It’s time for some more concept imagery from Niklas Palm, a design student in Sweden, a Saab nut, and occasional contributor to the site.
Niklas has done a couple of Saab 9-1 sketches that have appeared here before, and these new ones follow up and develop those ideas.
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The red paint scheme is reminiscent of some of the Saab 900s I’ve seen around, especially with the grey skirts. In fact, GM themselves have a 900 in this exact color scheme in the GM Heritage collection.
Which got me thinking……
Saab’s concept cars, in recent times, have all been in snow silver. What if they prepared them to match an aspirational vehicle that exists already in the Saab Museum or the Heritage Collection and then they showed the new car alongside the museum car – a-la the Turbo X and the black 900 Turbo from the Boston show?
Just an idea, but a fun one.
My thanks again to Niklas for some more excellent work. Fun to look at!
Excellent !
(apart from the nose, a bit to high and suv-wise blocked)
And a nice curved windshield.
As an appetizer in awaiting of the real stuff, this will work for me.
hi! sorry about the bad black thing in the rims on the second picture, looks like the screens in school has to be recalibrated… cheers/niklas
Those more fluent lines & shapes do not only trace back in Saab-dna towards old 900, more recent 9X and 9-3X ‘maurer’-influence is visible (thats good).
In my opinion the production version of the 9-4X could use some of those more elegant, clear and fluid ‘hockey-stick’ features and 900 aero-kit resemblance… (instead of all those dazzling horizontal lines)
Don’t get the Saabs being ‘Bangled’, just because flames, and many lines and impurity are the trend at the moment.
Saab design should be as purist as is presented in those sketches !
(Of the record:
Niklas,
Isn’t it about time you are getting hired by saab design to do some real designs instead of just these sketches ?)
Let me say this: If the employees at those advertising firms GM is hiring are running around L.A. driving BMW’s,(which they probably are), how could they possibly be able to do a proper creative job promoting Saab. They would be biased. Saab needs to find an expert from this site.
I love the way the rear lights seem to float on the glass hatch. Lets hope the real thing is as innovative in its styling.
i love the never ending hockey stick/wrap around!!!
HI seeing as we’re talking 9-1 here I thought i’d add a little pic which i’ve done.
I realise that its not as good as Niklas’, however I have only just started trying to draw cars as well as this so please be patient
Heres the pic (pics)
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh278/dan9-1/Saab9-1concept.jpg
I also realise that there not in Isometic or sort of 3-D at the moment but I’m working on that.
I’m also sorry for the poor quality of the scan
Awesome job Niklas Palm, I’d buy one in a heratbeat…and those rims…tasty!!! This could be the new SPG!
I like some aspects like the front being rounded, but don’t like the ground effects in gray they should be black or Red if your saying that the “new black” then lined black like Aero x.I never liked the gray used as ground effects looks very 80′s.
plus, the back looks outdated and flat in contrast to the front being rounded.Back like directly from Ford Focus (should be from the Aero X concept).
Niklas, you could quite possibly be the Scandinavian designer than Saab so desperately needs these days. Lets hope some of your talent rubs off on whoever is designing the 9-1.
Nice work, Niklas! This could almost be a mini Saab CUV, how about a 9-2X to slot under the 9-4X?
Here’s another photoshop, looks quite sexy.
-I like this very much… the 9-3X concept influences in your drawings took a smooth 9-1 twist. the colour palette is exciting too.
Nice job Niklas, these are slick sketches.
I’m really looking forward to see the upcoming 9-1 because the 9-4X still hurts my eye and I prefer uneven numbers for Saab anyway
+ my girlfriend and I really want a smaller car here in London with a rightsized engine.
I LOVE it!
This could be really great I think.
I like the worldcarfans photochop more than the Palm design. The nose is too high on Palm’s, and it really makes the car look stubby.