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What an interesting mid-point to the week! We had both the North American thread and the German thread end with very interesting results, the final German results still pending (if you haven't voted, VOTE NOW!). This thread and the Italian one will be the last two nomination/voting nations to get through before we start doing the car v car showdowns. However, this thread being a bit more "vague" than the others, let me make a few clarifications:
- The "world" title is just that... These cars the cars (or trucks) that come from those little corners of the globe that would otherwise not deserve a thread
- Obviously, the car has to be in production as a 2008 or 2009 model
- The following countries (obviously) are included:
...etc...
This is going to make for some interesting nominations that will likely have some very interesting results. If you think of a car outside of those countries, great! But, those are just the "big" ones there. We've got a couple of days worth of nominations, so, feel free to think about it if you need to.
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For 2008 Best "World" Car, YSSMAN Nominates:
The Saab 9-3 TurboX SportCombi
Okay, lets get this out first... This was a very hard choice to make, but GM things aside, I can't think of a better (and oddly more-quirky) car to bring to the fold. Yes, its expensive... Maybe a little too expensive. Yes, it only comes in black... But what other color would you want? Oh, and yes, it is a wagon... The sedan just isn't "cool" enough for me.
Lets consider the facts:
- 280 BHP Turbocharged V6
- Haldex 4.0 AWD system that Saab calls "Cross Wheel Drive" (or XWD) that does some fancy trickery to keep the car kicking-ass.
- Its hyper-rare (only 600 are coming to the US, I hear they are already sold out)
The look, the performance, and the rarity make it the choice for me.
- The "world" title is just that... These cars the cars (or trucks) that come from those little corners of the globe that would otherwise not deserve a thread
- Obviously, the car has to be in production as a 2008 or 2009 model
- The following countries (obviously) are included:
- Sweden
- Netherlands
- Spain
- The Czech Republic
- Russia
- India
- Malaysia
- Australia
- South Korea
...etc...
This is going to make for some interesting nominations that will likely have some very interesting results. If you think of a car outside of those countries, great! But, those are just the "big" ones there. We've got a couple of days worth of nominations, so, feel free to think about it if you need to.
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For 2008 Best "World" Car, YSSMAN Nominates:
The Saab 9-3 TurboX SportCombi
Okay, lets get this out first... This was a very hard choice to make, but GM things aside, I can't think of a better (and oddly more-quirky) car to bring to the fold. Yes, its expensive... Maybe a little too expensive. Yes, it only comes in black... But what other color would you want? Oh, and yes, it is a wagon... The sedan just isn't "cool" enough for me.
Lets consider the facts:
- 280 BHP Turbocharged V6
- Haldex 4.0 AWD system that Saab calls "Cross Wheel Drive" (or XWD) that does some fancy trickery to keep the car kicking-ass.
- Its hyper-rare (only 600 are coming to the US, I hear they are already sold out)
The look, the performance, and the rarity make it the choice for me.
Don't know what else to say about it though...... 
I didn't expect to kill the thread
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