Comments on: Spyshots: The 9-6x? or the 9-4x?

By: jon

jon — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:18:43 +0000

It does appear to be a B9 based rebadge. However, with GM selling its share of Subaru this year it is unlikely to be built. I agree on keeping a Saab a Saab but that went away along time ago. I have a 9-2 and its a great car so I can’t complain. The 9-3 has been built on a GM platform for years now so I guess the 9-5 is the only true Saab left.

By: Logan Edwards

Logan Edwards — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:40:32 +0000

Saab: unique, qwerky, solid, safe, fun cars. please keep Saab’s originality and styling to Saab. The 9-6x is a pretty car with the front end and the 3-door idea. The tail lights are hideous and if anything else can be done to make it not look like a Subaru would make Saabists worldwide very happy. Under the hood better be Saab turbo 4 or better yet turbo (twin ???) six. I hope the interior would follow that of the new 9-5 and 9-3.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:54:52 +0000

Wowo

By: Jalopnik

Jalopnik — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:02:38 +0000

Spy Photos: Saaburu 9-(x)x

Trolhatten Saab has some spy shots of what could be Saab’s latest Subaru re-badge. With that obvious Tribeca-styled rear, we would have said it was the 9-6x, expected to augment the new Saab SUV line as a 2007 model….

By: jochen

jochen — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:05:33 +0000

is this the sister of the 9-6x/9-4x from the pixs???
the studie opel antera gtc???
look at this pixs:
http://www.auto-motor-sport.de/news/fotoshows/opel_antera_gtc.90218.htm

german text:http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/auto_und_produkte/opel_antara_gtc_frontera_nachfolger_extrem.90179.htm

By: SaabKen

SaabKen — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:50:40 +0000

I was flipping through a magazine called Auto & Design at the store and saw the pics for the ‘03 Alfa Romeo Kamal concept SUV crossover. Since Andreas Zapastinas was still at Alfa at the time (who is now at Subaru), you can see the uncanny similarities between the Kamal and the B9 Tribeca ….. and ultimately the 9-6X or 9-4X above. I’m saddened by the fact that there is little originality these days in global automotive design and engineering left, a victim of global economics I guess. Not that the Kamal is a bad looking car by any means (in fact Alfa has always been a leader in innovative, sexy designs) it’s just that for Saab to lose much of its own design originality and be forced to work with “hand-me-down” platforms is hard for some of us to stomach.

See this link on the Kamal and see its remarkable similarities to the B9 Tribeca and the 9-6X concept above:

http://seriouswheels.com/top-2003-Alfa-Romeo-Kamal-Concept.htm

By: Robby G

Robby G — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:02:45 +0000

Over on saabnet, there’s a thread about these pictures where a well known dealer states that many higher ups at Saab think this design needs a lot more work – inside and out.

By: Truthbetold35

Truthbetold35 — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:39:01 +0000

This is the 9-6x based on the Subaru Tribeca.

By: Eduard

Eduard — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:26:00 +0000

Yes a 3door its so cool…..like the 9-3x. Comparing the images from the Tribeca, the door mirrors are different, it is an step further from the 9-7x and the badge engineering.

The tail lights….I think are too small, more Saab styled but not enough, the lateral view of the tail light needs more fall, and the rear windows hasn’t enough Hockey stick shape, but the design its quite good, because offer another view from that Hockey stick taking part of it but changing a little.

The only problem I see in the rear is the lights in conjunction with the wasteline of the car, are different from the Tribeca, but not enough…the waste line could be a little smooth.

Another detail I think it could be improved its the gap in the chrome that are atached to the front lights. I think are very thin and there is a gap that i don’t like….

its me or the front lights are from the 9-7x?? and the door handles are saabish…mmmmm

in general the car looks cool… I hope the definitive 9-6x looks at least as this….

By: Swade

Swade — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:27:10 +0000

I agree.

I really, REALLY, like the 3-door configuration. Puts the Sport back into SUV if you ask me. I could easily go at one of these (in an ideal financial world).