Comments on: Report: Saab Sonett a go

By: Mark Gehring

Mark Gehring — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:05:10 +0000

I like it better than the Aero-X. I had a ’71 Sonett III and I loved it. I’ve been waiting for a replacement ever since.

I like all the variants (Solstice, Sky and maybe a Chevy Stingray in the future?)… Why not another S for Sonett?

I’d like to have any one of them and probably will eventually. I’m sure this one will have more power than my Sonett’s V-4, but that was a great little car… just hard to find parts! I remember having to wait for about 2 months to get a water pump directly from Sweden!

This one looks like a worthy successor!

By: alden b

alden b — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:12:14 +0000

I totally like the forms of the car. A very good europian style that will actract many carentusiasts. But I really hate the name, “Sonett a go”?. Saab Aero Roadster, and i would buy it the same minut it gets released!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:10:03 +0000

Uh huh. Thanks for the chuckle #24. Saab is about as healthy as a 90 year old smoking 2 packs a day of cigs and lives on Mcdonalds cheeseburgers. Saab should not exist, they’ve been an afterthought at GM for 10 – 15 years. This one car is not a cause for celebration…

By: panda

panda — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:21:58 +0000

ye sure

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:05:32 +0000

Another GM winner here folks. Just you wait. I have a feeling Audi TT’s, Boxsters, S2000′s, SLK’s are going to be rotting on the lots once this car arrives. Everybody is going to want one of these. As you should! This is a superior piece of engineering

By: Bryan Detty

Bryan Detty — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:26:04 +0000

Totally agree with The Jedi

By: The Jedi

The Jedi — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:24:34 +0000

Keep on keeping on Rick….we don’t need no Dude from Brazil or even if he is french trained….running our company and I own shares in GM not much to be of any real vaule but I do and as a minor minor minor stock holder I’m sticking with Rick and Bob…Kerkorian can sell his shares and be gone..JERK..how many more billions does he need..old geaser

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:37:43 +0000

poetry in motion. ahah

By: Raff

Raff — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 17:24:01 +0000

you can’t exactly compare concepts made by gm in the rencent years with the actual cars they release other then the few cars like the saturn sky and the pontiac solstice most other sports cars have been pretty bad like the redesign of the gto which has already haulted production. GM always has problems with there cars anyways.American automakers always have horrible working cars that dont last very long. this car might make it if it keeps with the concept which i doubt gm will keep the main ideals of the concept so yeah the concepts nice but i doubt that the actual car is gonna be any good.

By: panda

panda — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 16:45:24 +0000

wat is 7 on about. u know nuthin. i think audi is at the benchmark of design and has unrivaled reliability. they help design cars for lambourghini and there nice cars. and if your looking for there heritage go on wikipedia. they created a le lemans car in the 1930′s which had a top speed of 250mph. if thats not enough heritage for you they the most dominant racing team in the world. and as for the cars they basically craeted the passat and the polo. which started of as audis and rebranded by VW later on.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:16:14 +0000

gsh – Subarus use flat-four engines. This uses the GM Ecotec inline-four. Big difference.

By: Greenspeed

Greenspeed — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 14:09:17 +0000

gsh – how is this a subaru engine? The 2.0 L ecotec is GM all the way. Just because its turboed doesn’t mean its a Subaru.

By: napahlm

napahlm — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 08:31:13 +0000

the name “sonett” has nothing to do with poetry! så nätt (how nimble) is the first thing the saab-boss said when he saw the first prototyp. så nätt, so nett, sonett.

By: Atomicbri

Atomicbri — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 04:16:46 +0000

Even if it is based off the Solstice/Sky, that is a lot better than the Saablazer, Saabaru….
I can’t wait for the new Sonett, will be a boost to Saab’s image…now if they can get their sedans back to a unique design (like original 900) with wrap around windshield and other Saab key (past) design ques, I think Saab can be on its way to getting back into the swing of things… Don’t screw this up GM….

By: JCWhitless

JCWhitless — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 03:13:06 +0000

I keep seeing late 70′s vette for some reason…

By: gsh

gsh — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 02:54:31 +0000

haha great, another solstice/sky with a subaru turbocharged engine inside…

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:29:41 +0000

I’d love to see a new Saab Sonnet

By: Greenspeed

Greenspeed — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:15:33 +0000

Is this a Sky/Solstice in Saab skin or something else?

By: 9-3

9-3 — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:11:56 +0000

Don’t know about the lame heritage. Since I’m a Swede, I can say the name has a lot of heritage in it and one of the things that always come to mind when talking about Saab as a brand.

Try Audi for heritage… What do they have? Maker of crap cars, bought by Mercedes, then off-loaded to VW and have only made ok cars the last 15 years.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 20:22:39 +0000

No, the picture is of a guestimation of what the Sonnet could look like.. not the Aero X. Yes it takes a bunch of styling cues but there are also many differences. And yes, Sonnet is a stupid name, with a lame heritage.

By: Jaguar Sovereign

Jaguar Sovereign — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 20:00:44 +0000

The Picture is of the Aero X concept car not the so called “Sonnet”

By: VDub

VDub — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 19:34:17 +0000

Josh, if my parents are irish and i was born in america does that make me irish or american? btw im no fan of saab but i think this car looks awesome.

By: John

John — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 19:33:42 +0000

That is one of the most beautiful cars I’ve ever seen! I’ll put a deposit down tomorrow. Now just make sure it has a nice interior and high reving turbo I-4 (VGT anyone?) Six speed manual is a must.

Go GM! Go!

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 19:19:17 +0000

See GM is on the rebound.. no need for Carlos … Do we really need a french man running GM? (i know he was born in brazil .. but he is french non the less… )

By: monts

monts — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:17:09 +0000

Sonnett? How about a better name? I dont really like poetry that much. How About Aero-s? I would totally buy that.