FOLLOWING A SLEW of leaked images and details, Saab had no option but to release official information and photos of the new 9-5 Sedan prior to its launch at this week’s Frankfurt Motor Show.

Today, that launch has come, and Saab has issued a new batch of images and further details on its first all-new [...]

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SAAB IS REPORTEDLY readying a hybrid variant of its 9-5 sedan, and may make use of the Chevy Volt’s engine in its first-ever production petrol-electric model.

Rather than exploit diesel engines like most of its European competition, Saab is apparently keen to focus on hybrid powertrains.

According to British publication Autocar, a 1.4 litre petrol engine and [...]

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THE OFFICIAL REVEAL of the all-new 2010 Saab 9-5 is now less than a week away, according to a new countdown launched on Saab’s global website this week.

Destined for its world debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month, the countdown shows that Saab is set to pull back the covers much earlier [...]

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THE UNVEILING of the 2010 Saab 9-5 at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show is drawing nearer, and these new photos of the company’s next-generation flagship reveal that the big sedan is well on course for the event.

While heavily camouflaged, the car seen here bears more than a few similarities to the allegedly genuine 2010 Saab 9-5 [...]

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THE 2010 SAAB 9-5 is scheduled to debut at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show in September, and as the event draws nearer, anticipation for Saab’s first all-new 9-5 flagship in 13 years is high.

Now, months before the new model’s unveiling, the first computer renderings of the 2010 9-5 sedan and wagon have leaked, making their [...]

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WHILE SAAB WORKS to find itself a new owner before current parent GM formally cuts ties in January 2010, the embattled Swedish manufacturer is expected to reveal the new Saab 9-5 at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show in September, due for production late next year as a 2011 model.

Based on a lengthened version of the [...]

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If Swedish rag Expressen is to be believed, the upcoming 2010 Saab 9-5 is going to be such a hot seller that GM’s new CEO Frederick ‘Fritz’ Henderson is hesitant to offload its premium European brand.

Expressen reports that a source within GM has suggested that Henderson is afraid to have Saab and its new 9-5 [...]

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