9-5 Sport Combi. Unregistered "prototype" in auction in Sweden. Not suitable for road use - they say....
http://www.kvd.se/sv/auktion/saab/saab-9-5-turbo6-xwd-sportcombi-aero-authelladergpshud300hk-2012_554355.html
Now where did I put that bank loan........
Current bid around £11.5k... you could get it through type approval as a personal import, like those hot Japanese motors popular a few years back... just sort out the correct lightbulbs and speedo. Or it's a one-off, like a kit-car...
Go on Will, you know you want to.
Still 2 weeks to go on the bidding. I think it will go too high. It was only on £2500 when I made the first post.....
No harm in wishing!
You can't tell me that a car like that wouldn't have sold if it was put into production.
steve
Such a shame....nice car!
Quote from: Paper Plane on 28 November 2012, 09:14:43 PM
You can't tell me that a car like that wouldn't have sold if it was put into production.
steve
I'm finally in a position where I would likely be able to afford a new car. I always intended seriously looking at the 9-5 Combi when it came out. I think they would have sold loads of them. :(
I saw one at the motor expo in London a year and a half ago. All I can say is wow, I want one!
The 9-4X was very nice too I have to say, but it would have been the 9-5SC for me please.
Such a shame. :'(
Since I started this thread, the cars have been auctioned off.
Unfortunately they went for high prices - far too high for me to consider.
Saabs United have a couple of links to the whereabouts of some of the cars. A whole tranch went to a dealer in the Czech Republic, and there's an RHD one in the Netherlands, I think. Check www.saabsunited.com when it comes back up from maintenance - it seems to have been seriously delayed.
Quote from: sgould on 09 March 2013, 09:23:38 AMCheck www.saabsunited.com when it comes back up from maintenance - it seems to have been seriously delayed.
The site is back up again now. :) Took a lot longer than they had planned.
Get out the cheque book. Several cars have now been approved for road use. :) :) :) Lucky bu**ers.
Who on here is going to be the first to spot one in the wild?
http://www.saabsunited.com/2013/03/four-9-5-ii-sportcombis-meeting-in-kiel-germany.html
Apart from the links above. Here are two more from Saabs United.
http://www.saabsunited.com/2013/02/saab-9-5-estate-for-sale-in-the-netherlands.html
http://www.saabsunited.com/2013/01/where-did-the-auction-cars-end-up.html#more-46343
There was one RHD Sport Combi in the auction. Where did that end up? It wasn't me. It went for over £40k :o
Still sad these never made it to full production: that would almost certainly have been my next car!