Ha! I think the top model looks bland - just another jelly-bean shaped sedan. The lower models will be painfully more bland (blander?). My '96 9000 looks better and better all the time - at least it looks different from other cars, whereas the new 9-3 looks like all the other cars in its class.

SAAB just made competition more difficult for itself, since no one will buy a SAAB anymore because it has a unique "look." SAAB's guts/internals (suspension, handling, engines, drivetrains) will have to be BETTER than its competition if it hopes to win sales away from BMW, Audi, et all.

From a styling perspective, there's something very wrong with that rear window design - it just doesn't look balanced. And what happened to SAAB's "traditional" clam-shell hood design, that SAAB trumpeted so much with the 9-5? What's good for the goose (9-5) isn't good for the gander (9-3) after all, I guess.

I know, I'm just an old fart who complains about anything new! But I do think it's a shame that SAAB wasted this opportunity to come out with a new 9-3 that was truly different and better than all of its competitors. The opportunity to introduce a new model comes only about every 8 to 10 years at SAAB - what a shame to waste that opportunity designing something that looks like everybody else!

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• New 9-3 is a good looking car in its own right..., Alex Athanasiou, Mon, 13 May 2002 10:42:51
  • another mean looking aggressor-mobile, compaqted, Mon, 13 May 2002 15:56:41
  • I want to see SAAB come out with RETRO designs of...., Gehn, Mon, 13 May 2002 15:52:40
    • Ain't gonna happen, nor should it., Bruce, Mon, 13 May 2002 18:07:51
      • What i meant when i said "RETRO" was....., Gehn, Tue, 14 May 2002 10:11:25
  • Just like new A4..., Neil, Mon, 13 May 2002 14:59:30
  • I just watched my mother pull away in my '99 9-3..., Alex Athanasiou, Mon, 13 May 2002 11:44:50
    • Here's that link..., Alex Athanasiou, Mon, 13 May 2002 11:46:56
      • Wrong again, this one works I promise..., Alex Athanasiou, Mon, 13 May 2002 11:50:39
  • Re: New 9-3 is a good looking car in its own right..., Steve L, Mon, 13 May 2002 11:19:44 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Agree and disagree, AdamB , Mon, 13 May 2002 12:24:38
    • I beg to differ, Ron H, Mon, 13 May 2002 11:32:47
      • Re: I beg to differ, Steve L, Mon, 13 May 2002 11:55:33
      • classic 900 sedan, T., Mon, 13 May 2002 11:40:13
        • New saabs are based on Opel platforms right?....., Gehn, Mon, 13 May 2002 15:56:39
          • Yes, but..., Bruce, Mon, 13 May 2002 18:15:44
            • Good to hear it, much of what iv heard was hear-say /nm, Gehn, Tue, 14 May 2002 10:14:54
    • Re: New 9-3 is a good looking car in its own right..., Alex Athanasiou, Mon, 13 May 2002 11:30:58

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