Comments on: Exclusive Aero-X pics http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2006/03/exclusive_aerox.html Saab 9-1, 9-3, 9-4x, 9-5, 9-7x News Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marco http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2006/03/exclusive_aerox.html#comment-3269 Marco Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:38:06 +0000 http://s18881.gridserver.com/archives/837#comment-3269 According to this article in Aftonbladet, there will be 25 reporters test driving the Aero X next week. So we will see more pics of it later on. Great idea from Saab to extend the Media coverage by letting reporters drive it :) According to this article in Aftonbladet, there will be 25 reporters test driving the Aero X next week. So we will see more pics of it later on. Great idea from Saab to extend the Media coverage by letting reporters drive it :)

]]> By: vector220 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2006/03/exclusive_aerox.html#comment-3268 vector220 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:46:23 +0000 http://s18881.gridserver.com/archives/837#comment-3268 15 million SEK is a very low cost for this kind of concept car. Toyota did a concep for a smáll car this year and the cost was 30-40 million SEK. And that car wasn´t even drivable! 15 million SEK is a very low cost for this kind of concept car.
Toyota did a concep for a smáll car this year and the cost was 30-40 million SEK. And that car wasn´t even drivable!

]]> By: Saaboy http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2006/03/exclusive_aerox.html#comment-3267 Saaboy Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:15:32 +0000 http://s18881.gridserver.com/archives/837#comment-3267 Those wheels are supposed to be turbine blade shapes right? My dad being a mechanical engineer and more specifically, designer of blades in jet engines and other turbies, I had to show him this. When I read the press release I was under the impression that the spokes/blades would suck air in from the outside, through the spokes and calipers, and go under the car. A closer look reveals that this is not the case. The air under the car would be propelled outwards to the environment. Thus creating more down-force! If Saab were to run some very low running bumpers and skirts around this car, you would have all the down-force you could wish for! Can anyone else make sense out of this? Or am I just being silly? Those wheels are supposed to be turbine blade shapes right? My dad being a mechanical engineer and more specifically, designer of blades in jet engines and other turbies, I had to show him this.

When I read the press release I was under the impression that the spokes/blades would suck air in from the outside, through the spokes and calipers, and go under the car.

A closer look reveals that this is not the case. The air under the car would be propelled outwards to the environment. Thus creating more down-force!

If Saab were to run some very low running bumpers and skirts around this car, you would have all the down-force you could wish for!

Can anyone else make sense out of this? Or am I just being silly?

]]> By: Jaap http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2006/03/exclusive_aerox.html#comment-3266 Jaap Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:10:40 +0000 http://s18881.gridserver.com/archives/837#comment-3266 The article also states the costs that have been made to build the Aero-X: 15 million Swedish kronors (approx. $1,35 million or €1,6 million) Not much for such a car and such an imagemaker! The article also states the costs that have been made to build the Aero-X: 15 million Swedish kronors (approx. $1,35 million or €1,6 million) Not much for such a car and such an imagemaker!

]]> By: alaero http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2006/03/exclusive_aerox.html#comment-3265 alaero Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:59:31 +0000 http://s18881.gridserver.com/archives/837#comment-3265 Swade, Care to join me in Sydney later this year? ;) al Swade,

Care to join me in Sydney later this year? ;)

al

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