....the 250bhp fwd max is something saab announced in some kind of article way back in the late 80s/early 90s and so far, it has been more or less proven right.... ish.
(igonroing autodelta offerings....)
230-240 seems to be a more realistic figure cos so far, anything fwd with around 250 has been too much even for the gizmos they stick in to control the rough edges.
either that or the engineering to quell the problems like torque steer end up numbing the feel/response at 'normal' driving speeds.