All-New Saab 9-1 Rendered & Speculated

With Spyker successfully buying over Saab, Victor Muller, CEO of Spyker Cars, is focusing on creating a new premium compact hatchback that will go up against the MINI and the new Audi A1.

Rumours say that the name would be Saab 9-1, and that it would be based on Opel Astra hatchback's platform. Muller has reportedly insisted on a car that is instantly recognisable and inherently Saab in appearance.

The Saab 92, which was in production from 1949–1956, has been thrown around as a likely source of inspiration for the new 9-1. And the two renderings, based on the 92, could well be how the 9-1 turns out to be...

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Seow Yao Han strives to bring you the latest and the most comprehensive information on cars available in Malaysia. But it's never easy for him to talk and write cars in this part of the world because what you lust after is often not what you drive home. When the euphoria of test-driving that branded, super-expensive sports car dies down, he just goes home in his less-than-glamorous ride.