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Saab lowers the price of the new 9-5New Saab 9-5 has been criticized for being expensive. When the wagon goes on sale next week, Saab has lowered the entry price for the model year 2012.
"We have had more standard equipment that is not our competitors have offered, and if you then just look at the list price becomes the comparison is not fair. Now we have been able to make an adjustment and removed some equipment as standard and has therefore been able to adjust the price,"says Magnus Hansson, head of Saab Sweden.
Last year, when the 9-5 started since launch price of 296 000 SEK. Now is the starting price of 289 900. The Combi model starts at 295 000 SEK. With the largest engine and four-wheel drive sticks it up to 479 000.
While customers may soon begin to take orders for 9-5 Combi, it will take until the end of August before the first cars delivered.
According to Managing Director Jan Åke Jonsson, Saab expects to sell around 10 000 9-5 Combi's this year to reach twice as much next year when the car is sold in a full year. The sedan is expected to sell as much, around 20,000. Globally, the wagon for half of the 9-5's sales. In Sweden, 80 percent combined.
The new SUV 9-4 X, built by General Motors plant in Mexico, begins shipping to customers in Sweden until October or November.