Saab Sonett III

Saab Sonett III powered by tuned up V4.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• saab
• sonett
• v4
• finland
• ford

[purklefluff]

would you believe it.... i just checked out the acceleration stats for this car on wikipedia, and my 1989 stock nissan micra will beat this car to 60mph.

that's hilarious!

[JohnnyV4]

@purklefluff I Don't think so. Your Nissan dosen't even reach 20mph when THIS car reaches 60mph. That's hilarious!!!

[purklefluff]

@JohnnyV4 wellll.... hate to burst your bubble but!

stock figures, the sonett will hit 60mph (100kmh) in 13 seconds.

i have personally timed my (completely stock) micra to 60mph twenty times in two directions (to account for wind) and taken the average, which was 10.6 seconds.

2.4 seconds faster dude. that's pretty funny you have to admit.

of course, the top speed of the micra is miserable, and it only has 4 gears. but hey. still makes me laugh.

[JohnnyV4]

@purklefluff All I can say is, that this Sonett isn't stock...and it still isn't very fast, but it surely can beat 10.6 seconds. :)

[DRNEGOLICIS]

im fixing to buy a running v4 out of this same car as far as i can tell its stock my plan is to put it on my raceing garden tractor to replace the 12horse power briggs and stratton i think it might have sufficent power being it can move this car quickly all they want for it is 120 bucks its in a running car but its in a junk yard so the whole car isnt for sale just engine and parts

[swingAE86]

god that sounds great

[SvenDansk7]

I drove my friend's V4 and I have to say the engine sound fully makes up for the FWD. Such a fun car to drive!

[sarkanen]

@purklefluff

It would be quite sad if 20 years newer car was worse than older one... Oh wait, that's how it goes today

[CarCriticAssessor]

Cute ... but the most beautiful, fastest and an utterly gorgeous -- see the Sonett V: Design Inspiration for the Vector W2 & Ferrari 308 GTB/GTS on Wiki -- Saab or for that matter Sonett, if there ever was such thing. What is weird is that despite Saab Sweden having been reported to have received detailed and multiple image files of that c. 1971 Los Angeles International Show Car Design Winner ... back in c. 1999, they claim no knowledge: SERGIO! That is weird ... in-fighting ... legacy robbery.

[JohnnyV4]

@purklefluff OK...it's been lot of fun reading all these comments. :) This V4 engine has little over twice as much power than stock Sonett engine...I guess it helps in 0-60 times! Of course it isn't enough for all these youtubesupraskyline1000whptune­rs but in 770kg car it does the job pretty well.

[partma124]

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[Xstung0nceX]

@purklefluff Its not though he has a built engine for sure and besides speed is not the only way to gauge performance, handling is almost more important then speed. The sonett will will chop the balls off your micra (if it had any) on a race track

[purklefluff]

@ToyKingWonder if you were referring to my earlier comment about 0-60 times, i was actually comparing it to a 1989 nissan micra..... just for comedic value really, i mean the micra's pretty slow... and this is slower still. doesn't make it a bad car, it's just funny.

[purklefluff]

@Xstung0nceX yeah you completely missed the point i was making.... of COURSE the micra sucks balls.... doesn't mean it's as funny as hell that this awesome looking and sounding car is actually slower. LOL.