New Saab 9-5

Theta

mumblin deaf ro wrote: »

Some hi-res pictures from the launch of the 9-5 at the Frankfurt show this week.

http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/full/

I have to say I'm starting to really like this.

The dash looks really nice in those photos.

mumblin deaf ro

Button layout based on leonardo's Vitruvian man apparently

Saab Ed

mumblin deaf ro wrote: »

Button layout based on leonardo's Vitruvian man apparently

Ah so thats why there's a big knob in the middle then ..........Sorry......Sorry

mumblin deaf ro

Here's a short video of the car on the road:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxfW3krAIcE

unkel

Thanks for sharing the vid. I'm disappointed by the Dame Edna chrome front - very much like the last incarnation of the current 9-5

The pic I keep referring to on this thread hides it well. The car needs rid of the glasses badly imho...

patrickc

I was thinking of a house next year, erm want the Saab instead

mumblin deaf ro

The initial reviews of the car seem positive - I think everyone is dying for saab to do a decent car. But nobody has driven it yet - it really has to be good to drive - some sort of mid-range turbo kick at least. It won't catch up with the germans in one leap, but it needs to attract some people who fancy a change.

mumblin deaf ro

unkel wrote: »

Thanks for sharing the vid. I'm disappointed by the Dame Edna chrome front - very much like the last incarnation of the current 9-5

The pic I keep referring to on this thread hides it well. The car needs rid of the glasses badly imho...

Some people blacken out the dame edna headlight surrounds and it makes the car look somewhat menacing. While I would prefer no chrome, once it's moving the car has a sort of middle distance stare that makes it look like a proper SAAB.

mumblin deaf ro

New 9-5 launched to the press this week, so reviews are starting to come out - broadly positive so far.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/firstdrives/252691/saab_95_20tid.html

http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Saab-9-5-2.0-TiD-Vector-SE/250116/

I like this pic from the press pack:



Nice pictorial of the car's development here.

http://www.saabsunited.com/2010/05/press-kit-saab-9-5-development-in-pictures.html

-Chris-

It doesn't really look any different to me...

mumblin deaf ro

Here is the old 9-5

-Chris-

Is that not an old 9-5 on the production line behind the new one?

mumblin deaf ro

No - it's a 9-3.

-Chris-

Maybe it'll look different in the flesh, I'm not seeing a reason to be interested in the new 9-5 from this pic...

mumblin deaf ro

It reminds me (a bit too much) of the A6 in looks.



Still, I'm just glad the company still exists to make half decent cars long enough for Spyker to bring out the first pure post GM Saab. (Concept drawing below)

mumblin deaf ro

Spyker interiors aren't bad - where do you put the A-Z though?

-Chris-

mumblin deaf ro wrote: »

It reminds me (a bit too much) of the A6 in looks.

From that pic, I'm finding it very "S-Class" from the A pillar back. It depends on what they've done with the rear light clusters.

mumblin deaf ro wrote: »

Spyker interiors aren't bad - where do you put the A-Z though?

In a car like that, you don't need an A-Z, you'd be getting deliberately lost on the way home at every chance you got!

For Forks Sake

From http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/firstdrives/250153/saab_95.html

The boss’s own pre-production 9-5 is finished in Aero trim and is powered by a 296bhp 2.8-litre turbo V6 supplied by Holden, the Australian division of former parent General Motors. It also has the company’s superb XWD four-wheel-drive system, complete with electronic rear differential.

It’s a package that works well, and performance is impressive for a large car – 0-62mph takes an estimated 6.7 seconds, while the top speed is limited to 155mph. Already, there’s virtually no turbo lag when you plant your right foot – something that’s set to improve further when a twin-turbo version prepared by Saab tuning arm Viggen goes
on sale. “The Viggen name should play a significant role in Saab’s future,” Muller said.

Read more: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/firstdrives/250153/saab_95.html#ixzz0PzJosJX3

Fun times ahead. Have they gone mad in Sweden, first Volvo with that mental C30 Polestar and now this

unkel

-Chris- wrote: »

It doesn't really look any different to me...

:eek:

@mumblin deaf ro - you should dig up the other thread, there are loads more and much better pictures of the new 9-5 in there.

BTW - great to see it go into production. The Spyker buyout was the first step, this is the second step in the revival of Saab. It looks like it's working!