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Want a Free iPad? Buy a $34,000 Saab

By | December 7, 2010 | 3 comments
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Swedish / Dutch luxury car maker Saab is taking a page from Hyundai’s playbook by offering customers a free iPad when they purchase a new 2011 Saab 9-4X crossover.

While Hyundai is including an iPad as an electronic owner’s manual for all new Equus luxury sedan owners, the Saab iPad offer is a limited time promotion.  The first 500 people who pre-order a 2011 Saab 9-4X crossover between January 15 and February 28, 2011 will be eligible to receive a free 16GB WiFi iPad next year.

Customers who pre-order the car have two options to collect their new Apple tablet.  They can get the iPad immediately by purchasing the iPad from the dealer and then receive a $500 credit when their 9-4X arrives at the dealership next year.  Or, if you aren’t in a big hurry, customer’s can wait until after their car is delivered and Saab will then send them a new iPad about two weeks later.

So why is Saab running this unique promotion? Well, if you believe their website, “A new 9-4X, and a new iPad: together they provide a unique opportunity to move your mind and expand your horizons.”  We think it’s just a way for them to get some free press by associating their vehicle with this season’s hottest electronic gadget.  Mission accomplished!

Prices for the Saab 9-4X start at $34,205 and go up to $48,835 for the top-of-the-line Aero XWD.  If you’re a Saab fan and the iPad offer sounds tempting, you can find out more about the 9-4X Crossover via Saab’s free iPhone or iPad app.

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  • ET

    Saab is a Swedish car company, it is not Chinese. You must be thinking of Volvo, which is now owned by Chinese auto manufacturer Geely Automobile.

    • Bill

      You’re correct. Chinese car maker BAIC was going to buy them together with Koenigsegg but the deal fell through. The company is now owned by Dutch car maker Spyker. Article has been updated. Thx

  • iphonerulez

    I guess no Android tablets are being offered as incentives for anything. Good for Apple. For a device that is said by many to be completely useless, it’s hard to imagine the iPad being incentive to buy anything especially some high-end Saab. They could just have put the manual on a $199 netbook to save money as most diehard Windows fanbois would do.