The Once (And Future?) Saab 9-6X
If Saab survives long enough, it plans on developing three new vehicles which China’s Youngman Auto will build in China, including a 9-6X midsize crossover SUV. But, as it turns out, a 9-6X already exists… at the museum in Trollhättan. Auto Motor und Sport reports that six years after Saab did the hard work of re-badging a Subaru Tribeca, the firm has brought the prototype out of storage to show… I don’t know, what might have happened had GM kept its stake in Fuji Heavy Industries? The good news is that the Tribeca almost makes more sense as a Saab. In fact, it almost makes you wonder why Subaru didn’t just buy Saab, since it basically stole the Swedish brand’s college-town-lefty market niche. The bad news: Saab’s forthcoming made-in-China 9-6X probably won’t be as good as this cynical GM-era rebadge. Oh well, perhaps this six-year-old reminder of Saab’s extended decline will help the faithful get over their terminally ill Swedish patient…
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That vehicle looks far better as a Saab than it did as a Subaru.
Yes, I think its very handsome too.
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In times like these a little grim humor can't miss its target. That's - after all - what I like about TTAC and why I still come visiting from time to time. Nonetheless, Mr. Niedermeyer, you shouldn't miss sitting in a real SAAB to find out about what is a SAAB as opposed to a SAABaroo. It's about seats, sure, and about half a dozen other things you always wanted to know about SAABs - (but, I guess, were afraid to ask).