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Saab’s never sold well in China, partly due to the limited scope of the dealership network and partly due to a lack of advertising, it almost seemed that only Chinese students that studied in Europe and came back to China developed a taste for the unusual European brand. Saab is now under Spyker’s control and will be back in China under BAIC’s stewardship, who coincidentally now own the rights to the 9-3 and 9-5 platform and engines.

The price of the 9-3, which only came in gasoline 2.0T and 2.8 V6 form, ranged from the 340,000rmb to 529,000rmb in its hey day but recent news articles indicate that in a bid to get rid of the 9-3′s before the introduction of BAIC made 9-3′s (although the 9-5 is set to come first) Shanghai Saab dealerships have dropped the 9-3′s pricing by 80,000rmb. So a Saab 9-3 Vector 2.0TS that once cost 429,000rmb is now only 340,900rmb.