Autoweek photoshop future Saabs

They are the same as in last year's AMS Koenigsegg-Saab special that they provided in English for SU readers.

Shoud this be a mid-Engine Sonett?

I know those pictures, I've already seen them.

Somebody postet them here ;-)

The yellow 9-3 is stunning...............

Yes, thank you very much..My next car is also gonna be a 9-3. And if Saab builds something like the yellow one, I will buy a new one. And I have said it before, they should build a simple/funtodrive roadster also..

That yellow 9-3 with a good engine... my next purchase. I don't like that Sonnet though... Especially the front of the car.

The yellow Saab is a Skoda concept car. Skoda Joyster. But it looks very good as a Saab :-)

http://www.netcarshow.com/skoda/2006-joyster_concept/

That yellow 9-3 with a good engine... my next purchase. I don't like that Sonnet though... Especially the front of the car.

That Sonett is very skillfully designed, in the sense that even though totally different in details, it still manages to capture the essence of the old Sonetts. Unfortunately, this means that the very unattractive rodent snout of the Sonett II and III has been brought forward, which makes this new instalment equally unattractive. Couldn't they have based it on the Sonett I instead?

That 9-3 looks great though! (Even if I don't much like the colour.)

Maybe it's me but I don't like the photoshoper's idea of 9-3. It looks like damn honda or skoda and I'm not really fan of those.
I'm saying it's not saab saab yet! It still looks like "me-to" wannabe product.

Cheers!

Actually I don't think it is the Skoda! There is a Honda Civic concept model that this 9-3 was based on... I will try and find the link

Here's a link to a sketch of the base of the car I think was used.

http://www.wallpapergate.com/data/media/1510/civic_concept_type_r_2006edge.jpg

While as others have pointed out that definitely isn't the next 9-3, I think the next model absolutely has to offer that kind of visual punch... Saab's designers need to swing for the fences... Nothing safe.

I'll be the lone voice of dissension and say I don't like that yellow 9-3 concept rendering. Looks like a Bangle'd European Civic Type R:

http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/02/honda_civic_type_r_concept_01-resized.jpg

Why do all cars need to have 22+ inch wheels nowadays? They all look like the offspring of a 'pimp-my-ride' show.

The Sonnett looks like a too high Boxster with the ugliest snout they could put on it. Forget about the old Sonnet front and do something original. Making the wheels smaller would also get the front wheel wells in better proportion and make it easier to have the front look more sleek.

I definitely would like to see a mid-engine Saab, though. The Porsche Boxster has been hugely successful, but unfortunately has also become hugely expensive over the years.

Others have seen the similarity between the Skoda Joyster and the Saab 9-X BH, but we never noticed.

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