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Saab 9-5 (2008)
By
Phil McNamara
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01 November 2006 08:30
Saab 9-5: the lowdown
The 9-5 – the first all-new Saab since 2001 – is inching closer. Due in autumn 2008, the 9-5 is clean sheet of paper design, with a sleek look, new chassis and new engines. Codenamed SB650, the new 9-5 will be sold as a saloon and estate. And it won't come a moment too soon. Today's saloon was launched in 1997, which makes it a pensioner in car years.
How does it look?
Stunning, according to insiders, and our exclusive images from Radovan Varicak. The front end is very much lifted from the 9X concept car, the Saab supercar that stole the 2006 Geneva show. The production car echoes its jutting nose, aggressive vents and that sculpted bonnet flowing into the enlarged grille. Expect blacked out pillars to ensure coupe-like glasshouse. Sources liken the 9-5 to Mercedes' CLS.
