Review Car

2011 Saab 9 5

Precise steering and excellent high-speed stability make The 2011 Saab 9 5 a great companion for covering distances in a hurry. The seats are supportive and the interior is well designed. Clever ergonomic solutions, like seats with fans, an aircraft-style map light, and Saab’s Night Panel remind you this is a Scandinavian car. The roomy rear seat makes The 2011 Saab 9 5 comfortable for four adults. 2011 Saab 9 5 is available in three trim levels, or “Forms.” The 2011 Saab 9 5 Linear, Arc, and Aero each offer a distinct personality. Essentially, they match interior styles and engine performance to suit the different personalities and priorities of their owners.

The 2011 Saab 9 5 is a roomy, comfortable car with supportive leather seats. Interior materials are high quality. The seats in The 2011 Saab 9 5 offer sufficient side bolstering for hard cornering, yet sliding into and out of them was easy.

Up front, smooth bumpers, an integrated grille, and clear-lens headlamps emphasize performance. Those clear headlight lenses show off the optional bi-xenon projector headlamps, which give The 2011 Saab 9 5 a high-tech, night-fighter look. Glance in the rear-view mirror, and that 2011 Saab 9 5 behind you presents a focused look that says, “Get out of the way!” Badges on the trunk lids identify the engines on the Linear (2.3t) and Arc (3.0t) models. Exclusive wheels differentiate Linear, Arc, and Aero. Linear rides on 16-inch, ten-spoke alloy wheels, while Arc runs five-spoke 16-inch alloys. Sporty 17-inch alloy wheels with ten spokes come on the Aero model, with low-profile 225/45WR-17 all-season radials, a tip-off that this is a high-performance car. Two fans are located in each of the front seats, one in the seatback and one in the seat bottom that draw air in through perforations in the leather. When it’s cold, the seat heaters can be turned on, and feature adjustable temperature settings, useful as the car warm up. Rear-seat passengers who generally have to wait longer for the car to warm up than front-seat passengers appreciate seat heaters in the rear. Brushed aluminum panels on The 2011 Saab 9 5 dash give it a sporty look. Saab 9 5 Linear models are luxurious cars powered by Saab’s 185-horsepower 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. They come with an impressive level of standard equipment, including leather upholstery with leather door-panel inserts, a walnut-trimmed instrument panel, power front seats with electric heat, power sliding sunroof, dual-zone automatic climate control, cabin air filter, power windows, power central locking, steering-wheel audio controls. Arc is designed to emphasize a sports-luxury touring role and is powered by a 200-horsepower 3.0-liter turbocharged V6. Arc comes standard with the new Sentronic five-speed automatic transmission, which can be manually shifted using buttons on the steering wheel. Standard features include ventilated leather seats with electric heat plus their own internal three-speed fan to circulate cooling air in the summer. Aero models offer the ultimate in performance with a 2.3-liter High-Output Turbo (HOT) four-cylinder engine rated 250 horsepower. The Aero’s four-cylinder engine is hotter than the Arc’s V6.