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a few observations:
This angle still does not really show the side profile well enough to tell for sure, but it sure looks like the lower line of the windows is flat, such the the car really does not have a wedge-like profile.
Again, hard to tell from the angle, but it looks like the hatchback end doesn't swoop much at all - looks almost straight or perhaps bulbous... however it may just be the angle - there is a tail of another 9-3 (judging by the tail lights bumper extension), and it looks like it might have some "swoop"... There is a characteristic swoop to most saab hatchback rear ends from the last 40 or so years (at least from the 99), which to me is pretty important, but maybe not to all... again, though, the SPG/vert is what most think of when they think Saab, not the vintage models...
I agree with Savary that there is way too much modulation in the hood such that the line looks high... I know the high hoodline is common now for pedestrian safety, but there are other ways to skin a cat. I would really have liked to see a real clamshell in the hood... iirc, even the phoenix had a reasonable clam...
It carries the chrome strip from the NG9-5, so they haven't completely disassociated from the Padian design language.
Posts in this Thread:
- 9-3 Phoenix Photos, B Millar
, Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:01:59- Nothing works, Noel, Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:06:53
- that hood line is way too high..., Savary
, Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:41:56 - clearer and another angle, JohnA
, Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:25:08- 2 saabs in photo, Snowmobile
, Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:26:43 <-- Viewing This Message
- Meh, Brucer, Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:35:44
- Re: 9-3 Phoenix Photos, EGD
, Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:00:58 - Re: 9-3 Phoenix Photos, Snowmobile
, Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:40:12 - I Like it, vvack0matic
, Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:36:14 - Re: 9-3 Phoenix Photos, Name Left Blank, Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:36:50
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