The first influences of the Saab Aero-X concept (pictured) will appear in a production car in mid-2007, according to a published report. The Aero-X is widely believed to be the design basis for all future Saabs, though the car itself is not expected to see production.
According to TrollhättanSaab, the 2008 Saab 9-3 will be a re-skin of the existing model with more aggressive styling borrowed from the Aero-X. The car will be shown in June, and make its U.S. debut in August, according to the report.
Meanwhile, Edmunds is reporting the 9-3 will get a complete redesign in mid-2009. That car will reportedly be built on the Epsilon 2 architecture, according to supplier sources cited by the publication.



10/19, 11:18 AM
posted by:
doublearon21
Looks good now all they need to do is make it rwd and they will have an awesome car.
10/19, 11:26 AM
posted by:
BrokenCadillac...
Saab is dead. Waste of money.
Concentrate on your core products guys, put a fork in this loser. And while you’re at it, take Hummer, Pontiac and Buick with ya.
Thanks
Disgruntled GM owner
10/19, 11:31 AM
posted by:
Carnut4ever
Looks like the light at the end of the tunnel for Saab- styling-wise.
10/19, 11:38 AM
posted by:
chris2
You will get AWD in 2009 on Eps 2!
Again the drop Hummer crowd. Why would GM drop it’s most profitable per vehicle division? No sense.
10/19, 11:44 AM
posted by:
chris2
Whoops, they listed it as AWD for 2008!!
10/19, 11:54 AM
posted by:
A4
yes the new saabs are looking much better
they ought to remake a hatchback and go back to their roots. a 900 revamp maybe? that would be cool
10/19, 12:17 PM
posted by:
acura_el2000
GM should drop Saab, but Saab should stay alive. They are unique and people will want them, GM is the only thing that is preventing them from being in audi territory. the new styling is nice, but as always it will be offered from GM with lack-luster quality, poor chassis, and poor engines. GM is going to have to do some radical restructuring to get respect.
10/19, 12:22 PM
posted by:
John Landers
I will so buy this car.
All a Saab needs is to be reliable.
The current 9-3 design is awesome.
10/19, 1:03 PM
posted by:
bepsf
GM is the only reason that Saab still exists – but they are also Saab’s worst enemy when it comes to innovation – everything has been warmed over GM product (remember the last 900 based on obsolete Vauxhall/Opel Cavalier running-gear?)
Saab needs to make a bigger statement than it does now engineering wise – not fluffy PR crap about next year’s turn-signal styling. Aluminum bodies, Hybrid-Electric powertrains and Audi quality will make Saab a meaningful marque again.
Should GM continue bestowing Saab with rebadged Bravadas (Yes, that’s exactly what it is) and Imprezas and the doddering old (is it 10 years now?) 9-5 – and they’d deserve to have Saab die.
10/19, 3:13 PM
posted by:
BAMF
bepsf– with ya right up til the “Audi quality” lol … I hope you dont mean build quality.
10/19, 3:42 PM
posted by:
kafkef
before fixing the looks of the car they need to do something about the car itself.
10/19, 5:09 PM
posted by:
John Landers
What’s wrong with the car itself? It’s quite nice, except its pricing.
http://info.detnews.com/autosconsumer/autoreviews/index.cfm?id=23143
10/19, 6:35 PM
posted by:
youngm7
Epsilon is a good platform. Epsilon 2 is going to blow the doors off a lot of cars. An AWD Aura, RWD G6, and AWD 9-3 are going to surprise a lot of people.
10/19, 8:54 PM
posted by:
global_lightning
I’m pulling for Saab but overall quality needs to improve before I’ll seriously consider buying one. Fighter-jet looks and high performance don’t mean much if you’ve got a hangar queen. If they can kill the electrical and computer gremlins and keep everything else, then Saab will pull out of its tailspin.
BTW, from which ‘jet’ was the 9-7x born? Did a GMC Envoy have a midnight rondezvous with an Airbus 380?
10/19, 9:57 PM
posted by:
bepsf
BAMF–
Yeah, I meant Audi build-quality, which is widely acknowledged to be superior to that of even Mercedes these days.
If you’ve ever sat inside a Saab 9-3 lately and felt the cheap plastics and pushed up on the maplights in the roof and felt the headliner push up – then get back into an Audi which has a solid feel and quality textured plastics, you’d understand what I mean.Â
10/19, 10:56 PM
posted by:
Veda
Sadly Saabs are truly for rich people who doesn’t care about quality as much as being unique. Frankly I’d rather have a Suzuki SX4 than a 9-2x.
10/19, 11:34 PM
posted by:
BAMF
bepsf– I drive an Audi A8… Yeah the materials are fantastic and its a really well designed, beautiful (truly) car. But the build quality sucks. **** is breaking left and right and its expensive as **** to fix. Thats why I laughed at what you said.
10/20, 9:34 AM
posted by:
BrokenCadillac...
Wow, does anyone actually CARE about Saab anymore??? They’ve LOST money every single year that GM has had ownership in them. Why sink even more effort into them only to have the same outcome?
Face it, Saab has zero recognition among the big boys (Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, Audi, Acura) and when I see $19,xxx blow out sales just to move them, then something is severely wrong. A 10 year old 9-5 doesn’t help either. Blunders like the 9-7x Trailblazer (Which was a pile of crap to begin with, now it’s just a blinged out pile of crap) and the Saabaru 9-preza only bring the brand down further (If that’s even possible).
Put a fork in them. You’d have a better chance of turning Suzuki into a high end luxury brand than this gussied up Chevrolet beat with a tire iron brand.
10/21, 9:45 AM
posted by:
GarbageMotorsCo
Saab should be Euro only. Here in the states, they are a shell of there former self and a waste of resources from a corporation with very little.