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How it was made video – Saab 9000 Fivebow (Cabrio) Concept

This picture below is One of over a dozen design drawings for the Saab 9000 “Fivebow” convertible concept. The concept car is preserved at the Uusikaupunki Automuseo at the Valmet factory and not much information has been published about it so far.

Very interesting design of this 9000 Cabriolet especially the headlamps, front, rear end, and the V8 engine that Valmet also made secretly to this car for the markets secretly from swedes among this concept Saab. Sadly, At that time, GM had just entered to the Saab world and they already had the V6 so neither this interesting concept or the raw awesome 280 HP V8 engine never saw the daylight in mass production.

Saab 9000 Fivebow Concept
Saab 9000 Fivebow Concept

Here’s a special treat for all Saab lovers Valmet Automotive proudly presents a video of the 1989 Fivebow concept, a Saab 9000 two-door convertible that unfortunately never entered production.

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Over 7 minutes of detailed video presentation of how a concept is made. Enjoy:

Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

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