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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…….
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.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Johnny G.
// 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 Swade
// 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 Abbott
// 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 Dinger
// 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 Lease
// Sep 24, 2005 at 9:55 am
Luke warm on this iteration but believe the final issue will be very SAAB.