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02-16-2011, 09:39 PM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/web630-94x-assembly.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/saab-9-4x-chassis-00001/#3892042)
GM's Raymond J Chess and Saab CEO Jan Åke Jonsson w/Saab 9-4X No. 1 - Click above for high-res image gallery
It's been little over a year since Saab unveiled the 9-4X at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/2012-saab-9-4x-debut-la-2010/), and now the first production example has left the assembly line.
Envisioned when Saab (http://www.autoblog.com/make/saab/) was still under the General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm) umbrella, the 9-4X (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/9-4x) is based on the same Theta platform as the Cadillac SRX (http://www.autoblog.com/model/srx). As such, it's being built not in Trollhättan, Sweden, like other Saabs, but in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico.
This first example - an Aero model in Ice Pearl metallic with the 2.8-liter turbo V6 and XWD - carries the chassis number 00001, and will be displayed at Saab's museum in Sweden - after it makes the media rounds, of course. While you're waiting for the 9-4X to hit U.S. dealers in May, check out our galleries below along with the official production announcement after the jump.
Gallery: Saab 9-4X chassis #00001 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/saab-9-4x-chassis-00001)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/63085saa-dsc2931e_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/saab-9-4x-chassis-00001/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/63085saa-dsc2929e_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/saab-9-4x-chassis-00001/)
Gallery: 2012 Saab 9-4X (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/1400509_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/1400515_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/1400505_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/1400507_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/1400508_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x/)
[Source: Saab]Continue reading First Saab 9-4X rolls off the assembly line (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/16/first-saab-9-4x-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-in-mexico/)
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/web630-94x-assembly.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/saab-9-4x-chassis-00001/#3892042)
GM's Raymond J Chess and Saab CEO Jan Åke Jonsson w/Saab 9-4X No. 1 - Click above for high-res image gallery
It's been little over a year since Saab unveiled the 9-4X at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/17/2012-saab-9-4x-debut-la-2010/), and now the first production example has left the assembly line.
Envisioned when Saab (http://www.autoblog.com/make/saab/) was still under the General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm) umbrella, the 9-4X (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/9-4x) is based on the same Theta platform as the Cadillac SRX (http://www.autoblog.com/model/srx). As such, it's being built not in Trollhättan, Sweden, like other Saabs, but in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico.
This first example - an Aero model in Ice Pearl metallic with the 2.8-liter turbo V6 and XWD - carries the chassis number 00001, and will be displayed at Saab's museum in Sweden - after it makes the media rounds, of course. While you're waiting for the 9-4X to hit U.S. dealers in May, check out our galleries below along with the official production announcement after the jump.
Gallery: Saab 9-4X chassis #00001 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/saab-9-4x-chassis-00001)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/63085saa-dsc2931e_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/saab-9-4x-chassis-00001/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/02/63085saa-dsc2929e_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/saab-9-4x-chassis-00001/)
Gallery: 2012 Saab 9-4X (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/1400509_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/1400515_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/1400505_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/1400507_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/10/1400508_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2012-saab-9-4x/)
[Source: Saab]Continue reading First Saab 9-4X rolls off the assembly line (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/16/first-saab-9-4x-rolls-off-the-assembly-line-in-mexico/)
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