UPDATE – Apparently they’re older shots that we’ve featured before. I lose track of all the photos I see and post up here. Still fun.
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AutoWeek had a one-pager on the Saab sale in their latest issue and MoodySaaber was kind enough to scan-and-send a copy of it via email.
I mentioned a few days ago that Auto Motor and Sport have a big Saab special in their latest issue and it’ll be interesting to compare these images to AMS’s as I’m pretty sure it’s the same agency doing the photochops for them both (Motor Forecast).
Here is the new 9-3 as they see it……(notice the door count there)
….and as a special treat, their take on a new Sonett (put a roof on that sucka, please!).
How close they might be to reality is anyone’s guess, but if these are the same as the AMS images then they might be reasonably close. Those Swedes have amazing contacts!
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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.
No, it is not the Skoda concept car, they didn’t even use that photo.
But yes, the designs of current SAABs and Skoda Conceps are very similar. For intance the 9-X BioHybrid (2008) looks much more like the Skoda Joyce(2006), but the Joyce seems to be using the concept of the original 9X.
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.)
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.)
It is definitevily the Skoda, at AutoMotorSport.se there is a high resolution photo and there you can see it on the driver seat which is exactly the one like in the Skoda (yellow). The passenger seat seems to be a Saab concept seat. The next thing is the rear view mirrors and the Dashboard. But as i told before it is perfectly adapted to a Saab.
Yes, you are right, sorry.
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!
I never realized the 9-XBH was so much like the Skoda Joyster. How come we all missed it? I’ve always preferred Michael Mauer’s original 9X anyway.
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.
“Saab’s designers need to swing for the fences… Nothing safe.”
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
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
I agree as well. I don’t like the sonett and they need to make it with a hard top as well. I also think if they do make to make it a Miata rival.
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.
http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://es.autoblog.com/2009/05/23/parecidos-mas-que-razonables-skoda-joyster-vs-saab-9-x-biohybr/&ei=eVFzS7rWN8qGkAWn4-zxCQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBwQ7gEwBA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dskoda%2Bjoyster%252BSaab%2B9-x%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dopera%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DG
People who design cars with such large wheels, should be forced into buying tyres for them!
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