Saab Sonett III with 130 bhp!

If you think that 4-cylinder engines are for wussies, then you’ve clearly never heard this old Saab Sonett III, which has a tricked out V4 Ford engine (not an inline 4). Not only is the Sonett III arguably the sportiest looking Saab ever made, but with a properly tuned engine, it could sound like it does in this video clip.

Apparently, the owner of this car managed to double the stock output of the original Sonett III engine, which would mean it has just about 130 horsepower. Still, it sounds amazing, and if more 4-cylinder engines sounded like this, I’m sure they’d be more popular with gearheads.

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Goran AničićSeptember 12, 2014

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.