Comments on: Chatting with Eric Geers from Saab – Part II http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/chatting-with-eric-geers-from-saab-part-ii.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: bas http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/chatting-with-eric-geers-from-saab-part-ii.html#comment-56848 bas Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:39:20 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=10361#comment-56848 Great interwiuvs.. I would like you to ask Eric about DirectFuel injektions and SCC (Saab Combustion Controll) and DSG. Saab was the latest starter of semi-automatic manuell gearboxes. Great interwiuvs..

I would like you to ask Eric about DirectFuel injektions and SCC (Saab Combustion Controll) and DSG.
Saab was the latest starter of semi-automatic manuell gearboxes.

]]> By: Mailr http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/chatting-with-eric-geers-from-saab-part-ii.html#comment-56711 Mailr Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:39:24 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=10361#comment-56711 I went back and looked at the front of the Insignia with 9-5 interior, http://www.automotorsport.se/bigpix/2008/Saab95Insignia_vsida_front.jpg , and realized, when looking carefully at the lower parts of the front, that it is definitely not the Insignia front. The bottom looks just like I would expect a Saab front to look, and there also seems to be sime kind of crude seem two inches below the headlights. The hood also seems not to fit properly with the front, and the top inch of the front center has a strange sunken look, and there is a seem between the headlights and the grille at the same position as the seem between the hood and the front on the 9-5 Dame Edna design (the uneven reflection in the black paint (or is it tape?) gives it away). So my guess is that it is a adopted Saab front and an a Insignia hood there. I guess that car is a lot more 9-5 than I previously thought. Now, compare to the sketches and it starts to make sense: http://www.trollhattansaab.net/images/sketch1.jpg http://www.trollhattansaab.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_0796.jpg Or I may just be barking up the wrong tree... I went back and looked at the front of the Insignia with 9-5 interior, http://www.automotorsport.se/bigpix/2008/Saab95Insignia_vsida_front.jpg , and realized, when looking carefully at the lower parts of the front, that it is definitely not the Insignia front. The bottom looks just like I would expect a Saab front to look, and there also seems to be sime kind of crude seem two inches below the headlights. The hood also seems not to fit properly with the front, and the top inch of the front center has a strange sunken look, and there is a seem between the headlights and the grille at the same position as the seem between the hood and the front on the 9-5 Dame Edna design (the uneven reflection in the black paint (or is it tape?) gives it away). So my guess is that it is a adopted Saab front and an a Insignia hood there. I guess that car is a lot more 9-5 than I previously thought.

Now, compare to the sketches and it starts to make sense:
http://www.trollhattansaab.net/images/sketch1.jpg
http://www.trollhattansaab.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_0796.jpg

Or I may just be barking up the wrong tree…

]]> By: ctm http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/chatting-with-eric-geers-from-saab-part-ii.html#comment-56631 ctm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:25:29 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=10361#comment-56631 Yeah, and by teknikensvarld.se :) Yeah, and by teknikensvarld.se :)

]]> By: Dippen http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/chatting-with-eric-geers-from-saab-part-ii.html#comment-56627 Dippen Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:17:57 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=10361#comment-56627 Swade,good work indeed!:) your interview has been covered by AMS also:) Swade,good work indeed!:)

your interview has been covered by AMS also:)

]]> By: Richard http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/chatting-with-eric-geers-from-saab-part-ii.html#comment-56619 Richard Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:36:47 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=10361#comment-56619 Fantastic interview Swade! You have a fine knack for asking the hard questions without making the interviewee seem too guarded. I think we are ALL very much looking forward to seeing some new metal on the showroom floors perhaps sometime late 2009 (as I read between the lines). Can't wait to see part three. And I'm hoping you were able to get something on the possibility of a 9-1, although I'm guessing we'll have to read a LOT between the lines on any response Eric had. Good stuff man. Trollhattan Saab is THE place for the first and best scoop. Cheers. Fantastic interview Swade! You have a fine knack for asking the hard questions without making the interviewee seem too guarded. I think we are ALL very much looking forward to seeing some new metal on the showroom floors perhaps sometime late 2009 (as I read between the lines).

Can’t wait to see part three. And I’m hoping you were able to get something on the possibility of a 9-1, although I’m guessing we’ll have to read a LOT between the lines on any response Eric had.

Good stuff man. Trollhattan Saab is THE place for the first and best scoop. Cheers.

]]> By: MarkoA http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/chatting-with-eric-geers-from-saab-part-ii.html#comment-56614 MarkoA Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:54:24 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=10361#comment-56614 Btw, right now I´d like to speculate about cancelling the SVC engine and all those possibitilies it might have had to offer. At the moment it seems even more important that they should´ve kept projects like this alive and running. WHo knows what the situation might be now if Saab offered SVC few year ago in 9-5. Think about it .. new 9-3 Sport Combi 1.6T (SVC) XWD 225hp/320Nm with combined consumption of 7.5l/100km.And of course Turbo X 2.0T (SVC) 280hp/400Nm - 9.3l/100km combined. Just my 2c Btw, right now I´d like to speculate about cancelling the SVC engine and all those possibitilies it might have had to offer. At the moment it seems even more important that they should´ve kept projects like this alive and running. WHo knows what the situation might be now if Saab offered SVC few year ago in 9-5.

Think about it .. new 9-3 Sport Combi 1.6T (SVC) XWD 225hp/320Nm with combined consumption of 7.5l/100km.And of course Turbo X 2.0T (SVC) 280hp/400Nm – 9.3l/100km combined.

Just my 2c

]]> By: MarkoA http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/chatting-with-eric-geers-from-saab-part-ii.html#comment-56611 MarkoA Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:36:45 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=10361#comment-56611 Great!! Thank you Swade and Eric Geers. Really Appreciated. 9-3X is coming, that´s clear for now. This is really great news. About the diesel, I assume that we can understand this as "no" for now. There simply enough marketto justify all the necessary modifications for it and I can understand this. The next gen 9-3 should have raised "X" version right from the start, or at least year or so from the reveal. Still no verified specs of 9-3X - ie. how much it will be raised, eLSD availability, any "new for Saab" features like possibility to lock XWD in certain conditions or hill-hold assist or the like. These should be quite easy to produce with Haldex systems. Main competitors do not offer such, so there might be a way to shine a bit. Great!! Thank you Swade and Eric Geers. Really Appreciated.

9-3X is coming, that´s clear for now. This is really great news. About the diesel, I assume that we can understand this as “no” for now. There simply enough marketto justify all the necessary modifications for it and I can understand this. The next gen 9-3 should have raised “X” version right from the start, or at least year or so from the reveal.

Still no verified specs of 9-3X – ie. how much it will be raised, eLSD availability, any “new for Saab” features like possibility to lock XWD in certain conditions or hill-hold assist or the like. These should be quite easy to produce with Haldex systems. Main competitors do not offer such, so there might be a way to shine a bit.

]]> By: Ron57RC http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/chatting-with-eric-geers-from-saab-part-ii.html#comment-56606 Ron57RC Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:47:49 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=10361#comment-56606 Swade, I'm continuing with the up-beat feeling I have about SAAB since reading the second installment of your conversation with Eric Geers. Mr. Geers is not making any great revalations, but seems to be realistic about the situation. Your follow up comment upon his longevity with the company and his appreciation and love for the brand are good to hear; he seems to be a real down to earth guy. Looking forward to the next piece on this conversation. Keep up the good work. Swade, I’m continuing with the up-beat feeling I have about SAAB since reading the second installment of your conversation with Eric Geers. Mr. Geers is not making any great revalations, but seems to be realistic about the situation. Your follow up comment upon his longevity with the company and his appreciation and love for the brand are good to hear; he seems to be a real down to earth guy.
Looking forward to the next piece on this conversation. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Tompa http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/chatting-with-eric-geers-from-saab-part-ii.html#comment-56602 Tompa Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:06:08 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=10361#comment-56602 Great stuff Swade! I wonder what that secret is.. Hmm. The 9-3X is realy welcome. Hopefully GM will NOT make a Caddy BLS 4x4 out of it.. Thats money down the drain just like the BLS it self. Great stuff Swade! I wonder what that secret is.. Hmm.

The 9-3X is realy welcome. Hopefully GM will NOT make a Caddy BLS 4×4 out of it.. Thats money down the drain just like the BLS it self.

]]> By: van god los http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2008/11/chatting-with-eric-geers-from-saab-part-ii.html#comment-56595 van god los Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:14:53 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/?p=10361#comment-56595 @Swade : R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (think Aretha Franklin) Great job !!! @Swade : R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (think Aretha Franklin)

Great job !!!

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