This morning at the Detroit Auto Show, GM officially revealed the Saab 9-4X BioPower concept. This car was part of a glamorous press conference (gaudy, in fact, just like all the big automakers have here) that also introduced the Hummer HX concept and the GM-Coskata partnership (more on that, including an audio recording of the annoucment in a minute). This post is all about the live pics of the Saab.

The 9-4X BioPower concept is Saab's first CUV and signals the brand's expansion into other formats. As you can see in the many press releases after the jump, Saab partnered with Salomon for a place to stow your skis in the vehicle, but the green news here is the ethanol capability and the increased power the biofuel provides. I mean, the 9-4X BioPower gets 245 hp and 353 Nm of torque on gasoline versus 300 horses and 400 Nm on delicious yellow gold.

Click the 9-4X for a high-res gallery

Several months ago word started circulating that Saab was working on a new crossover that would share a platform with a similar vehicle from Cadillac. We still haven't seen the Cadillac but spy photos of a mule with a Chevy Trailblazer body shell and Saab 9-7x front clip combined with a shortened wheelbase have been seen on several occasions. Now just in time for the North American International Auto Show we have the Saab 9-4x BioPower concept.

As the name implies, this new crossover is propelled by one of Saab's BioPower flex-fuel engines. Ethanol has been gaining in popularity as a motor fuel in Saab's home country of Sweden and the GM division has been pushing it hard. Both the 9-3 and 9-5 are available in BioPower editions which is Saab's way of saying flex-fuel power-trains. The 9-4X concept is an all-wheel-drive CUV that gets motivation from a 2.0L turbocharged four cylinder and we've got the full story after the jump.

[Source: Saab]