Frank Wulfers

Part 1: Exterior, engine and transmission
Part 2: Interior, Seats and Visibility
Part 3: Performance, handling and equipment

Wilderness State Park, Michigan

The Saab 9-4X weighs a hefty 4,400 lbs with the 3.0i engine. The Aero is even heavier and can tip the scale up to 4,700 pounds. I owned a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer for a couple of years and it had the typical ride of an SUV. Heavy, pretty slow, vague steering, ...

Part 1: Exterior, engine and transmission
Part 2: Interior, Seats and Visibility
Part 3: Performance, handling and equipment

Interior

No matter how good the exterior looks, it is inside where we spend most of our time. The interior of the 9-4X is very similar to the current 9-5 in design. While I have sat in the new 9-5 many times, I have never actually driven on. Coming from the first generation 9-5, the 9-4X feels a bit large inside at first. I had ...

Part 1: Exterior, engine and transmission
Part 2: Interior, Seats and Visibility
Part 3: Performance, handling and equipment

I wasn't planning on buying a Saab 9-4X. I made the mistake of visiting a few Saab dealers to check out the new 9-4X and see what all the hype was about. To make a long story short, I was very impressed and picked up my own 9-4X a few weeks later.

I purchased this Saab 9-4X 3.0i Premium FWD on 13 September 2011 so that was about 2 1/2 ...

This Saab has been sold so I better finish up this trip report!

Part 1 and 2 of the report can be found here:
http://saabworld.net/blogs/frank-wul...ba-part-1-323/
http://saabworld.net/blogs/frank-wul...ba-part-2-328/

I had been on the road for a while and decided to stay at the same campground for another day. The Lake of the Woods area is quite scenic and it was ...

Find Part 1 here: link

And the road trip continues.. We're still on the King's Highway 17 which is the longest highway in Ontario. It stretches from the Manitoba border to the east near Quebec and is 1,964 km / 1,220 miles long. That's a pretty good size road.



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