Saab Sonett Concept para Marzo
Publicado: Lun Nov 14, 2005 2:52 pm
Segun ha anunciado Saab, para el salon de Ginebra de Marzo se va a presentar un nuevo Concept Car, que va a tener mucha genetica del Saab Sonett de mediados de los 60. Me imagino que el SonettII.
Sera tracción delantera y llevara el motor V6 de 250cv. LA reacción del publico sera determinante para el posible lanzamiento del modelo.
Jay Spenchian(CEO Saab USA) hace un par de dias anuncio que no hay planes para que Saab tenga una version del Pontiac Solstice, Satun Sky que utilizan la plataforma Kappa de GM.
Por lo que se ve hay intención de relanzar el Saab sonett, muy demandado por los entusiastas de Saab. La gran cuestion ahora es sobre que plataforma y cuando.
Lo que esta mas que anunciado es el Saab 9-4x, que se desarrolla conjuntamente con Cadillac y que sera un rival del X3 y similares....
como ya os dije, los de Saab estan por Malaga con la presentación del 9-5, haber si alguien se puede meter por alli y enterarse de algo....
Sports car could expand Saab's lineup
By Paulo Soares de Oliveira
Automotive News Europe / November 14, 2005
MADRID - Saab may add a two-seat sports car to its lineup as part of its product expansion.
A sports car is being considered as part of the Swedish carmaker's "diversification strategy to offer a wider range of models," said Svante Kinell, Saab's European product marketing business manager for the 9-3 and 9-5.
Saab will show a front-wheel-drive, 250hp V-6-powered concept for the potential new model at the Geneva auto show in March.
"We will show an interesting concept in Geneva that will have the DNA of our Sonett sports car that we sold in the mid-'60s," Kinell told Automotive News Europe at the launch of the face-lifted 9-5 medium-premium car in Spain.
Whether the concept is built will depend on public reaction when the vehicle is shown at auto shows.
SUV planned
Kinell also confirmed that Saab is developing a small SUV similar in size to the BMW X3. The SUV will be called the 9-4X and will be developed on a vehicle architecture that will be shared with a small Cadillac SUV.
"It will be a worldwide car, but we have to have the right engines for it" such as a diesel, Kinell said.
While the timetable for the 9-4X was not disclosed, industry sources expect sales to begin in 2009.
The 9-4X project follows the canceling of plans for a Saab-badged Subaru B9 Tribeca after Saab parent General Motors sold its 20 percent stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, parent company of Subaru.
The product expansion is part of Saab's goal to boost worldwide sales nearly 50 percent by 2011.
"We want to reach a level of 200,000 unit sales per year within the next six years," said Kinell.
Saab's global sales should reach 135,000 vehicles this year, an increase of about 7,500 vehicles, he said.
Worldwide, Saab sold 96,633 vehicles through the end of October, 1.4 percent more than the previous year, according to the Automotive News Data Center. US sales through October were 32,146, 11.4 percent up on the previous year.
Sera tracción delantera y llevara el motor V6 de 250cv. LA reacción del publico sera determinante para el posible lanzamiento del modelo.
Jay Spenchian(CEO Saab USA) hace un par de dias anuncio que no hay planes para que Saab tenga una version del Pontiac Solstice, Satun Sky que utilizan la plataforma Kappa de GM.
Por lo que se ve hay intención de relanzar el Saab sonett, muy demandado por los entusiastas de Saab. La gran cuestion ahora es sobre que plataforma y cuando.
Lo que esta mas que anunciado es el Saab 9-4x, que se desarrolla conjuntamente con Cadillac y que sera un rival del X3 y similares....
como ya os dije, los de Saab estan por Malaga con la presentación del 9-5, haber si alguien se puede meter por alli y enterarse de algo....
Sports car could expand Saab's lineup
By Paulo Soares de Oliveira
Automotive News Europe / November 14, 2005
MADRID - Saab may add a two-seat sports car to its lineup as part of its product expansion.
A sports car is being considered as part of the Swedish carmaker's "diversification strategy to offer a wider range of models," said Svante Kinell, Saab's European product marketing business manager for the 9-3 and 9-5.
Saab will show a front-wheel-drive, 250hp V-6-powered concept for the potential new model at the Geneva auto show in March.
"We will show an interesting concept in Geneva that will have the DNA of our Sonett sports car that we sold in the mid-'60s," Kinell told Automotive News Europe at the launch of the face-lifted 9-5 medium-premium car in Spain.
Whether the concept is built will depend on public reaction when the vehicle is shown at auto shows.
SUV planned
Kinell also confirmed that Saab is developing a small SUV similar in size to the BMW X3. The SUV will be called the 9-4X and will be developed on a vehicle architecture that will be shared with a small Cadillac SUV.
"It will be a worldwide car, but we have to have the right engines for it" such as a diesel, Kinell said.
While the timetable for the 9-4X was not disclosed, industry sources expect sales to begin in 2009.
The 9-4X project follows the canceling of plans for a Saab-badged Subaru B9 Tribeca after Saab parent General Motors sold its 20 percent stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, parent company of Subaru.
The product expansion is part of Saab's goal to boost worldwide sales nearly 50 percent by 2011.
"We want to reach a level of 200,000 unit sales per year within the next six years," said Kinell.
Saab's global sales should reach 135,000 vehicles this year, an increase of about 7,500 vehicles, he said.
Worldwide, Saab sold 96,633 vehicles through the end of October, 1.4 percent more than the previous year, according to the Automotive News Data Center. US sales through October were 32,146, 11.4 percent up on the previous year.
