In Australia initially they tried to say the shuddering was a “characteristic” of the power shift transmission which is BS. Ours had 20,000km’s on it when on of the electronic actuator rails failed e.g. we lost R, 2 , 4 and 6th. The $2000 repair almost wasn’t covered, it took two weeks of our dealer negotiating with…

Saab 9-3, fibre optic in car network, ReAxs suspension, XWD (first awd combined with limited slip diff) for less then $8000 and starts at way less then $4000

Sydney used to have a brilliant monorail system around Darling Harbour built for the 2000 Olympics in the early 90’s. It was great because while yes there is a metro system Darling Harbour is surprisingly big and now they’ve removed it it takes forever to move around. They cited that there just weren’t enough people…

Saab 9-3 Door Handles!

In Australia as the Tarago

Saab 9-3 Aero Convertible with an Australian V6 and turbocharger. Only 66,000 miles, asking $9,500 or best Offer.

Jeep has become big in Australia. Unfortunately other then Alfa Romeo and Fiat brands which have grown Chrysler and Dodge have suffered. Currently Chrysler and Dodge have a combined three model lines. 300, Grand Voyager and Journey (which is also sold in Australia as a Fiat Freemont) its like they're trying to kill…

Holden Cruze series 1

Did you know this is the only car keeping Dodge in Australia alive. Since the Nitro and Caliber went out of production they haven’t introduced any new models. The same goes for Chrysler who’ve have only got the 300c and the Grand Voyager. All the money in Australia gets spent on Jeep, Fiat and Alfa Romeo who actually…

Theres another guy who hoards/collects depends how you feel about the way he stores them but dozens of obscure Alfa Romeo's, Fiats and other odd cars. There seems to be something about old petrol stations. Anyways this one isn't far from where the Alfa Sprint is located and behind this servo there were dozens of…

So I found this, it's an Alfa Romeo Sprint 1983-89 model, I'm not sure about any details on it but what I do know is it has a four leaf clover and in Australia at least there's only two for sale and neither are this new or have this kind of bodykit. It's been sitting there for a fair while out the back of a run down…

I drive what you'd call a real Saab but I find this thinking just doesn't make sense. This is as much a Vectra as an NG900 or OG9-3 is a Cavalier. That is barely, in fact the platform on this 9-3 is so different to that of a Vectra that GM didn't own the rights to it, hence the reason why NEVS were still able to…

You can also see its GM ties with those On-Star buttons.

If my old car hadn't been located and rolled in Australia I would have sworn he got those wheels of my 2001 9-3 Anniversary...

Three things that put a me a Saab 9-3 Aero owner off ,

My first car was a 2002 Saab 9-3 Anniversary, I cleaned it up made it look good again. Then like you was a reckless hoon and rolled it through a river bank and into a tree when I lost traction on a dirt road. Now it's a paddock basher with heated seats.

My number one pet hate is Chevrolet badges on Holden Commodore's, fair enough if you live in North America or the Middle East. But it came from the Holden factory in Adelaide therefore it is a holden.

You'll love Audi then they discontinued the Audi A6 hybrid for the 2015 Model Year

This is a Corolla, everywhere but third world countries, North America and in Europe where they seem to hate traditional Toyota name plates like Camry and Corolla. They sell well everywhere else except Europe where Japanese cars still have a similar perception to Korean cars. In Australia they sell like hotcakes…

It looks like an Aurion aka V6 Camry just missing the boot lid lights.