Test drive Saab 9-3 Cabriolet 2003-2008 convertible

Roof fighter

The name of Viggen Saab named their very first jet fighter. And when this word is added to the car model, it means that you have the fastest version in the ruler. And if the word convertible was assigned to 9-3, therefore, sunbathing can be taken in it.
 

When the wind walks in my head, this is not very good. Even worse when he is mourning in his pockets. But when the vortex streams settled in the engine, this is wonderful!
 

A piercingly whistling whisper of the turbine immediately voices the jump of the arrow of the tachometer, resting at 6,000 rpm. The impetus of the selector forward and whisper subsided. And again he sang, starting with low tones and becoming higher.
 

Saab 9-3 with a two-liter 210-horsepower turbo engine a real poor mood fighter. Even with an automatic traction of the power unit for the eyes is enough to get vestibular pleasures!
 

Prices
on Saab 9-3 Convertible starts from 1,176,500 rubles. (at the Central Bank course dated 06/13/2007). The car in the test (top) configuration of the Vector Viggen cost 1,356,385 rubles.
 

In addition, Saab has remained a means of spectacular and effective movement on city or suburban roads. Only this sample is not cheap, at least. Its price exceeds 1.3 million rubles, and fuel consumption (according to devices) shows about 20 liters per 100 km.
 

However, not all the roads Saab were loyal. It is immediately obvious that the car was born to fly: it crawls out. It is worth only under the 17-inch wheels to be an uneven relief of the roadway, as the body begins to shake.
 

At times, it seems that the stroke of suspensions will not be enough to keep the car on the road. On a bumpy road, you have to seriously reduce speed and look for asphalt equally
 

Freshly! At a speed of over 80 km/h, the wind penetrates abundantly into the salon. Sitting behind (and four adults can fit in the SAAB) began to switch to demands: the wind became more annoying, despite the raised glass.

 

I raise the toggle switch on the central console: no more than 20 s passes and a dark bedspread overlaps the air streams access to the SAAB 9-3 Viggen salon. It is necessary: \u200b\u200bonly seven speakers violate its silence, from which we will push about traffic jams, but on other machines. Not today!
 

One of the basic principles of the SAAB Salon is built around the driver's seat. This means that the ergonomics of the workplace of the driver, devices, governing bodies and seats are developed based on a person’s cuts while driving.
 

Saab 9-3 Convertible Vector Vigggen
Roof type: soft
It lowers/rises behind: 20 seconds.
Price: 1 356 385 rub. (52 486 cu)
 
The Saab interior really does not look like any other: a huge, but convenient steering wheel; soft bucket chairs; two-color interior; Simple and understandable devices; Black-green monitor screens are an interesting solution to the parking brake handle, carefully disguised as a fixed part of the central tunnel.
 

The main tool of the driver is a large three -spitting steering wheel with characteristic thickening in the grip. It is very easy to rotate at any speed. This is good in the parking lot, but bad on the highway.
 

On the steering wheel there are buttons of manual gear shift: the manual mode is very useful for those who are in no hurry, saving for the sake of, switch to increased. The machine gun sins with the desire to switch to the fifth as soon as possible, and you can keep it from this dubious step, also pushing the checkpoint forward and forth.

Saab 9-3 Vector Viggen was born to fly.
 

But in Russia, take-off strips that are worthy of this fastidious sport-caprio infrequently come across. It is even more difficult to dissect on a convertible with a folded roof. But otherwise it can blow
  

The car was provided for the test by the official dealer Saab, Atlant M-Baltic


Text: Alexander Korobchenko
Photo: Roman Ostanin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Source: Wheel magazine [No. 117/2007]