Saab Spyker 9+ Tribute Concept Car Envisions the Future

Saab Spyker 9+ Tribute Concept Car

By Zack Newmark
March 11, 2010 12:00 pm
Filed Under: Artist Renderings, Design, European, Saab, Spyker

Automotive designer Eduard Gray has sent in some renderings of his ideas for the first car to come from the Saab purchase of Spyker.  Based near Saab headquarters in Trollhättan, Sweden, Gray believes the drawings could land him a job with the Saab Design Studio Team.

The union of Saab and Spyker presents a unique opportunity to create a design that takes the best of each brand and distills their qualities into a single product," he said.  Gray, who is Dutch and English, points out that a truly unique car can be assembled with the low-slung mid-engine Spyker supercar chassis and the design language at Saab.

Indeed, his six drawings of the Saab Spyker 9+ Tribute shows elements of both companies.  Gray calls the work "a quick expression of my optimism for the future of the brand."

Let us know what you think of his renderings in the comments below.

Comments

radmeister
March 11, 2010 12:21 pm
For a sec there i thought it was an acura NSX concept....

THERENAISSANCEMAN
March 11, 2010 12:42 pm
i say ... this automobile really makes me smile , for very obvious reasons

RAPTOR77
March 11, 2010 1:40 pm
Nice, but it's looks like Bugatti Veyron, Audi R8 or VW W12. Nothing new and fresh. GT by Citroen... this is beautiful concept!

v6s_stink
March 11, 2010 2:35 pm
It is hard to spot anything that says "Saab" in this rendering.

2010S5
March 11, 2010 7:36 pm
Or even Sypker for that matter.

2010S5
March 11, 2010 7:36 pm
Or even Sypker for that matter.

2010S5
March 11, 2010 7:37 pm
Or even Sypker for that matter.

2010S5
March 11, 2010 7:38 pm
Sorry don't know why that was posted 3 times.

Mikeado
March 12, 2010 7:10 am
True, the only thing I can see that nods towards either of them is the set of Aero X wheels.

memexe
March 11, 2010 3:44 pm
Is that a HDMI port back there? Is this a desk toy? Saab is changing business to toy industry....

R0ADR4G3
March 11, 2010 5:51 pm
honestly, i see very little of all thes cars you suggested, and i really love this design, it is very unique and classy, not overdone, goddjob saab, and good luck with your new automobiles!!! ILY!:)

2010S5
March 11, 2010 7:39 pm
Nothing really unique but it's clean and well-executed.

Mikeado
March 12, 2010 7:15 am
The lights/grille are too narrow for my liking, but someone needs to tell Eduard Gray to send this in to Namco (who make the Ridge Racer series). It just looks like a Ridge Racer car. I think it's the shape of the thing, particularly at the rear.

It does look A LOT like an Acura concept, like radmeister said. Maybe if the ASC (NSX successor) were mid-engined...


Edited by user on March 12, 2010 at 7:17 am
jasonk94
March 15, 2010 3:57 am
looks like a slower, more expensive veyron.

alessandro
March 17, 2010 11:26 pm
TVR owners-like enthusiasm is about to be visible. Poor Saab.

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