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Spy Shots of Chinese “Jeep” with Saab’s engine

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This is first Spy Shots showing the all-new Chinese SUV Beijing Auto BJ40L, the four-door version of the model BJ40. The BJ40L debuted on the Shanghai Auto Show in April and will be launched on the Chinese car market in October.

The BJ40 will be available with two four-cylinder petrol engines: the good old 2.4 with 143hp and 217nm, and a ‘new’ Saab-developed 2.0 turbo with 204hp and 280nm.

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Beijing Auto Industrial Corporation (BAIC), the owner of the Beijng Auto brand, bought the rights to the Saab 2.0 turbo and Saab 2.3 turbo from GM in 2009, along with the rights to the platforms of the Saab 9-3 and first generation Saab 9-5. The 2.0 turbo will also become available in the regular BJ40, and Beijing Auto is finalizing work on a super sporty version (pictured) of the BJ40 which will sport said Saab 2.3 turbo with 250hp.

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source: CarNewsChina

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Goran Aničić
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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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