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Spotted in China: Saab 9-2X Aero

Saab 9-2x chinaSaab 9-2x Spotted in Beijing.

A silver Saab 9-2X Aero, Spotted in China west of the Fourth Ring Road in Beijing.

The Saab 9-2X Aero is a rather rare car. It was only manufactured in 2004 and 2005 and never officially exported to China, so how this strange Swede that is not a Swede ended up in the capital is somewhat of a mystery.

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The Saab 9-2X was based on the second generation Subaru Impreza wagon. At the time GM owned Saab and also owned 20% of Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent of Subaru. GM needed a new Saab fast and decided to go for some healthy badge engineering, resulting in the kinda weird 9-2X which soon earned the nickname ‘Saaburu’.

The 9-2X was only available in North America. Sadly, it was not a success. Only 10.346 examples were manufactured during its short production run. The Aero was the top-sped variant, based on the Impreza WRX, powered by the manic 2.0  liter turbocharged four-cylinder with an output of 227hp and 294nm. Fuzzily, that engine and the Subaru rally-style underpinnings made the 9-2X the fastest Saab of all time…

source: carnewschina

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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.

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