Saab 9-3 from Turkey?

All day long mails came to my mailbox about Saab and the Turkish auto industry. The Saab 9-3 has been celebrated in the Turkish press for days as the basis for a new, national car. The background - unclear.

SAAB production at NEVS
SAAB production at NEVS

Sometimes the Saab 9-3 appears as a sedan in the press, then the 9-3 station wagon in the shell. Other magazines show the Cadillac BLS, which is a Saab 9-3 derivative. Camouflaged prototypes are more like the BLS than the 9-3, interior photos are clearly Cadillac.

There were investors from Turkey who were interested in Victor Muller's time at Saab Technology. During the reconstruction of NEVS these contacts were again. Information about the background, which are sound and resilient, even Turkish friends do not have. In the press, a very general article is frequently circulated, which always seems to come from a single source.

The solution of the riddle could be in Trollhättan, just came the following message in my mailbox:


 

Nevs supports Turkey in the development of a Turkish national car - press conference Friday at 10.00 in Trollhättan.

National Electric vehicle Sweden's President Mattias Bergman wants to present the cooperation at a press conference at Nevs:

Time: Friday October 16, 10.00 CET.

Place: National Electric Vehicle Sweden, Saabvägen 5, Trollhattan.

The press conference will be broadcasted: http://saabcars.com/en/live/

A press release will be published at the time of the press conference.

Welcome!


 

Exciting! Tomorrow we know more!

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Bukki2001
Bukki2001
8 years earlier

Hello, all this “tinkering” with electromobile solutions, in which especially the German “premium manufacturers” stand out, will m. E. to dissolve in good pleasure in some time.
Until really powerful batteries bring the German very heavy and completely overpowered plug-in hybrid monster on acceptable ranges (currently they usually only create about 30 to 50km purely electric !!!), It has all through the Fuel cell technology done.

It may sound a little fantastic at first, but it should be noted how fast the number of LPG filling stations has grown in the past. If you really push the hydrogen technology, then the battery cars will soon turn off the light. Not without reason, Toyota has recently released all its proprietary patents on fuel cell technology.

Herbert Hürsch
Herbert Hürsch
8 years earlier
Reply to  Bukki2001

One can only wish that.

The production of hydrogen can also be done with renewable energy from excess capacity.

wfg
wfg
8 years earlier

Oh dear, they're talking about electric cars again ...
What I do not quite understand, where does NEVS always take the arrogance as if they could actually build electric cars in a big way? Did they build something else apart from the few 9-3EVs?

I'm not against electric cars in principle, but I don't see a really future-oriented concept anywhere (except maybe Mia), because "just" quickly plugging an accus and an electric motor into a steel body is not really innovative ...

FRP
FRP
8 years earlier

if you enter “SAAB from Turkey” in the search engine, you will get dozens of messages in various trade magazines on this topic from 2011 ... that the Turkish state wants to (wanted?)

thylmuc
8 years earlier

Great news! I do not know what you have.
NEVS not only wants to build its own cars, but also wants to take on development jobs in order to keep a horde of developers on the ground in bread. Since they seem to have pulled a fat chunk ashore. Either the customer gets a car on Phoenix base, or on the old platform. Trollhättan may also be able to supply parts, somewhere between full knock down kit and parts manufacturing in Turkey, the partial dictator has something of his national pride, and NEVS can produce more to cut costs.

FINALLY something is going on, which lies beyond new financing concepts for survival. Of course I would also find new cars from Trollhättan better, but that still lasts. No wonder, considering the energy densities of current batteries. My 9-5 is supposed to last at least 8 years, I can wait

Herbert Hürsch
Herbert Hürsch
8 years earlier

national car? Automobile nationalism?

After all, it is not automobile racism if the “national car of Turkey” is based on Nordic autogens owned by China.

But it's interesting that in all (well, many) countries today a national car production is given the prestige and importance that it was also given in Sweden in earlier decades ...

Sad, only sad, how little of this spirit and how little of Sweden's once legitimate pride in the Volvos, Scanias and Saabs, is left on Swedish buses, trucks and automobiles.

Greif08
Greif08
8 years earlier

Let them do whatever they want. Soon, Erna Kasulke will stick a Saab emblem on the rollator and also has a flaming new vehicle with Saab genes. Great

Mountain goat
Mountain goat
8 years earlier

Nearly 1 hours, then we may know more.
Joy does not come up. A purchase option looks different.
NEVS is out of the interest. They have finished

wfg
wfg
8 years earlier

So I would be happy if there was someone who picks up the Saab genes that are still there and builds a car from them. Since there is also hope that Swedish engineers will (further) develop the car, it would be a bright spot. As far as I know, my 9-5 was also built by Valmet in Finland ... would have no problem if my next “Saab” comes from Turkey, is closer than China and you could combine it with a great trip 😉.

And, to be honest, I don't want to buy a NEVS car anymore either ...

So one can only hope that you can buy the car in the rest of Europe.

Saab 9.5NG
Saab 9.5NG
8 years earlier

My 9.5NG will soon be 5 years old - and I love it. 5 years in which I faithfully followed the blog, but also 5 years in which all silver linings have disappeared on the horizon. I think I'll leave the “Saabgemeinde” soon.

9000cd
9000cd
8 years earlier

http://www.trthaber.com/videolar/iste-yerli-otomobil-26372.html .... small video of the prototypes

The front looks like BLS with the rear lights more reminiscent of the 9-3 ...

Mr. Nordmann
Mr. Nordmann
8 years earlier

Out of which one should be smart.
NEVS can produce question marks but unfortunately no Saab cars anymore.
Just ridiculous the whole thing ...

Bjorn
Bjorn
8 years earlier
Reply to  Mr. Nordmann

Can you agree only. What's that bad joke? Soon we will see Pakistani carriages with Saab genes. Just ridiculous.