2000 Saab 9-3 Viggen Convertible - Lightning Blue - Very Rare on 2040-cars
Springfield, Virginia, United States
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Lightning Blue 93 Viggen Convertible. Very Rare.
Only 42 convertibles in this color combination were imported in 2000 and
in no other year. Power everything including memory seats. Two-tone blue and
black interior leather (leather in VG condition). Nearly new tires on 4 straight wheels. New cross-drilled & slotted rotors and
pads all around. Viggen Rescue Kit
including rear sway bar and front steering rack clamp and brace, after-market
powder-coated upper strut brace, 6 point subframe brace, direct cold air intake.
Blue powder-coated valve cover and lightning blue engine shroud, blue powder-coated
Talliferro upper strut brace, custom mesh grille painted Lightning Blue,
carbon-fiber dash insert, billet aluminum Viggen oil filler cap, aluminum
Viggen shift knob insert, billet aluminum pedals and dead pedal, “Viggen”
polished stainless speaker grilles, blue painted calipers, convertible wind
screen. New water pump, new battery, new valve cover gasket. Includes all of the
high-performance items that came on the Viggen and were not available on
standard 93 convertibles: 2.3L
engine (from the 95) (235 hp and 258 ft. lbs. torque); high-performance
tuned ECU; larger turbocharger; high capacity intercooler; stiffened &
lowered suspension; 17" Viggen performance wheels; Z-rated tires;
aggressive spoiler; functional aerodynamic trim; improved calipers; larger
rotors; heavy-duty clutch; larger driveshaft; strengthened CV joints &
high-performance exhaust. This car took
second in the Viggen class at “Saabs at Carlisle” 2010 out of at least 20 other
Viggens. Super condition, super clean, super fast and super fun. |
Saab 9-3 for Sale
One owner, rare car, $45,000 msrp!(US $7,900.00)
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1999 Saab 9-3 Viggen is a Swede worth remembering on MotorWeek
Sun, Aug 30 2015Today, Saab survives in name only after a protracted series of bankruptcies and attempted comebacks with new owners. At the turn of the millennium, however, the brand was still able to make some great cars, though. MotorWeek is showing off one of its very best in this vintage review for the 1999 9-3 Viggen. The jet-inspired Viggen was the pinnacle of everything Saab's engineers could do at the time. Starting with the standard 9-3, the suspension was hunkered down to improve handling and lower bodywork was added for better aerodynamics. Now that the exterior looked the part, the 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder was tweaked to make 225 horsepower and 252 pound-feet of torque. While that output may not sound hugely impressive by modern standards, those were strong numbers in the day, and the following model year made even more power. After some time behind the wheel of the VIggen, MotorWeek came away quite impressed with this Swede. While the Viggen might not have offered the full capability of high-performance, European contemporaries like the BMW M3, Saab really showed its strengths with this model.
NEV deal to buy Saab delayed
Fri, 03 Aug 2012Remember a month and a half ago when we told you that Saab will "soldier on?" Well, we should have written "stand at attention."
According to SaabsUnited, the deal for National Electric Vehicle Sweden to buy the remaining Saab assets didn't close on schedule. In fact, it's been delayed by "a month, perhaps more." NEVS also seems to have indicated that it's not going to be answering any more questions about the deal until it's completed.
NEVS is supposedly planning on building electric cars based on the design that would have been the next-generation 9-3. The company itself is a partnership between a Chinese energy company and a Japanese investment group.
Saab to hire 200 engineers, might build gas cars with Mahindra
Thu, 14 Jun 2012The brand formerly known as Saab is still intent on teaching The Little Engine That Could a few ticks about persistence. We say "formerly known" because it turns out that National Electric Vehicle Swedent (NEVS), the Sino-Japanese investment consortium that just bought the majority of Saab's assets, minus Saab Automobile Parts AB, may not actually own the rights to the Saab brand name. According to a report in Di.se via Saabs United, NEVS will need to negotiate with Scania and the Swedish aerospace and defense group, Saab AB, for the right to name its forthcoming electric car the Saab 9-3.
NEVS is hiring 200 engineers now to work on its electric car program, and reports are that it will hire more as it gets closer to the 2014 launch. It will be based on the current (read: ancient) 9-3, and we hope NEVS is succeeds in getting the naming rights, because the NEVS 9-3 just doesn't have the same ring. NEVS will likely target China as the model's main market.
However, it's rumors of their second negotiating ploy that we're really rooting for: to work with Mahinda & Mahindra, the Indian company once in the running for Saab's assets, develop a petrol-powered 9-3 on the next-generation Phoenix platform, based on Jason Castriota's design.