Rendered Speculation: Saab 9-5 gets its SportCombi on
Opinions have been mixed over the overall shape of the new Saab 9-5. The detailing, as we found at the pivotal sedan's debut at the recently concluded Frankfurt show, takes the Swedish automaker's aerospace-inspired design to a new level of sophistication, but some believe that the silhouette cut by the sedan's form left something lacking. That could all be fixed, however, if the estate wagon comes out looking as slick as this rendering imagines.Slated for debut in about a year from now, the 9-5 SportCombi, as Trollhattan calls its wagons, is scheduled to be the first new launch for Saab after leaving GM for Koenigsegg's management. Following the market debut of the sedan, the 9-5 wagon will precede the replacement for the smaller 9-3 and the anticipated new 9-4X crossover to give the Swedes a solid lineup to take on the likes of Audi and company. Engines are expected to include turbo fours displacing 1.6 liters and producing 178 horsepower, two liters with 217 hp and 2.8 liters with 296 hp; to be joined by a 158 hp two-liter turbodiesel and a reported turbocharged hybrid option. Saab's trick proprietary XWD traction system should be available across nearly the entire range.
With all that, plus Swedish practicality and what looks to be a slick wraparound rear windscreen, the next wagon from Scandinavia's quirky stepchild could be a real departure from the usual Saab story.
[Source: CAR Magazine]
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RITmusic2k 7:41PM (10/21/2009)
FYI, the 2.8L engine would probably be the corporate V6, not a giant 4-cyl.
Also, that rendering looks wonderful!
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pickles 8:26PM (10/21/2009)
Wagons almost always look better than the sedans their based on. No exception here. Way foxier.
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P.V. 8:28PM (10/21/2009)
Me likey!
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Fox 12:01AM (10/22/2009)
Indeed, looks great...
Kaveh 9:56PM (10/21/2009)
So what's the deal, is SAAB still going to use GM's chassis or make there own and own engines again? Hopefully a new Viggen will come soon.
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Joseph 6:33AM (10/22/2009)
Where do you think the EcoTec came from? And the NorthStar V8? You think GM thought those up?
arinze 11:18PM (10/21/2009)
I don't mean to be a negative Nancy, but will Saab just die already. Koenigsegg cannot save you.
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BoxerFanatic 11:50PM (10/21/2009)
I wanna see it in a dark color, with tinted windows.
Wish there was a little more airfoil shape to the spoiler above the rear glass, and the tail lights to stick with the red, rather than the white...
Other than that, it looks very good.
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Luis 9:47AM (10/22/2009)
I love how the side of the taillight design mimicks the side-rear window shape...very classy.
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