Comments on: Where the future started: Saab Aero X

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:39:35 +0000

It would be cool if someone built an Aero X replica out of a Sonett.

By: zippy

zippy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:12:45 +0000

I cant wait to see the 9-5 in the flesh!! Hopefully it will be at the Geneva show when I go on 11March.

By: wilfried

wilfried — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:11:17 +0000

Aero-X should be compared with the Alfa 8C, not the Brera, well when ever anything like it should make it into production. The audi R8 indeed is also a worthy competitor.
Helas, not a Saab is comparable with any of these at the moment.

Except being a rare collectors item, the 8C in reality is a nothing but a mere marketing vehicle for the baby-alfa MiTo.
The Brera is a nice piece of design, but more (matuvu) a posers car, not a drivers car.

By: ck1x

ck1x — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:19:38 +0000

And maybe someday soon this or a moderation of the model will be the halo car for Saab, just as the Audi R8 is now to Audi. But that didn’t come until Audi became profitable again by platform sharing with VW for a very long time. So with the direction that Saab is now taking I can see them turning things around very soon! They already have the buzz going for them, they just need to deliver on the product…

By: Nate 9-3

Nate 9-3 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:53:43 +0000

Alex,

I can tell that you like it, but not as much as you like the Aero-X!

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:28:58 +0000

Compare it to Alfa Romeo and its Brera concept, they both renewed interest in a flagging brand while introducing a totally new design language that’s forward-looking while still retaining some of the brand’s design heritage. The difference is that you have been able to buy the production Brera for a couple years now while we’re still looking longingly at the Aero-X concept.

I just don’t understand why a halo car can’t be part of GM’s turnaround plan for Saab, a production Aero-X (I’d love to see it called a Sonett IV) would be a great tool to get people into dealerships and new butts into those fantastic Saab seats.

It doesn’t have to be something exotic either, if anything I think it would be most successful as a down to earth $55-60k competitor to the lower-trim 6-series, CLK, S5, etc. GM could build it on a shortened, widened Epsilon II with a couple engine choices topping out with a ~350-400hp turbo V6 and XWD standard, or they could build it on an AWD version of the CTS coupe platform with that same engine. Just tweak the proportions a little to make it look more “classic Saab” and more feasible for production i.e shorter nose/hood, front wheels pushed back a bit, etc. Like what Alfa did with the production Brera, and like the production Brera it would still be one hell of a looker.

Can you tell how much I like the Brera?

By: Andy Rupert

Andy Rupert — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:39:05 +0000

That car caught everyone’s attention when it came out—including both my sons. Being that it’s not going to be produced, it just makes you wonder why? Why wouldn’t GM want SAAB to produce an incredible machine like that in Europe? or in the states? It was an immediate classic. Just think what it would have done as a production vehicle.

By: Gio

Gio — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:54:38 +0000

Haahahahahahha Swade, i LOOOVED the “baased” “baas” “saab”

By: conor

conor — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:14:24 +0000

As nice as the latest Saab concept car have been(really some of the best), I think I’ve reached a point where you see a concept (aka the AIR) and just kinda roll your eyes. If history shows us anything chances are you’ll never see that model in your driveway, and if it does come to fruition bank on it taking on such a rediculous span of time that by the time its released you’ve had to commit to other choices. Pick up the pace please Saab.

By: Talonderiel

Talonderiel — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:10:23 +0000

There is no denying it, the Aero X is just downright automotive porn… but with a fine eloquence that lets you know you can take her home to mother for praise. Every time I see it, I can’t imagine a reason why it’s remaining solely as a design piece. If it were to have an Aston Martin symbol on it, it would be the first vehicle chosen for a Bond movie; no questions asked. Yet, thankfully, it doesn’t have that symbol on it, because it would like certain performance and safety qualities one perceives in a Saab.

Maybe the reason why I’m a poor college student and can’t afford another car is because kharma is telling me to wait for this to reach production in 5 years?