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04-26-2010, 11:28 PM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/95estate.jpg
For many moons now, your humble Autoblog crew has been following the new Saab 9-5 (http://autoblog.com/model/9-5) around the globe. Not intentionally mind you, but it seems that Saab (http://autoblog.com/make/saab) has been dragging their 9-5 show car out to every show we've covered since before Obama was elected. Which is many, many shows (turns out it's been since Frankfurt (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-is-proof-theres-still-some-flight/)). And while we're big boosters of the new 9-5, something's always been... lacking.
That's right, a fifth door. And this totally suspect, but nonetheless quite intriguing, photo seems to indicate exactly that - a Saab 9-5 Estate (http://autoblog.com/tag/saab+9-5+estate) (also called the 9-5 SportCombi (http://autoblog.com/tag/9-5+sportcombi), maybe) - is nigh. That's yet another victory (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/31/cadillac-cts-v-sport-wagon-new-york-2010/) in the eventual, inevitable and ultimately exciting comeback of the once totally dismissed station wagon.
Now it's true, we've covered this territory before (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/29/rendered-speculation-is-the-new-saab-9-5/). More than once (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/19/spy-shots-engineers-still-testing-saab-9-5-sportcombi-should-s/). And back then we felt the same way about the upcoming 9-5 Estate as we do now - it's very, very sexy. Or at least, as sexy as a wagon can be. Which, to us auto journo types, is quite sexy. Regardless, too many a Saab'o'phile, the very essence of the brand is a hatch. Without that fifth (or third) door, a Saab just isn't very Saab like. Therefore this here blurry image, which looks like it was hastily photographed from a presentation or sales brochure, fills Saab boosters with great hope. Go, go Griffin.
Gallery: Spy Shots: Saab 9-5 SportCombi (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/saab-95-sportcombi-1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/#2633366)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/saab-95-sportcombi-2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/#2633358)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/saab-95-sportcombi-3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/#2633355)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/saab-95-sportcombi-4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/#2633354)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/saab-95-sportcombi-5_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/#2633353)
Gallery: Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Saab 9-5 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010-saab-9-5-frankfurt-live_-(3)_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/#2287255)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010-saab-9-5-frankfurt-live__thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/#2287261)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010-saab-9-5-frankfurt-live_-(7)_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/#2287252)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010-saab-9-5-frankfurt-live_-(1)_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/#2287249)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010-saab-9-5-frankfurt-live_-(2)_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/#2287253)
[Source: Autoblog.nl (http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2010/04/26/gelekt-de-saab-9-5-estate)]
Saab 9-5 Estate leaks out (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/26/saab-9-5-estate-leaks-out/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/95estate.jpg
For many moons now, your humble Autoblog crew has been following the new Saab 9-5 (http://autoblog.com/model/9-5) around the globe. Not intentionally mind you, but it seems that Saab (http://autoblog.com/make/saab) has been dragging their 9-5 show car out to every show we've covered since before Obama was elected. Which is many, many shows (turns out it's been since Frankfurt (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/15/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-is-proof-theres-still-some-flight/)). And while we're big boosters of the new 9-5, something's always been... lacking.
That's right, a fifth door. And this totally suspect, but nonetheless quite intriguing, photo seems to indicate exactly that - a Saab 9-5 Estate (http://autoblog.com/tag/saab+9-5+estate) (also called the 9-5 SportCombi (http://autoblog.com/tag/9-5+sportcombi), maybe) - is nigh. That's yet another victory (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/31/cadillac-cts-v-sport-wagon-new-york-2010/) in the eventual, inevitable and ultimately exciting comeback of the once totally dismissed station wagon.
Now it's true, we've covered this territory before (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/29/rendered-speculation-is-the-new-saab-9-5/). More than once (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/19/spy-shots-engineers-still-testing-saab-9-5-sportcombi-should-s/). And back then we felt the same way about the upcoming 9-5 Estate as we do now - it's very, very sexy. Or at least, as sexy as a wagon can be. Which, to us auto journo types, is quite sexy. Regardless, too many a Saab'o'phile, the very essence of the brand is a hatch. Without that fifth (or third) door, a Saab just isn't very Saab like. Therefore this here blurry image, which looks like it was hastily photographed from a presentation or sales brochure, fills Saab boosters with great hope. Go, go Griffin.
Gallery: Spy Shots: Saab 9-5 SportCombi (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/saab-95-sportcombi-1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/#2633366)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/saab-95-sportcombi-2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/#2633358)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/saab-95-sportcombi-3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/#2633355)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/saab-95-sportcombi-4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/#2633354)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/saab-95-sportcombi-5_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-saab-9-5-sportcombi/#2633353)
Gallery: Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Saab 9-5 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010-saab-9-5-frankfurt-live_-(3)_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/#2287255)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010-saab-9-5-frankfurt-live__thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/#2287261)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010-saab-9-5-frankfurt-live_-(7)_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/#2287252)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010-saab-9-5-frankfurt-live_-(1)_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/#2287249)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/2010-saab-9-5-frankfurt-live_-(2)_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-2010-saab-9-5-1/#2287253)
[Source: Autoblog.nl (http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2010/04/26/gelekt-de-saab-9-5-estate)]
Saab 9-5 Estate leaks out (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/26/saab-9-5-estate-leaks-out/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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