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Viggen is loosely translated from Swedish to mean "torque steer that will
bust your elbows." Actually, Saab borrowed the Viggen moniker from a fighter
jet for a top-dog version of the 9-3 that bowed in 1999. The Saabophiles at
Turbonines have been dreaming as of late about a new Viggen, and they've even
got Photochops to illustrate their points. The basic premise is that the "Hirsch
Edition" Saabs being created for the German market carry plenty of even
higher-end dressing up than the TurboX range topper we get here in the States,
and it'd merely be a matter of diverting some of those vehicles this way with
some new badging. We've tried the TurboX and mostly liked it, and Turbonines
goes on to advocate for installing some of these goodies in ports, which would
further reduce federalization costs. Of course, no matter how you slice it, the
only-600-in-the-US TurboX can still be had, so adding another vehicle to Saab's
lineup that would occupy the mid-$40,000 price point and get its teeth bashed in
by Audis and BMWs might not be a smart move for GM's tiniest of sellers.The most
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