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(This is why I jumped ship from my American car -- all the darn recalls!)
http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=7012&sid=18- - 1&n=157
Wonder if the starter will be beside the shifter?
Yet another absolutely pointless concept from Saab... Don't bother next time.
What's next a Saab Aveo?
LOL Sorry, it was just too hard to not do!
So much for independence...
But how can anyone take what you say about GM products seriously when you show your bias in your screen name?
I like the look alot and I could see migrating to one after the lease is done on the Bravada. That said, my wife wants to go smaller with a Equinox so who knows.
Although I hate that this is being done to Saab, the brand has dug itself this hole and, assuming this SUV is priced realistically, I think it might actually sell enough to accomplish its mission of helping keep the brand on life support until its true product transplant happens later in the decade.
- Bret
http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/d/57548
And don't knock the Aveo's safety! It just got the highest front crash test ratings of any car in its class. Not that Saab should come near that Chevwoo though...
On another note pricing for the 05 STS is out. Very competitive.
From the press release:
On top of its well-mannered vehicle dynamics, the Saab 9-7X features a comprehensive standard safety package, including:
Dual-stage frontal air bags
Passenger sensing system
Rollover sensing system
Head curtain side airbags;
Front seatbelt pretensioners with load limiters
Front seat occupants belt buckle-up reminder.
During a frontal impact, the standard dual stage frontal airbags allow the Sensing and Diag-nostic Module (SDM) to choose a high or low inflation level based on crash severity when the seats are positioned toward the rear of the seat track for taller occupants. However, when the seats are positioned toward and near the front of the seat track, as for small occupants seated closer to the airbag, a switch in the seat track informs the SDM and limits the airbag to a less aggressive inflation level.
A passenger sensing system (PSS) is used to automatically switch the right front air bag on or off, based on the passenger’s weight and the type of pressure on the seat. The PSS combines inputs from a pressure sensor on a bladder located in the seat and a belt tension switch to de-cide whether the airbag should be suppressed or enabled. An indicator in the rear view mirror signals whether the passenger airbag is "on" or "off". Even with this innovative feature, pas-sengers should always wear their safety belts and be sure that children are properly restrained in the rear seat.
Standard head curtain side air bags are designed to help provide head protection in certain side-impact collisions and rollovers for all outboard-seated occupants. The new rollover sens-ing system is intended to help protect occupants during rollovers by triggering the head cur-tain side air bags and activating the front seatbelt pretensioners.
The rollover-sensing module (ROS) is located on the center tunnel under the rear seat and uses a complex algorithm to deploy safety systems in rollover events. The ROS is designed to measure the lateral and vertical accelerations of the vehicle, as well as the roll rate. It obtains the vehicle speed from the wheel speed sensors. These four inputs are used to help make a predictive deployment decision. Once the ROS makes its deployment decision, a message is sent to the central control unit, or sensing diagnostic module (SDM), which is designed to then deploy the appropriate safety systems.
Seat belt load-limiting retractors with pretensioners are also standard for the front seat. Pre-tensioner front seat belts are designed to help minimize forward movement during a frontal collision and vertical movement in a rollover. A device attached to each front seat belt retrac-tor and triggered by the SDM at the same time as the air bags is designed to remove belt slack during a collision to help restrain front seat passengers. An energy-absorbing element built into the belt retractor helps regulate the forces on an occupant’s upper torso.
The Saab 9-7X features a front seat occupants safety-belt reminder, which lets front occu-pants automatically know via a chime and indicator light if their safety belt hasn’t been fas-tened.
The Saab 9-7X also provides knee bolsters that meet FMVSS 208’s new, more stringent stan-dard. The driver’s side bolster includes a metal panel with reinforced ribbing, which is located behind the plastic bolster surface, and in front of the energy-absorbing brackets. The panel more evenly distributes knee-loads into the energy-absorbing steel brackets, which are de-signed to crush during severe impact. The passenger-side glove box door is also engineered to act as a knee restraint and also meets the new FMVSS requirements.
- Bret
- Bret
PS: I was just looking at the new Acura RL and Infiniti M45 concept pics. When you look at the attention to detail in these cars and the execution, and then look at redo's like the 9-7X, it's just soooo sad...
The SAAB 9-9X CSV with 18" wheels and sportier suspension. Can you feel the European influences? LOL
Pick up the pace on the build quality and interior materials and it's sure to do nothing but good for Saab.
Saab hasn't turned a profit in years.
Side chest airbags (in addition to the curtains - GM seems to think only one or the other are necessary)
Stability control
Proper door handles (instead of the nailbreakers)
Unintended lane change warning system
Incidentally, its clear to me that GM is making Saab into a "virtual" car company. They are bringing more and more of the work under the GM umbrella. I'll bet that when they get done there won't be more than 200 people worldwide on the Saab payroll doing marketing, dealer development, and a couple of other highly visible functions. The rest of what a car company usually does to include warranty administration, personnell, payroll, assembly, engineering, purchasing, could be done by those innnovative types the General has working for him. Reminds me of the American Army Major in the Mekong Delta speaking of the city of Ben Tre: "we had to destroy it to save it".
http://www.detnews.com/2004/insiders/0404/15/c01-123650.htm
;-D
Does the 9-7 have backup warning sensors?
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