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Saab will get smaller 9-2 from Subaru for the USA.(Cover Story)

Automotive News Europe, April, 2003 by Feast, Richard

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Byline: Richard Feast

Saab will introduce a smaller 9-2 based on the Subaru Impreza in the USA and Canada in May 2004. But the car will not arrive in Europe until it is redesigned in about 2006.

The first Saab 9-2 will be a lightly modified five-door Impreza wagon with flat-four engines and four-wheel drive. It is an interim solution to Saab's need for a range below the 9-3.

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Designers and engineers from both companies are already working on a proper joint venture to replace the Impreza in three years. That will form the basis of the second generation 9-2, inevitably with a ...

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Automotive Industry

Saab will get smaller 9-2 from Subaru for the USA.(Cover Story)

Automotive News Europe, April, 2003 by Feast, Richard

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