The $26,950 Saab 9-2X we tested also had a $1,950 sport package (17-inch alloy wheels with Bridgestone Potenza tires and a power moonroof), a $1,695 premium package (leather seats and door inserts, xenon headlamps) and a $600 cold package (heated front seats, mirrors and a windshield wiper de-icer).
In 1978 Coca-Cola became the only company allowed to sell cold packaged beverages in the People's Republic of China.
Just because a street vendor uses his hands to put dirty water dogs on a cold, packaged bun doesn't make it "handcrafted".
Extras: Cold weather package, driver assist package, luxury seating package, premium sound package, 20 inch wheel with performance tires, active roll stabilization, instrument panel with leather, ceramic controls, and BMW apps.
The Cold Mountain package is $265 or $325 ,depending on room, for two people.
Add a cold weather package and XM radio, and it retails for $17,608.
Nissan recommends a cold weather package that includes a battery heater, but this doesn't come as standard.
As for the Leaf, which touts a 100-mile range under optimum conditions (i.e., mild weather and no big hills like the ones I had to negotiate on 16th Street), Nissan is designing a "cold weather package" of options.
HOW MUCH? -- $54,545 base; $60,220 as tested, with $700 cold weather package, $700 bi-xenon headlamps, $2,400 sequential manual gearbox, $1,300 gas-guzzler tax HOW FAST? -- Zero to 60 in 4.8 seconds (as tested by Car and Driver magazine) HOW THIRSTY? -- E.P.A. rating of 15 m.p.g.
A cold weather package will now come standard and feature a battery warmer, heated steering wheel, and front and rear heated seats.
The $30,460 Maxima offers this extra as part of its $400 cold weather package, but with heated seats and modern-day heating systems, do you really need a heated steering wheel, too?
