2012 Saab 9-4X From 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show

It’s been around nine months since Spyker Cars has brought General Motors’ Saab Automobile. But still the Swedish carmaker has got one GM-derived midsize crossover model, in its incredibly lengthy pipeline: the 2012 Saab 9-4X. The 2012 Saab 9-4X made its world debut at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show.

The production model of 2012 Saab 9-4X will not reach the dealers in US until May, 2011, though the sales in Europe and some other overseas markets will begin in August 2011.

The 2012 Saab 9-4X is a five-passenger Saab crossover, which was firstly seen at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show in its concept for as Saab 9-4X BioPower.

The Saab 9-4X that we’re talking about here has a lot in common with the existing Cadillac SRX (and to some extent, the GMC Terrain and Chevrolet Equinox). Some of such things includes its usual powertrain and vital platform architecture. The 2012 9-4X gets its power from a 3.0-liter V6 engine generating 265-horsepower. The engine here is mated with a six-speed automatic transmission.

According to Saab the 9-4X will sprint from 0-60 mph in 7.9 seconds (for its front wheel drive) while the same time for the optional all-wheel-drive system its 8.4 seconds. The estimated fuel economy of the vehicle is of 20 mpg for front-wheel-drive and 19 with all-wheel-drive.

The high-end variant of Saab’s crossover, the 9-4X Aero, has the same 2.8-liter V6 turbocharged engine generating 300-hp that we saw in the Saab 9-5 Aero sedan and Cadillac SRX Turbo. The Saab 9-4X has AWD as its standard drive terrain, and according to Saab the vehicle will sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 7.7 seconds and will be having a combined fuel economy of 18 mpg. The 9-4x aero model also comes with Saab’s DriveSense system, which lets the drive adjust the damping characteristics of suspension in addition to the throttle response.