Product in the pipeline; Saab set to add Subie-powered 9-2, Caddy-based sport/ute, by '06.(Saab-Scania AB plans to introduce a new compact car, sport utility vehicle by 2006)(Brief Article)

Byline: MATT DAVIS With the product-starved Saab part of General Motors reporting year-end losses upward of $200 million, both Scandinavian survivalists and Detroit management have put the newly planned high-volume 9-2 compact on a fast track. Tentatively scheduled as a 2006 model-but maybe as a 2005 entry-the 9-2 lineup will include a sportwagon plus three- and five-door hatchbacks similar in size to the Ford Focus and VW Golf.

Rumors had the 9-2 sharing the 2004 Opel Astra architecture and looking a lot like the 9-3X concept shown at Detroit in 2001, but that plan has been ...

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