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Wed 09 Sep 2007Putting Saab on the shopping listSaab's revamped 9-3 now runs on ethanol and, says Conor Twomey, together with tax savings, it makes quite a useful sales pitchIt seems the Irish punter isn't very fond of the tax man. Saab Ireland told us at the recent 9-3 press conference that a whopping 90 per cent of all the cars it now sells are BioPower which, in Saab-speak, means cars capable of running on E85 fuel (normally 85 per cent plant-derived ethanol, but in Ireland's case the ethanol is actually derived from milk whey).