Saab celebrates 60 years with a new color, Ice Black

Posted on 29. Mar, 2007 by Ryan in 2000-2009, 9-3 SS, France

Photo Credit: Saab Automobile France

This just in from Saab Automobile France. I have translated this press release with Google translation this time, so if there are any suggested changes, please let me know.

I really like the color! I wonder if we’ll see this color again in the super secret “Black Turbo” project this summer at the Saab Festival in Sweden?

Saab celebrates its 60 years with the Living room Car Pleasure in “Ice Black”

Saab is the uncontested specialist with the convertible, and will be present at the new edition of the living room of the convertible, the Living room Car Pleasure which is held with the Door of Versailles (of March 30 to April 1, 2007). The mark celebrates this year its 60 years of existence in the automobile field, and will expose a special version of its 9-3 Convertible, the Limited Series “Ice Black”.

Saab made the convertible possible in becoming an accessible a pleasure to all, operating as a vehicle during the good weather to a an automobile that allows 4 people to comfortable drive in at anytime. It was just over 20 years ago when the convertible began, and again Saab proves that the 9-3 Convertible is a success as exhibited with the new “Ice Black” color.

Saab contributed significantly to the development of the convertible cars, by transforming them into means of transport practise, perfectly usable throughout the year. Saab Cabriolet became a modern mystic, and a symbol to the whole world as a beautiful and desirable car, synonymous with the pleasure of leading hair to the wind. This statute played an important part in its commercial success.

Saab 9-3 Convertible reaffirms the position of Saab to the head of the manufacturers of the prestige of the convertible. It is the fruit of the experiment of more than twenty years of design of convertibles four places all times knowing to show itself as functional and elegant.

Saab Cabriolet has a level of rigidity, of quality of construction and comfort which place it at the head its category. Innovating with many regards, this car goes even further in the philosophy of Saab, for which convertible must be “more than one simple convertible” while making it possible to roll the every day of the year. In addition to its practical qualities, the Convertible brings also a pleasure of leading real, because it begins again excel it frame of the range 9-3.

The range of motorizations very provided proposes the choice between V6 2,8 liters any overfed aluminium developing 250 CH (184 kw), three turbo four-cylinder engines 2,0 liters any aluminium developing 150 CH (110 kw), 175 CH (129 kw) and 210 CH (147 kw) and a turbodiesel 1.9TiD common rail with direct injection of 150 CH (110 kw).

Profiting from a maximum note of five stars allotted to the cash-test of EuroNCAP, the Convertible is proposed in completions Linear, Vector or Aero, or with a new completion called “Ice Black”, which will be exposed to the Living room Car Pleasure. This version receives in series a system of navigation with touch screen color and a cartography on DVD, a system Audio Premium 300 W 13HP with box of low and Bluetooth function, of the headlights Bi-xenon, a black leather saddlery and rims alloy 17 inches specific. Saab 9-3 Convertible limited Series “Ice Black” will be proposed only with 100 numbered specimens, with the engines 1.8t (110 kW/150 CH), 2.0t (129 kW/175 CH), 2.8 T V6 Aero (184 kW/250 CH) or 1.9 TiD FAP (110 kW/150 CH).

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