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GM, the automotive group that for many decades was the largest manufacturer in the world, elected on the occasion of his hundredth birthday of the ten best car ever produced by the marks currently in its possession. And the surprises are not missed.

Who would have ever said, for example, that the Saab 92, 1950 would have been better on the most reliable and emblazoned Chevrolet Corvette first series or the’64 Pontiac GTO? Or again, that the Chevy Bel Air of’55 should have been satisfied with the seventh place?

In the list appear car representing somehow the lines of future development in Detroit: on the one hand and small car parsimoniose, on the other supercar and innovative models as the Cadillac V16 of 1930 or the first model of the house equipped with electric starter.

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The Paris Motor Show in October promises to be increasingly ghiotto: day after day come reports of new presentations, some of which are real “heavyweights. Uno di questi sara, quasi certamente, una Saab. One of these will, almost certainly, a Saab.

According to the most reliable indiscretions, the Swedish home should reveal the Porte de Versailles a new (and unexpected) 9-3X, soft-roader version of family SportHatch, which will toward the CrossCountry Volvo or Audi allroad, but above all a prototype by the implications far more intriguing.

The Swedish Saab prepare the crucial debut of the 9-4X, a small sport car utility that will attempt to give battle in the segment gLk Mercedes and Audi Q5, two new entries already predict opponents toste for everyone.

Well, as we had already written a month ago, in Trollhattan target on the closeness to the concept 9-4X BioPower presented in Detroit, both in content and in line: the second GM the Saab 9-4X will be the same for the 97% to prototype.

But to fly the German competition must also focus on the convenience factor: whether the 9-4X will be priced completely aligned with those of rivals more titolate, its size sfioreranno those of full-size SUVs such as Mercedes ML or BMW X5.

New car in sight for lists of Saab 9-3 the average sedan Trollhattan widens its offering of wheel drive models, giving the system XWD to other versions. New in sight for lists of Saab 9-3 the average sedan Trollhattan widens its offering of wheel drive models, giving the system XWD to other versions.

The concept Saab 9-X BioHybrid was elected Specialized Concept Car of the Year by a jury of 25 journalists specialised Americans, with a ceremony at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan. The reasons for the prize are linked both to pure design the car that innovative technology proposals, as the 1,400 turbo BioPower from 200 hp combined with a hybrid system that allows emissions equal to 105 g / km CO2 utlizzando bioethanol E85.

Saab, for its part, for ringrazie voice of the American Marketing Director Roger McCormick, which stresses as well as the response of the public exhibition of Detroit has been very positive and as the development of prototypes Saab, starting with Xerox, is showing clearly Development models that have serial home. Just the 9-x anticipates the future hatchback compact home Swedish and in the same way the 9-4x Concept showed us clearly what to expect from the future SUV, waiting for next year.

The Saab 9-4X began testing in view of marketing that will start next year: the spy photos you see here were taken yesterday at Nurburgring.

These are the first images of the future competitor of gLk Mercedes, Audi Q5, BMW X3 and Volvo XC60, which will then compete in the premium sottonicchia the increasingly crowded crossover segment.

On the requirement in certain areas so torn the car market, can count on some strong point: Trollhattan will have its price and the plus of BioPower, which will help to “clean” much sought after today by car.