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Ha! Yes. So does my 11-year-old Saab. Much good it did them.

The V6 had 60K timing belt changes, which of course usually meant a water pump swap as well. I much prefer the turbo 4 with its double-row timing chain.

If you find one with a stick, grab it. I've only ever seen one.

RE: 6th gear. Blaming the death of Saab on a low-volume rebadged Lancia that never even left Scandinavia is highly creative math.

Something tells me random=thief. I guess I'll find out when "The Bicycle Thief 2: The Gripping Case of Dickstache, Assmaster, and the Viral Bologna" hits Netflix.

Great feature, Peter. Perhaps the L'arbre de Thierry Sabine is now the world's loneliest tree(s). Hundreds of miles away from any other tree, or even rocks or relief, it was named after the originator of the Paris-Dakar rally, who had his ashes spread there after dying in a helicopter crash in Mali during the 1986…

Better dial up the downforce. But still not worth it. Can you imagine how loudly the Lance Armstrong wannabes would b***h?

These cars sold at close to $600K before 2008 and will get back there again. I would attribute it to romance, rarity, and racing. Bizzarini's shoe-string race team drove basically these same cars (with tighter steering, thinner aluminum, hotter engine) to the track, ran at 200 down Mulsanne, and drove them back to…

As putrid as the vehicle's legacy is, the Saab 9-7x Aero is two-plus tons of rapid fun. An LS2, none of the obvious racer gee-gaws of the Trailblazer SS, and a sub 6-second 0-60 time.

As someone who piled similar miles (200K) and rough treatment on a '73 Hornet hatchback I salute you and your excellent story!

The linked article explained that a couple of examples were built with the 2-valver before they switched to the QV.

We didn't really need to about the owner's secretions.

I hope salt isn't a Jalopnik reader because it finds these cars absolutely delicious.

My biggest problem with the pricing is that it's seems to have been inflated so as to not step on the Audi A3, which easily climbs past $31K in quattro form. Too bad the A3 doesn't get this engine as an option.

Officially the SCs were 1,131 kilos, or just under 2,500 pounds. The SCs gained about 150 pounds over the NAs because of the supercharger, intercooler, and a beefier transmission.

Excellent list.

Excellent point. The Koreans do have 'it', don't they?

I'm speaking on gut instinct here, but for the Japanese, Europe is probably a distant fourth or fifth place as a destination market. The U.S. market is still bigger and easier to ship to, the Chinese and Indian markets are growing, the JDM market is still there, and economies like Vietnam and Indonesia are booming.…

Ah, okay. I had no idea. I was in Europe recently for a couple of weeks and I don't remember seeing a single Subaru. But it sounds like they don't have a FWD transaxle that can handle a lot of power.