{"id":5670,"date":"2021-01-10T00:51:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T00:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=5670"},"modified":"2021-01-10T18:25:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:25:41","slug":"saab-9-3-ttid-gets-sampled-40mpg-combined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=5670","title":{"rendered":"Saab 9-3 TTiD gets sampled &#8211; 40mpg combined!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/saab\/9_3\/\">Saab 9-3<\/a> was redesigned for the 2008 model year with styling updates, a new all-wheel-drive system and refreshed gasoline engines. Unfortunately for American consumers, perhaps the most impressive power-plant isn&#x27;t available here. European buyers have the option of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/gm\/\">GM&#x27;s<\/a> latest Family B 1.9L TTiD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/diesel\/\">diesel<\/a> engine. The 180hp engine is equipped with a sequential dual turbocharger system that allows for quick response at low speeds and improved power and torque across the board. <a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/2007\/08\/28\/abg-driving-impression-2008-saab-9-3-diesel\/\">ABG got to take a short drive in the 9-3 diesel last summer and loved it<\/a>. Now AutoSpectator has had a chance to try out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/research\/\">new car<\/a> which has a combined rating of 40mpg (U.S.) on the EU cycle.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: AutoSpectator, thanks to Jean-Michel for the tip]<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/01\/12\/saab-9-3-ttid-gets-sampled-40mpg-combined\/<\/p>\n<p>2008-01-12T17:56:00+00:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saab 9-3 was redesigned for the 2008 model year with styling updates, a new all-wheel-drive system and refreshed gasoline engines. Unfortunately for American consumers, perhaps the most impressive power-plant isn&#x27;t available here. European buyers\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autoblog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9721,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5670\/revisions\/9721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}