This site is dedicated to the SAAB 9.7X series SUV. Don't be a Saab snob. Since GM bought Saab a few years ago, purists have been bemoaning what they see as the inevitable spiritual suffocation of the spunky little Swedish firm. Sure, there was a time when jellybean-shaped Saabs looked like nothing else, won major rallies, and were the favorites of the sandals-and-granola set. But that was in the misty past. Saab joined the mainstream more than 20 years ago and to survive in today's merciless marketplace, Saab's choice was to dip into GM's deep pockets or simply disappear. The challenge for the Swedes still toiling in Trollhättan, Saab's home office, and its new masters in Detroit, was how to combine these abstractions with GM's hardware. Purists would hold that Saab has no business making an SUV. Saab holds that if it doesn't make an SUV, it might have no business. According to Sean McNamara, the company's U.S. group product manager, 30 percent of Saab owners leave the brand to buy SUVs, 40 percent also have SUVs in their garages, and Saab dealers have long been pleading for an SUV. Hence the 9-7X. It's no secret that the five-passenger 9-7X is based on the GMT360 platform. And there's no shame in that. Our primary goal is to discuss this in a convivial, flame-free environment, where disagreement is fine, but not when it contains disrespectful or discourteous content. Our primary goal is to do this in a convivial, flame-free environment, where disagreement is fine, but not when it contains disrespectful or discourteous content. The idea is to encourage lively discussion of our SUV pleasant environment. Facts are great, but opinions are OK too. Just keep it civil.
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