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Saab 9-4X is a mid-size crossover SUV scheduled for release by Swedish automaker
Saab AutomobileSaab Automobile AB, better known as Saab, is a Swedish car manufacturer currently owned by General Motors, pending sale to the Koenigsegg Group. It is the exclusive automobile royal warrant holder as appointed by H.M., the King of Sweden...
. It will be based on the premium
GM Theta platformTheta is General Motors' compact and mid-size crossover SUV automobile platform. The architecture debuted in 2002 with the Saturn Vue and was later used for the Chevrolet Equinox...
which it will share with the 2010
Cadillac SRXThe Cadillac SRX is a mid-size crossover SUV produced by the Cadillac division of American automaker General Motors since the 2004 model year.-First generation :Engine options include the High-Feature V6 and the 4.6 L Northstar V8...
, previewed by the
Cadillac ProvoqThe Cadillac Provoq is a concept luxury crossover vehicle revealed on 8 January 2008, and manufactured by General Motors. It was introduced at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV and is powered by the plug-in hybrid technology first shown in the Chevrolet Volt...
concept at the 2008
Consumer Electronics ShowThe International Consumer Electronics Show is a non-public trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association. At the show, many previews of products are introduced, or new products are announced. The show is held at the Las Vegas...
. The 9-4X is expected to begin production in 2010 and is scheduled to be built at
Ramos ArizpeRamos Arizpe is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Ramos Arizpe is located 11 km from the state capital of Saltillo. It is part of the Saltillo metropolitan area. The city reported a population of 48,228 people in the 2005...
,
MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. The main challenge, according to Svante Kinell at the marketing department at Saab, is to find the right
Diesel engineA diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber during the final stage of compression...
s for the
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
an market.
http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=103582
The focus of the 9-4X took shape once the
Saab 9-6XThe Saab 9-6X was to be a Saab-branded automobile based on the Subaru B9 Tribeca CUV. Lighter and more carlike than many truck based SUVs, it was to compete with the Volvo XC90. When General Motors sold their share of Subaru's parent, Fuji Heavy Industries in October of 2005, development of the...
project was cancelled, after the divestment by
General MotorsGeneral Motors Company, often known as simply GM, is a United States based automaker with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. GM was the world's 18th largest corporate entity and third largest automaker as ranked by 2008 revenues on the Fortune Global 500. Ranked by global unit sales for 2008, it...
of its holding in
Subaruis the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries Group .Subaru is internationally known for their use of boxer engines in most of their vehicles. The company decided to use all wheel drive in most international markets as standard equipment in...
.
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The
Saab 9-4X is a mid-size crossover SUV scheduled for release by Swedish automaker
Saab AutomobileSaab Automobile AB, better known as Saab, is a Swedish car manufacturer currently owned by General Motors, pending sale to the Koenigsegg Group. It is the exclusive automobile royal warrant holder as appointed by H.M., the King of Sweden...
. It will be based on the premium
GM Theta platformTheta is General Motors' compact and mid-size crossover SUV automobile platform. The architecture debuted in 2002 with the Saturn Vue and was later used for the Chevrolet Equinox...
which it will share with the 2010
Cadillac SRXThe Cadillac SRX is a mid-size crossover SUV produced by the Cadillac division of American automaker General Motors since the 2004 model year.-First generation :Engine options include the High-Feature V6 and the 4.6 L Northstar V8...
, previewed by the
Cadillac ProvoqThe Cadillac Provoq is a concept luxury crossover vehicle revealed on 8 January 2008, and manufactured by General Motors. It was introduced at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV and is powered by the plug-in hybrid technology first shown in the Chevrolet Volt...
concept at the 2008
Consumer Electronics ShowThe International Consumer Electronics Show is a non-public trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association. At the show, many previews of products are introduced, or new products are announced. The show is held at the Las Vegas...
. The 9-4X is expected to begin production in 2010 and is scheduled to be built at
Ramos ArizpeRamos Arizpe is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Ramos Arizpe is located 11 km from the state capital of Saltillo. It is part of the Saltillo metropolitan area. The city reported a population of 48,228 people in the 2005...
,
MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. The main challenge, according to Svante Kinell at the marketing department at Saab, is to find the right
Diesel engineA diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber during the final stage of compression...
s for the
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
an market.
http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=103582
The focus of the 9-4X took shape once the
Saab 9-6XThe Saab 9-6X was to be a Saab-branded automobile based on the Subaru B9 Tribeca CUV. Lighter and more carlike than many truck based SUVs, it was to compete with the Volvo XC90. When General Motors sold their share of Subaru's parent, Fuji Heavy Industries in October of 2005, development of the...
project was cancelled, after the divestment by
General MotorsGeneral Motors Company, often known as simply GM, is a United States based automaker with headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. GM was the world's 18th largest corporate entity and third largest automaker as ranked by 2008 revenues on the Fortune Global 500. Ranked by global unit sales for 2008, it...
of its holding in
Subaruis the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries Group .Subaru is internationally known for their use of boxer engines in most of their vehicles. The company decided to use all wheel drive in most international markets as standard equipment in...
. The 9-4X will replace the larger
U.S.The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
built
Saab 9-7XThe Saab 9-7X was a Saab-branded mid-size sport utility vehicle based on General Motors' GMT360 platform, which also included the GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, Oldsmobile Bravada, Isuzu Ascender, and Chevrolet TrailBlazer
The Saab 9-7X...
SUV, production of which ceased in December 2008. The 9-4X concept made its debut at the 2008
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