Speculative SAAB Product Plan to 2017 Surfaces

Scan from this months edition of Auto Motor & Sport Sweden shows a speculative and possibly factual look at the Swedish automakers product plan until 2017

By Thami Masemola
August 3, 2009 2:58 PM
Filed Under: Artist Renderings, European, Leaks, Rumours, Saab

A document published in a big feature by Auto Motor & Sport (Sweden) reveals some interesting plans laid out for the new SAAB company. Now under fellow Swedish automaker Koenigsegg's care, SAAB's latest 9-5 sedan was recently shown. But in order to get back into quirky people's hearts it needs more than just the 9-5. It needs new product and it needs it fast.

The said document was compiled by AMS. However, it is not clear at this stage how much of it is fact and how much is wishful thinking. Nevertheless the AMS crew did spend some time in Trollhattan, SAAB's automotive headquarters, in order to prepare for the feature.

Here are the basics covered:
2010 will see the new 9-5 sedan being launched after breaking cover at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The new 9-4 compact SUV will follow suit, taking on Audi's Q5, BMW's X3, Mercedes-Benz's GLK and Volvo's XC60. Lastly a facelift for the 9-3 is on the cards and it will focus more on the interior than the outside.

2011 introduces the 9-5 Sportcombi and start/stop technology comes to SAAB for the first time.

In 2012 a brand new 9-3 is revealed. SAAB is also introduced to the mini premium hatch segment when the 9-1 comes alive. The car is said to be developed in corporation with the BMW Group, but at which level is not clear.

The year 2013 will usher in a crossover vehicle based on the 9-5 Sportcombi. The 9-3 Convertible also goes public in 2013 possibly featuring the 9-X Air Concept's new roof system.

By the time 2015 rolls around SAAB would be confident enough to venture into the semi-exotic by bringing back the outrageous Sonett brand from the 1960s and 1970s, as well as producing that bold looking car at the top of the Sonett. The company will also be mixing it with the electric boys with its own zero-emissions models.

2017 brings it all into full circle when the new-generation 9-5 is introduced.

 

Source: automotorsport.se via saabsunited

Comments

MTC
August 3, 2009 3:03 PM
All of them looks quite good, but will anyone buy one?

Renegade
August 3, 2009 4:19 PM
I would buy that 2012 9-3, if it looks anything like that pic.

nederina
August 3, 2009 3:31 PM
9-4x looks boring and too bland compared to its rivals

afterace2
August 3, 2009 3:36 PM
not everyone want to drive a bimmer or an audi.

vertigobike
August 3, 2009 3:44 PM
Pardon my French but... is it just me or these new Saabs are ugly as hell?... they look something between the new Skodas and the Citroens from the 80s... :-( Obrigado

Prince_Ash
August 3, 2009 3:59 PM
i wouldnt buy one, no offence but none of them look appealing to me.

X6M
August 3, 2009 4:10 PM
This one yellow 9-3 is beast, I would buy that one, in blue...and the 9-5...


Edited by user on August 3, 2009 at 4:13 PM
teuton
August 3, 2009 4:44 PM
After looking at the 9-5, I'm confident of seeing SAAB out of the ditch pretty soon. Moreover, shedding the GM tag should do wonders. SAAB should market itself with a nice revamp highlighting its Swedish roots. In essence, people should see Swedish aesthetics in every SAAB product. For starters, 9-5 seems to be on the right track.

radmeister
August 3, 2009 4:53 PM
SAAB's problem is not design, both interior and exterior designs and engineering is impeccable. The execution of these designs by GM is an atrocity to what SAAB really is or what it could of been. The swedish designers and engineers have designed amazing cars, but they may as well have designed the new Gripen fighter jet if all they were given to work with was cheap chinese plastic it still wouldn't fly, just like their cars. MATERIALS MATERIALS MATERIALS! That is the problem with current designs, and why i will not touch a new SAAB until those GM grade materials are out of there and they put in quality materials that match the design and heritage of the brand.

schnitzerx
August 3, 2009 10:37 PM
Saab is a dentists car...

BabyMilo
August 4, 2009 4:43 AM
SAAB's new design language isnt really doing it for me...

HEMI426
August 11, 2009 5:44 PM
Sabb beats volvo so easy

GTurbo
November 12, 2009 1:52 PM
Saab and product plan are almost a misnomer; they just don't rhyme together easily. That's how badly GM has destroyed Saab's corporate confidence that when they set out to do something meaningful for once, GM's dark clouds hover over them. Saab's greatest challenge is to be viewed as a 21st Century car maker. Even their concepts are already dated and that's half the problem! The other is volume car selling success and that's proving elusive so far. However, these product plans are a step in the right direction, if Koenigsegg puts his money where his mouth is. Nice to see some great Aero Concept design languages on the yellow 2012 9-3 Coupe and the platinum 2011 9-5 SportCombi.


Edited by user on November 12, 2009 at 1:59 PM
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