AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Drivers Log.(News)
2006 Saab 9-3 Aero SportCombi
Date in fleet: Jan. 30-Feb. 13 As-tested price: $34,720 Powertrain: 2.8-liter turbocharged V6; fwd, six-speed manual Output: 250 hp @ 5500 rpm, 258 lb-ft @ 2000 rpm Curb weight: 3175 lbs Fuel Economy (EPA combined/AW observed): 21.45/18.49 mpg
WILSON: Much more than that 9-7X Chevrolet truck I drove last week, this car feels like a real Saab. Yes, I know it's nearly as much an Opel as the 9-7X is a Chevy, but for a guy who cut his teeth in this business driving hatchback 90s and 900s in the mid-1980s, this 9-3 drives like a Saab. It's the turbocharger, manual trans and just a touch of torque steer (not like in the bad old days, just a tug now and then), plus the relatively long-travel suspension and a bit of steering play that together say "rally-bred'' for less-than-perfect surfaces. As a hatchback motorcar it feels like a big brother to the (Subaru-based) 9-2X, which, of course, is also a rally-bred car. But this is a six-banger, so you don't need to work the engine into the higher rev band or dial up a lot of boost to get out of your own way, as we used to do in the old Saab 2.3 turbo cars.
That the Chevy Malibu, also ...
- Chevy Malibu is trouble at GM.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Ulrich, Lawrence October 26, 2001 700+ words
Want to know what's wrong with GM's cars? Drive a Chevy Malibu. You'll find one at your local rental counter. Since its...GM's eagerly awaited Epsilon platform with cars like the Saab 9-3 and Pontiac Grand Am. It will be driven by a modern...
- Chevy Malibu is trouble at GM.
- News wire article from: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) October 24, 2001 700+ words
...Ulrich Want to know what's wrong with GM's cars? Drive a Chevy Malibu. You'll find one at your local rental counter. Since its...GM's eagerly awaited Epsilon platform with cars like the Saab 9-3 and Pontiac Grand Am. It will be driven by a modern...
- Road Test / Chevy Malibu; Not Just A Rental.(Product/Service Evaluation)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Weingarten, Tara March 29, 2004 700+ words
Byline: Tara Weingarten My thoughts on the Chevy Malibu were always clear. With its unimaginative, plasticky looks...2004 redesign--a new platform it shares with the sporty Saab 9-3, a respectable 200 horsepower, V-6 engine and somewhat...
- GM'S Oklahoma City Plant to Build Trucks; Chevy Malibu Production Shifting to...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 6, 2000 700+ words
...trucks at Oklahoma City, GM will shift production of the Chevy Malibu to its Lansing, Michigan car assembly plant. The Malibu...GM's Lansing car assembly plant will begin building the Chevy Malibu later this year, while Oklahoma City is currently scheduled...
- Chevy Malibu to Debut Delphi's Electric Power Steering in North America.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 10, 2003 700+ words
TROY, Mich. -- TROY, Mich., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- General Motors' 2004 Chevy Malibu will be the first vehicle in North America to offer Delphi's E*STEER(TM) system. E*STEER is an electric power steering...
- Chevy Malibu challenges Japan's grip on sedan market.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 8, 2007 700+ words
...General Motors is facing the daunting task of carving out a piece of the midsize sedan segment with its freshly-scrubbed Chevy Malibu. GM is showcasing its latest version of the Malibu at the Detroit auto show this week, almost a year before it's expected...
- Rite Aid Launches New Program to Make Refilling Prescriptions Easier; Patients...
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 4, 2008 700+ words
...Rite Aid is giving those who enroll a chance to win a 2008 Chevy Malibu Hybrid car and $3,000 in gas gift cards. Rite Aid today...sweepstakes drawing. There will be one prize winner of the Chevy Malibu Hybrid valued at more than $26,000 and $3,000 in gas...
- Towing a Chevy Malibu.(P.O. Box)(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: Motorhome Eining, Lou January 1, 2003 700+ words
We have what we think is the ideal dinghy car, a 2001 Chevy Malibu. We haven't seen any articles about this car ill MotorHome, but it sure deserves one. Look at its attributes: decent size...
- MultiVu Video Feed: Chevy Malibu and Mazda Cx-9 Win the 2008 North American Car...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 13, 2008 700+ words
...received this year's most prestigious honors. The 2008 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards were handed out to the Chevy Malibu and Mazda cx-9 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Sunday, Jan. 13th. The NACOTY/NATOTY awards...
- Shop Tanger for Great Outlet Savings and Summer Fun Enter To Win A New Chevy...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 7, 2000 700+ words
...Tanger and Chevrolet want you to drive in style. That's why, June 12-July 9, 2000 Tanger shoppers can enter to Win A Chevy Malibu valued at $19,100 and a Tanger Outlet Shopping Vacation to the musical Branson, Missouri; tropical Sanibel, Florida...
Source: HighBeam Research, Drivers Log.(News)