SAAB Concepts

AiroX Concept from Gray Design for new chapter in SAAB’s history

Saab Concept by Gray designSaab Concept by Gray design

Designer Eduard Gray is already known in the world of industrial design, and he is known for his many car concepts, especially the Saab concept cars.

Eduard Gray is an industrial designer who has worked at NEVS (formerly SAAB) as a creative designer as well as on numerous yacht projects including Palmer Johnsson in Monaco.

AiroX - very impressive rear end of the car
AiroX – very impressive rear end of the car

This is his new concpet work – AiroX Autonomous car concept. Airox was developed on the news that SAAB AB would once again venture into the automotive market with their advanced AI technology developed for the aerospace industry.

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The design is an exploration of how this new chapter in SAAB’s long history could be embodied in a self aware, fun loving car design that ties in elements of SAAB’s automotive design language together with the design elements of it’s fighter jets.

AiroX - top view - the cockpit
AiroX – top view – the cockpit

The face of the car wears the grin of the modern SAAB design language while the sides gape with the fighter jet air intakes that feed air through the car to cool the high performance batteries and optimize airflow through the body of the car. These aerodynamic themes are also present at the front of the car where air flows past intakes next to the lights and is deflected via air rams to change the downforce at the front of the car through different handling situations.

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Perhaps most remarkable about the design are the dynamic spoilers positioned aft of the cockpit which deploy during high speed handling to affect airflow and downforce independently or in unison to achieve better cornering and stabilisation. They are also useful for communicating different moods togehter with the built-in screen in the front grill to the owner of the car or passing pedestrians.

Saab design heritage
Saab design heritage
AiroX - Perfect Airflow
AiroX – Perfect Airflow

The power for the car is thought to be high performance electric and the 0-60 time is superfast. The handling is supernice and the ride is supersmooth thanks to the micro-adjustments made by the dynamic airflow systems.

AiroX concept - power of design is in the details
AiroX concept – power of design is in the details
Airox concept for Saab
Airox concept for Saab
AiroX built-in-screen in front bumper
AiroX built-in-screen in front bumper
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.

8 Comments

  • Beatiful concept.I hope really that it will became reality! SAAB can resurrect with this car! Owner of brand SAAB this is the future! Compliments

  • Wouldn’t it be fantastic to see the Saab name again resurrected. As a director of a Saab official service centre and parts supplier in Southampton, England, I hear so many customers say they would still buy them if they could. We also service Mercedes-Benz cars and many of those used to own Saab and would gladly do so again.

  • No, no, not a new chapter, it is just the tradition of Saab. Concepts that never reach the market.😂

  • Snygg, tänk om Koenigsegg börjat bygga NYA Saab kunnat blivit en succé och ett komplement till deras bilar

  • We want the old Saab back and more spare parts support for all the loyal owners of Saab not new design but responsibility from Saab for all these people

  • To Jack Kuppens > True but we have to move on from the old “VECTRA” design ( I’ve had 4 of them). The above picture is only a “what might have been”!

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