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Planned production for 2015 is 300.000 cars based on Saab 9-3

Senova D60 based on Saab 9-3Senova D60 based on Saab 9-3

Saab continues to actively live, but in China, in other brands.

The Beijing Auto Senova D60 has been launched on the China car market. The Senova D60 is based on the second-generation Saab 9-3. Beijing Auto bought the rights to the Saab 9-3 and Saab 9-5 from GM in 2009. The deal included the Saab-developed 2.0 turbo and 2.3 turbo four-cylinder petrol engines.

Power times three: a 1.5 turbo with about 150hp, a 1.8 turbo with about 180hp, and a 2.0 turbo with 204hp. The latter is based on the good old Saab 2.0 turbo. Transmissions: 6-speed manual or 6-speed automatic. Size: 4650/1720/1450mm, wheelbase is 2675.

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The Senova D60 is based on the second-generation Saab 9-3
The Senova D60 is based on the second-generation Saab 9-3

 

Price starts at 119.800 yuan and ends at 168.800 yuan, and that is slightly more expensive than expected. The final production version of the Senova D60 debuted last month on the 2014 Chengdu Auto Show.

Senova has big plans for the D60. Planned production for 2015 is 300.000 cars.

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D60 based on Saab Planned production for 2015 is 300.000 cars
D60 based on Saab Planned production for 2015 is 300.000 cars

 

Source: carnewschina

Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

4 Comments

    • I heard that they weren’t have enough time and money in 2008~2009, and SAAB was too independent to deal with…I wonder what GM appointed SAAB’s engineers as GM’s World Wide Platforms’ leaders and let them play their roles of making enough platforms to share with other GM cars. SAAB-based platforms would be good to share, due to their own quality…I guess.

  • Can’t see any similarity to Saab. The lights are a little bit Mercedes but the rest of it is quite ugly. Good to see some colour on the inside though with the red, instead of the usual black and grey.

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