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Spy Stories II

Spy Stories II

July 24th, 2005 · 6 Comments



The other day I bought you some information from my own ‘local’ Saab source, nicknamed Djup Strupe. This was information about the upcoming facelifted 9-5, among other things.

I’d now like to welcome Djup Strupe II to the fold. What’s he got for us? Well, he has a cameraphone for starters…….

The 9-5 - 2.JPG

UPDATE:

Thanks to Andante at Saab Central, we also have this pic from Expressen, a Swedish web news source. The picure is noted as being a montage, but shows the grille/headlight treatment a little clearer. And I’m starting to warm to it. Quite a bit, actually.

The 9-5 3.JPG

Tags: Saab 9-5

6 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Johnny G.No Gravatar // Jul 25, 2005 at 4:42 am

    I have to say that I’m not real big on all of the chrome around the lights and grill. It looks a little to “American luxury car” to me.

  • 2 SwadeNo Gravatar // Jul 25, 2005 at 9:23 am

    JG,

    There’s been some concern about that floating around. I think we’ll need to see some other colours (i.e. the paintwork) to see how it really looks.

    I’ll leave the jury out for now.

  • 3 Greg AbbottNo Gravatar // Jul 25, 2005 at 9:30 am

    Ick.

  • 4 Marc E. // Jul 25, 2005 at 1:35 pm

    Quite unfortunate the tri-port grille is gone. Not too sure I’m excited about the chrome around the headlights as well.

  • 5 DingerNo Gravatar // Jul 30, 2005 at 8:38 am

    When I first saw the pic at Autoblog I thought it was the new Hyundia Sonata. The loss of the tri-port grill is a big mistake I think. It just dosen’t look like a Saab in any way shape or form. Looks more like a non-discript Asian sedan. Saab should be given bolder, not blander, styling.

  • 6 Tom LeaseNo Gravatar // Sep 24, 2005 at 9:55 am

    Luke warm on this iteration but believe the final issue will be very SAAB.