Geneva 2011: Saab PhoeniX Concept previews a new Swedish shape
March 1, 2011 by admin
Filed under Design and Style
Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Hatchback, Saab, Design/Style
Saab PhoeniX Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
It’s been about one year since Saab and General Motors parted ways, and the automaker is hellbent on showing the world what it’s capable of creating on its own means. In addition to an Independence Edition of [...]
Saab hatchback concept teased ahead of Geneva
February 12, 2011 by admin
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Saab, Luxury
It looks like Saab is planning a party for this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The Scandinavian automaker has just rolled out its invitations to the shindig, and the cards feature a whopping total of four cars covered by sheets. According to the company, the public at [...]
2010-2011 Saab 9-3 faces recall over possible fuel pump defect
Filed under: Sedan, Europe, Recalls, Safety, Saab, Luxury
2010 Saab 9-3 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Saab has announced that it is recalling around 4,400 9-3 models for defective fuel pumps. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says that the vehicles made have been built with pumps that did not meet the correct specifications, and [...]
New Saab Design Director greets the diehards, calls for “return to Saab’s roots”
August 12, 2010 by admin
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Filed under: Saab, Design/Style
Saabs United, the site that played such a noteworthy role in the General Motors-Saab-Spyker cage match earlier this year that Saab gave the site an award, is at it again. This time, Saabs United is voicing concern about Jason Castriota, who was recently named ’s Saab’s design director. Castriota took the position [...]
Report: BMW to build 9-2 on Mini chassis for Saab
August 4, 2010 by admin
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Filed under: Coupe, Budget, Europe, Hatchback, Saab, Design/Style, Luxury
Feast your eyes on the newest bit of rumor from the creative crew at AutoExpress. The site claims that BMW and Saab are looking to shack up for the production of a new 9-2 based on – you guessed it – the Mini Cooper. The idea is [...]
BREAKING: Saab hires Castriota to be new design head, pen next 9-3 [w/poll]
June 18, 2010 by admin
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Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Saab, Design/Style
Jason Castriota at work – Click above for high-res image gallery of the Bertone Mantide
Intriguing news comes by way of BusinessWeek this afternoon indicating that Saab has hired American designer Jason Castriota to serve as its head designer. Surely you remember Castriota, the man responsible for such memorable designs as James [...]
Saab 9-5 gets (another) ill-fitting nose job – at hands of China’s BAW
April 21, 2010 by admin
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Sedan, Saab, Beijing Motor Show, Luxury
Chinese carmaker BAIC paid $200 million late last year for parts from General Motors‘ parts bin for Saab: the previous generation Saab 9-5 platform and the pre-2006 Saab 9-3 platform, along with a third mystery platform, two engines and two transmissions.
The Beijing Motor Show is [...]
CAR takes a hack at rendering Muller’s Saab 9-2 drawing for themselves
April 10, 2010 by admin
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Filed under: Spy Photos, Sedan, Geneva Motor Show, Europe, Saab, Design/Style, Luxury
With word that Saab wants to do battle with Mini in the quirky compact segment, the web has exploded with renderings of what the tiny Swedish machine could look like. CAR is the latest publication to try its hand at imagining the face of [...]
Saab 92010 Sixten concept renderings is a pretty take on the rumored 9-2 ‘teardrop’ car
April 8, 2010 by admin
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Classics, Hybrid, Hatchback, Saab, Design/Style
Saab 92010 Sixten concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
It’s good to see that not only has the “Save Saab “bandwagon not hung out a “Mission Accomplished” banner and gone home, they’re still working hard to give new owner Spyker ideas for what Saab should be. [...]
Anthony Lo, Saab Aero X and Opel Flexstreme designer, leaves GM for Renault
March 16, 2010 by admin
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Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, GM, Saab, Renault, Opel, Design/Style
Anthony Lo (center) works on the design for the Saab Aero X Concept
According to a report from Car Design News, Anthony Lo, Director of Advanced Design at General Motors Europe, has resigned his post to join Renault as Vice President of Exterior Design.
Lo has been credited with such [...]
