Comments on: First Sedan pic!!

By: zippy

zippy — Sun, 06 May 2007 06:38:19 +0000

Absolutely stunning!! I love it!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 06 May 2007 00:51:47 +0000

I love the wraparound headlights…well, I love the headlights. They look very aggressive and whatnot. I like the wraparound because that’s what it does on my car and it looks cool.

On a side note, I got my car back today and I’m so happy.

By: saab9x

saab9x — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:34:28 +0000

1. saab is getting better at facelifts, despite the patient looking “pinched”;

2. if the “deeper” center grille is all they learned from the aero-x, then i’m worried about the brand; and

3. i’m already fatigued about the circa-1994 wraparound headlights. the current ones are better because they look chiseled and not jaunty.

By: Kroum

Kroum — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:50:24 +0000

Interesting info about interior and other upgrades is available at the Left Lane News article:

http://www.leftlanenews.com/saab-9-3-future.html

By: cj

cj — Sat, 05 May 2007 11:56:16 +0000

They have always changed the back/trunk. I do not thin that the “rear” sides have changed, but the trunk has. That does not cost much. Even the 2nd generation face lift on the 95 had changes to the trunk.

Not a chanse in the world that they do not change it give the fact that the 9-3 outsells the 9-5 2-1.

The picture is clearly planted by someone. there is no driver and it stands in the middle of an intersection.

By: ctm

ctm — Sat, 05 May 2007 08:59:37 +0000

Good point…

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sat, 05 May 2007 08:36:05 +0000

Maybe the photographer didn’t shoot photos of the rear because it hasn’t changed. The rear of the c900 didn’t really change (save the bumpers) in ’87.

By: ChrisG

ChrisG — Sat, 05 May 2007 07:24:36 +0000

I have to say that I think the refresh looks promising from this picture – more aggresive and “out-there” than the current 9-3. Getting back to what some others were saying before, I’m also a fan of chrome and I dont’ think it’s just an “American” thing. The grill on the ’98 9-5 and 9-3 was all chrome. The whole front grille and light area on the old SAAB 99 was chrome. I think it looks cool. Then again, I own an ’06 9-5, so my taste is obviously questionable

By: napahlm

napahlm — Sat, 05 May 2007 06:59:35 +0000

I kinda wish that the aero will get the “Rinspeed” treatment on the grill, mmm… carbon and aluminium. http://www.teknikensvarld.se/view-image.xml?__xsl=/templates/view-image.xsl&pic=/styling-tuning/nyheter/070301_rinspeedsaab/saab_rinspeed_6.jpg

apparently Saab had no clue Rinspeed where doing this concept.

By: Johan

Johan — Sat, 05 May 2007 05:31:21 +0000

The tube is probably a wind-meter, to meassure how fast the car is travelling.