobalt SS supercharged version and Saturn Ion Redline except the Saab is turbocharged instead. The suspension and brakes are found on a lot of Vauxhall/Opel Vectras. The only real issue is a lot of ECU related changes have to be made with the Tech II unit that only the Saab dealers and Saab specialist shops use. I've got an appointment next week to get everything enabled as well as another key made just in case I want to add or change anything down the road. Despite all the computer modules in the car it's really easy to do any maintenance as long as you are not swapping out electronics.
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