Vehicle
Saab 9-4X
The last new Saab, and a Cadillac SRX with a Saab body — built at Ramos Arizpe on GM's Theta Premium platform, with GM's 3.0 and 2.8 turbo V6s, GM's six-speed automatic and GM's electrical architecture. That is where its documentation is, and it matters more here than on most rebadges because Saab went bankrupt weeks after production started: roughly 800 were built, there is no dealer network, and anything Saab-specific — body panels, trim, the badge-unique instrument software — is effectively unobtainable while everything GM-specific is ordinary.
Generations
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First generation 2011–2012
Announced as a 2011 model and cancelled during 2011 when Saab stopped production. About 800 built.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- GM Theta Premium
- Engines
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- 3.0 V6 — LFW · petrol · 198 kW (265 hp)
- 2.8 turbo V6 — LAU · petrol · 224 kW (300 hp) · 400 Nm (295 lb-ft) · Aero
- 3.0 V6 — LF1 · petrol · 302 Nm (223 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · All-wheel drive
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