Saab 9-2 rendering

pburns

Only a rendering (based on Saab CEO's musings) and quite a bit off but...I likey...

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-new-cars/Search-Results/Spyshots/Saabs-Mini-rivalling-9-2-scooped-by-CAR/

Also, it seems the next 9-3 will be based on the current polatform, heavily modified. Saab claim that as well as reducing costs this will give them more freedom rather than relying on a new-gen GM platform...

VolvoMan

CAR are becoming increasingly fond of renderings, so much so that they are nearly like an upmarket version of Auto Express.

The future of SAAB is looking good anyway. If they can get away with the high pricing they have set for the new 9-5 then I can't see why they won't succeed as a niche car manufacturer.

unkel

Very nice!

peasant

not meant to be "retro", eyh?

mumblin deaf ro

I think SAAB needs to tread carefully with a retro 92, especially as it is likely to be their first car on a non-GM platform. There are three distinct SAAB customers as far as i can see: guys who buy classic saabs; middle aged guys driving newish 9-3s and 9-5s; and affluent middle-aged women who drive SAAB convertibles. It would be easy for SAAB to attract young female mini drivers (the daughters of women who drive SAAB convertibles) with a cute retro car with very high spec interiors (a Spyker speciality) but it would be a stand-alone niche in the saab range, a bit like the MiTo for Alfa.

Overall, if SAAB is re-establishing itself I think they need a forward looking design for any new 92 (or 9-1 as it has been referred to up to now).

PS: as far as I know Victor Mueller wants to go back to the old SAAB nomenclature, dropping the hyphen and calling a car 92, for example, instead of 9-2.

mumblin deaf ro

Something like the 9-X concept:

http://www.egmcartech.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/saab_9x_air_biohybrid_images_2.jpg

http://www.e-transport.ro/_files/newscustom/Saab-9X-Air-BORD.jpg

mumblin deaf ro

Here's an alternative rendering of retro 92

http://www.aftonbladet.se/bil/article6917441.ab