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: 9-3 comes top in TG Magazine Ken 18-05-04, 05:15 AM So, this has probably already been mentioned but the Topgear Magazine's yearly 'Small Executive Car' title has just been awarded to the 9-3, BMW 3series comes second. Quite a result! 9-5 comes 5th, I think, in the Large Exec catagory. Saba 18-05-04, 05:43 AM That's two years in a row then. Or are we still talking about last year's result? Ken 18-05-04, 05:54 AM Nah, release in the last week or so Saba 18-05-04, 06:13 AM Well that's two years in a row. As TopGear says it's 'safe, stylish, swift, well-specced and superbly put together...nothing less than a miracle.' They talking about the same car I've got? :o :cheesy: It IS safe, stylish, swift, well-specced, but I will have to question the use of the word superbly. Good but not superb. CosmicSaab 18-05-04, 09:48 AM Well that's two years in a row. As TopGear says it's 'safe, stylish, swift, well-specced and superbly put together...nothing less than a miracle.' They talking about the same car I've got? :o :cheesy: It IS safe, stylish, swift, well-specced, but I will have to question the use of the word superbly. Good but not superb. Same here. Good, but it's no Lexus. (And it looks like it is official now, I am the Saab central Lexus troll! :o ) heavy_t 18-05-04, 09:56 AM One good reason I can think of to choose a 9-3ss over a Lexus :wink: http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/36594000/jpg/_36594273_party4_150.jpg ragtopcav 18-05-04, 10:04 AM One good reason I can think of to choose a 9-3ss over a Lexus :wink: http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/36594000/jpg/_36594273_party4_150.jpg :lol: "Ha-HAA! :cheesy: Saba 18-05-04, 10:18 AM The IS200 won it in 2002. Mattlach 18-05-04, 10:46 AM The IS200 won it in 2002. IS200? Never heard of a 200... I guess they don't sell those in the U.S. My guess would be its the same car as the IS300, but with a four-banger? Saba 18-05-04, 11:13 AM The IS200 won it in 2002. IS200? Never heard of a 200... I guess they don't sell those in the U.S. My guess would be its the same car as the IS300, but with a four-banger? http://www.lexus.com.au/is200/images/imggal/img5.jpg http://www.lexus.com.au/is200/default.asp?mdl=1 Same as IS300 but with weaker 6 cylinder (155hp) old Toyota 1G-FE engine. Mattlach 18-05-04, 11:34 AM Same as IS300 but with weaker 6 cylinder (155hp) old Toyota 1G-FE engine. Ahh. just as I suspected. Yeah they only seem to sell the IS300 in the U.S. | |