Rental Saab 93 estate.

[bmwdrivernigel]

Its very 'nice' but surely they are not all like this? It is an auto and thumps every gear change, it has a diresel engine that isnt refined with a turbo that is either on or off and I must admit I am not impressed with the road-holding or ride quality.

[aeropilot]

bmwdrivernigel said:

Its very 'nice' but surely they are not all like this? It is an auto and thumps every gear change, it has a diresel engine that isnt refined with a turbo that is either on or off and I must admit I am not impressed with the road-holding or ride quality.

What do you expect from GM...?

GM got ride of most of the Saab engineering team as they were too talented and wanted to engineer everything.....not the GM way.......mass produced mediocrity is the GM way.

However, the auto 9-3's I've driven haven't thumped every gear change, but they were petrol engined cars.

The 1.9Tid is 'old' tech now, and is the joint GM-Fiat unit which was good in it' day, but it's not a Saab engine design.

Agree, the ride quality is not very refined, but again, Saab are forced to use cheap GM bits. However, I can't honestly say the road-holding is un-impressive, the Re-axes rear suspension is very good and for a fwd car it's way better than many other fwd cars in that class.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Don't remember my dad saying anything about a jerky change in his 9-3sc... Maybe it's a duff example?

[900T-R]

aeropilot said:

Agree, the ride quality is not very refined, but again, Saab are forced to use cheap GM bits. However, I can't honestly say the road-holding is un-impressive, the Re-axes rear suspension is very good and for a fwd car it's way better than many other fwd cars in that class.

Shame its true capabilities are masked by feelless steering which makes for an unhappy combination with the agile chassis on turn-in (making it feel less stable than it is) - could be the underlying issue here?