Unintentionally Rare: 2011 Saab 9-4X

"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4) 10/07/2014 at 20:53 • Filed to: None

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This parking lot has been great for spotting rare and unusual cars. Last month, I found a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Today, I found another rare vehicle, also produced under the watch of General Motors: the 2011 Saab 9-4X. Only 457 units were produced.

Produced for only the 2011 model year, the 9-4X was billed as a replacement for the GMT360 based 9-7X. The 9-4X was not originally intended as a replacement for the 9-7X. In fact, that role was to be filled by the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The 9-6X was a Subaru Tribeca with tweaked sheet metal, similar to the 9-2X and the Subaru Impreza. However, General Motors sold their stake in Subaru in 2005, ending the partnership between Saab and Subaru. Saab would continue with the 9-7X until 2009, while Subaru took the already designed 9-6X body and used it for the 2008 Tribeca refresh.

Still needing a replacement for the 9-7X, the 9-4X was devised. The result was basically a re-skinned second generation Cadillac SRX. Mechanically, everything was carried over from the SRX. Only the interior and exterior styling differed. Both were built in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, making the 9-4X the first and only Mexican built Saab.

The 2011 model year was cut short for Saab, due to their bankruptcy. After all was said and done, only 457 units were produced, which is unheard of for a mass produced car.

jkm7680 > Boxer_4 10/07/2014 at 21:03

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Doesn't look half bad!

Boxer_4 > jkm7680 10/07/2014 at 21:10

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I like how the rear shares cues with the 2011 9-5.

jkm7680 > Boxer_4 10/07/2014 at 21:11

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That's a nice touch.

Vicente Esteve > Boxer_4 10/07/2014 at 21:37

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The guy probably doesn't even know its special.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > Boxer_4 10/07/2014 at 21:39

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457? That means that there are more LaFerraris in the world than 9-4xs.

Also, there are more than twice as many 918 Spyders in the world than 9-4xs.

Wow.

Boxer_4 > Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready 10/08/2014 at 00:22

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There are nearly 3 times as many Ferrari F40s than 9-4Xs

There are only 50 more 9-4Xs than Bugatti Veyrons

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > Boxer_4 10/08/2014 at 06:51

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I thought at the last count there were 430 Veyrons? But either way, they're going to make 450, so the ultimate difference will be only 7 more of the 9-4x.

Also, at a rough estimation, there are approximately 7 F150s sold every sales day for every 9-4x in the world.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Boxer_4 10/08/2014 at 20:32

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I love it. There are several (yes, several) running around Boca Raton. I've seen 6 in the past week.

Boxer_4 > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 10/08/2014 at 20:39

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So that's where they all ended up.