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I assume we are talking about the 9-3 that will (hopefully) re-start production later this year and not a new model?
That being the case, trying to sell a car that a car that basically originated in 2002 will not […]

I’ve been using Neuton NT8000 tyres on my OG9-3 for a while now and heartily recommend them. They are pretty much only a budget tyre but still very good and great value. They are sold by Neo Brothers in the UK […]

The gaping fish mouth grille worked to a limited extent on the Aero-X, much less on the 9-5 and looked even worse on everything else. I’m glad to see it depart too. I’d still like to see J.C’s design in a […]

This design is growing on me a little. It doesn’t have quite as much of the flabby/bloated look of the Lo/Padian designs, and is thankfully devoid of the gaping fish mouth that adorned everything from those guys […]

Looks okay but doesn’t really spell ‘SAAB’ to me.

I’ve owned five Saabs in 25 years and unfortunately none were new. I have to agree with Göran that future Saabs need to be more sporty. The total GM ownership era started with the very conventional 9-3SS (the […]

VM was unfortunately stuck with legacy GM era cars until he could do his own thing. I’m not saying what I’ve seen of J.C.’s design so far looks great. However it does seem mildly less disappointing than all the […]

Small rear windows are regrettably becoming very common place today. Whilst some rear windows might look okay at first glance, the amount of area masked off can be huge.

If J.C. is missing that Saab DNA you mention, then everything from the latter part of the GM is as bad or perhaps worse? The Aero-X was okay as a concept but it was somewhat foolish to try and make all subsequent […]

I must say I have fairly mixed impressions from what we’ve seen so far, but I prefer the nose to the gaping fish mouth look that we got from Lo/Padian GM era designs. I’d really like to see it in a purer 3 door […]

Somewhat average I’m afraid. It doesn’t look much better than the 9-X BH with probably even worse rear visibility. Fancy trying to see through that letter box slot. It probably makes the rear visibility out of […]

Saab’s GM sourced engines were hardly technological marvels so would a Korean engine be much worse?
An almost geriatric Saab with a Korean heart transplant might sell okay if the price is reasonable, but try to […]

As a British comedian one said, you’re keeping everyone in suspenders!

That doesn’t explain wahy GM blocked Brightwell? Personally I think from the very beginning, GM just wanted the Saab problem (as it probably viewed it?) to go away. Blocking potential buyers in 2011/ 2012, […]

The combi wasn’t developed early and GM stymied model releases. Saab had an order to the releases. Remember the OG9-3 cab was continued until the new cab was ready. I doubt that Saab would’ve been able to […]

The slow arrival of a combi was a complicated story and mostly due to GM. Saab greatly modified the Epsilon platform so in effect the 9-3 couldn’t be easily made in other GM factories. It spent a lot of money […]

I think Autocar was a bit wrong in predicting a 4.5 Metre length. At least 4.75 M is probably closer. Autocar’s suggestion that the NG9-5 was only intended to have a very short lifespan was interesting. I guess […]

If it was in Oz and not Northern Ireland I might even bid on it myself. Here it would be almost twice that price!

Interesting article, but I’m not sure the NG9-5 in any guise could have been much of a saviour for Saab. A station wagon/estate/combi version would’ve helped certainly, but the NG9-5 had a problem in that it was […]

You’ll have to wait to see the real pictures……