It’s been slow-posting tonight as I had a bunch of the local Saab nuts, including a few you might be slightly familiar with in Drew B and Saabill, over to the house for picture show. I led them through the recent odyssey that was my Frankfurt/Sweden trip and all things I saw along the way.
With a 30degree day behind us, it was a nice night for a BBQ, some Saab chatter and a good catch-up.
They all got a good look at the Saab 9-5 via the Frankfurt Motor Show images and I was pleasantly surprised with the reception the car got (these guys tend to prefer their old-timers to some of the newer stuff). Apparently our local dealer has already received one expression of interest in the new car, so that’s good news.
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Speaking of which, apparently interest has been quite good on the European roadshow, too, with some countries setting up ordering processes and receiving strong interest. Very encouraging.
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Even more encouraging is the information I got from one dealer, suggesting that the 9-5 could start series production as early as late December this year, with cars arriving for customers in January. He heard that unofficially and because I didn’t hear it directly from a known source, I’m not sure that I can ascribe Djup Strupe status to it at this point, but it’ll be grand news if it works out that way.
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One of the recent roadshow countries was Switzerland, and Marcel R attended and shot some photos of various details.
Marcel described the car as “an amazingly good looking car” with the HUD being a real hit for the leg he attended in Zurich. They got a good demo of it, apparently, and it went over really well.
Some of Marcel’s photos from the night……click
Thanks to Marcel for the images and thoughts.
I hope you all get to see the new Saab 9-5 soon enough.
