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Is this the new Saab 9-3? Contained in Saab's business plan submitted to the Swedish National Debt Office was this grainy image of what purports to be the new 2013 9-3. If it is indeed a model of the finished 9-3, then it shows that the 2011 Phoenix concept car was influential in guiding what should become Saab's best-seller. But ...

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Saab 9-3: is this the new 2013 hatch?

Tim Pollard, 01 November 2011 10:04

Saab: 'we will sell new 9-3 architecture to others'

Ben Pulman, 19 November 2010 10:56

Saab won’t only buy in technology from other manufacturers, but will sell its own Phoenix platform (which will underpin the next 9-3) to car companies as well. That’s the message from Saab CEO Jan Ake Jonsson and Spyker CEO Victor Muller. CAR has just sat down with the pair at the LA auto show, so read on for more. Any ...

Saab 'developing diesel hybrids' to rival PSA's

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Tim Pollard, 01 November 2010 09:57

Saab has been caught testing a 9-3 with a diesel hybrid engine, according to press reports in Sweden. It seems that France's PSA won't have the diesel-hybrid market all to itself. A reporter from Automobil magazine spotted a 9-3 prototype refuelling at a petrol station in Trollhattan as he returned a test car to the factory. The car was labelled ...

Saab strikes deal with BMW for 9-3, 9-1 engines

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Tim Pollard, 29 September 2010 07:43

Minnow Saab has struck a deal with BMW, one of the world's largest premium car makers, to supply powertrains for future models, including the next 9-3 and proposed 9-1 supermini. Munich will provide Saab with four-cylinder petrol 1.6 turbo engines from 2012 and the full suite of Efficient Dynamics tech will be included. The deal is being signed today by ...

Saab's new 9-3 due in 2012 to set new Saab template

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Tim Pollard, 04 June 2010 10:13

Now the new 9-5 is launched, attention is turning to the next generation of Saabs. Speaking at the 9-5 launch in Trollhättan, Saab bosses told CAR that the new 9-3 would be the first model to bear the true hallmarks of the new independent Saab since the Detroit divorce.GM sold Saab to Dutch entrepreneur Victor Muller's Spyker group in February ...

GM and Koenigsegg agree Saab sale

Ben Pulman, 16 June 2009 11:00

American car giant General Motors has signed a memorandum of understanding for the purchase of Saab by an investment group led by Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg. Really? A tiny Swedish supercar company wants to buy beleaguered Saab? That's the deal. Supercar maker Koenigsegg Automotive, together with a consortium of private investors, has formed Koenigsegg Group, which has reached a ‘tentative ...

Saab's new 9-3 (2007): first official pictures

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Ben Whitworth, 15 May 2007 11:47

Is this really an all-new Saab 9-3? It’s as new as new Saab 9-3s get, until the real new 9-3 arrives in 2010. The Swedish company has once more given its ageing 9-3 a new lease of life with this heavily revised new version – topped of by a rapid 300bhp twin-turbo performance version. Due to arrive here in September, ...

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