There are larger station wagons, to be sure, and there are other compact station wagons with both front- and rear-wheel drive, and one with all-wheel-drive. This is a competitive market segment and one that Saab did not enter into lightly. They did all their safety homework, they made this 9-5 into a real, functional station wagon instead of a sedan with a square back end, and they put enough of the right Saab stuff into it to make it a success in the marketplace. We wish they'd change the engine mounts to a less-reactive system, but other than that one quibble, we like the new 9-5 wagon very much indeed.
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