Since becoming an owner I have been more critically aware of the 97X, it's sisters, and the fact that it was a stop gap measure to place a product for SAAB on the market. It's been reported that the replacement will be the 94X and based on the new Subbie SUV Tribeca. The engine's output is 245 bhp flat 6 / 5 Speed but can only tow 3500 lbs. What's your thoughts?

Tim

The GM/Subaru deal to share the Tribeca platform died even before GM killed the 9-2x, so the discussion of which you speak is more than a year past being DOA.

The 9-7x replacement will be more of a crossover vehicle (http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2006/09/94x_latest_info.html) not an SUV

Thank you Mike for the update! Well Mexico also builds that Ford Escape series....need I say more?

Tim

Meh....

Plant location is a red herring. I'd rather have a well-designed car built in Mexico than a poorly designed one built in Sweden...

...or the US, as in the case of the 9-7x