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Originally Posted by alfetta
First of all stop alienating Saab followers with bland styling. It used to build characterful cars but suddenly seemed directionless after ending production of the Saab 900Mk1. The cars are no longer distinctive and aren't equiped with some nice novelties which Saab was renowned for.
They have to stop making a Saab which is part Swedish while the other part desperate wants to be a BMW. The fact that a car has a pure design philosophy with tapered panels, airflowed rear ends, exaggerated-curve windscreen is unique. If I want to buy a bland model I allready would buy a German car. New Saabs have many good qualities such as the safety features and the
engines are trully a delight but they must revive the wonderful Swedish curves to make
an actrivtive totall pakckage which ouzes individuality.
Volvo relies on it's straight-lined silhouette and the V70 is a classic Swedish design and
no one could ever call the V70 a stiff Eurobox. New Saabs incorporate some Saab features but the rest could be called the German school. The sports sedan is showing it's Opel relation
and that is the kiss of death.
I find this totaly incomprehensible because is has lost those lovely lines from the old Saabs.
Surely a Swedish company now being owned by GM could do and must do better.
America is a big market for Saab and why do they stick with mundane and antikidnap designs for the style-conciousnes American? Saab is a choice for the individualist.
The Porsche 911 still has a great following and partly because it's looking great with the simple flowing lines and the typical rearend. Saab has started the silhouette and why do they change
the effective lines??? Styling was one of the reasons why Saab had deserved a living.
It's not about incorporating 4WD, installing a big V6 or dieselengine under the bonnet.
That's marketing. Saab has to show some creativity and a different approach to building a car
from the GM bin. GM have developed a nice car with the 9-5 and the new sports sedan but
at this point the new cars are hardly seductive. My five eurocents..
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As I said, my lineup consists of Saab's concept design... go to their site and look at the concept, because apparently you haven't seen it... they AREN'T bland...