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Saab 9-3 – Diesel Beast on the Autobahn

Saab Diesel Power

With the on-set of the latest engine management and design technology, diesel engines have even greater scope for enhancement, fuel economy and performance than has ever been possible before. Saab already makes a diesels, but from 2003 it makes a better diesel.

A much better diesel: Fiat’s excellent 1.9 JTD unit, in 120 (8v – TiD) and 150bhp (16v- TiD) and 180BHP (16v – biturbo TTiD) forms. In the next video, you can see the power of the diesel engine on the German motorway (Autobahn – German autobahns have no federally mandated speed limit for some classes of vehicles), at a high cruise speed of 200 km/h (124mph):

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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.

2 Comments

  • Germany has a speedlimit on many sections on the Autobahn.
    There is a principal limit since you’re allowed to drive as fast as safety (of other road users) permits on sections with no limit.
    Also, an accident above 130kmh can put you at disadvantage with your insurance company.

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