I am going to preface this review with a disclaimer, I don't know much about cars.. I am not clueless, but not far from it.. and if you are reading this, you no doubt know the background of the vehicle, so i won't go into the relationship between Saab (GM) and Subaru. Having said that.. I picked up this car about 5 months ago and am very satisfied. The turbo is great, plenty of pick up to get up to speed. I got the sport package (including sunroof, 17' rims, and 6 disk in-dash CD) and the cold weather package (heated seats and wiper blades). The leather package would have been nice, but I didn't think it justified the price, so i left it off.

I'll start with the good. Comfortable interior, easy access to the accessories. The stereo has good sound and is easy to use. The engine (2.0 turbo 4 cylinder) is peppy and the 5 speed transmission makes the car a lot of fun to drive.

Now, a couple of things that could have been better.. The sunroof is small. Not a huge problem, but you'd think that a wagon would have a larger sunroof. Another suggestion for the sunroof, there is 2 switches, one to raise it, the other to slide it back, and it seems to always catch ½ way when closing it.

I noticed someone in a previous review said the AWD is good in snow, but that was certainly not my experience; But I think the main reason the traction was so bad in the snow was the performance low-profile tires. Next winter i am going to have to pick up a set of snow tires. Another small annoyance is the amount of road noise that is evident. Especially when driving on a gravel road. It seams there isn't any sound deadening in the wheel wells.

Bottom line, I really enjoy the car. Lots of fun to drive and it handles great on dry pavement, but poor in the snow, but if you are careful, you should be ok.
Amount Paid (US$): 27000
Condition: New
Model Year: 2005
Model and Options: aero