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In 2021, a Dutch father and son rolled a repaired 2005 Saab 9-3 Sport Estate into Beek Auto Racing's dyno cell. The car had front-end collision damage, a freshly replaced dashboard, and 240,000 km on the clock. The Hirsch tune on its 2.8 V6 was rated at 275 hp. The SuperFlow system measured 291 hp and 482 Nm - 82 Nm above the published torque spec. This is what that result tells us about the engine, the tune, and what these cars are still capable of.

Autoweek’s Autoreviews section offers something most automotive media cannot: long-term, owner-written accounts grounded in real mileage and real decisions. With more than 400 Saab reviews alone, this Dutch database reveals how models like the Saab 9-3 age over years of use - covering maintenance, failures, upgrades, and ownership satisfaction in a way no short test drive ever could.

Autoweek.nl 2012 provided some sketches of what they think the next generation Saab 9-3 is going to look like (as it should be). Unfortunately, we know what has happened after that, so the next generation of Saab 9-3 remains only at the level of sketches....