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2011 Saab 9-5 and Volkswagen CC earn IIHS Top Safety Pick awards

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Filed under: Sedan , Safety , Saab , Volkswagen Saab 9-5 and Volkswagen CC earn IIHS Top Safety Pick – Click above for high-res image gallery The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has awarded two vehicles Top Safety Pick awards. After testing eight mid-size to large sedans, the IIHS has called out the 2011-12 Volkswagen CC and 2011 Saab 9-5 for its highest award. Both vehicles earned “good” ratings for front, side, rear and rollover protection during testing. It should be noted, however, that only the front-wheel-drive VW CC gets the Top Safety nod, as the all-wheel-drive version only received an “acceptable” rating in rollover testing.

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2011 Saab 9-5 Aero XWD Sedan

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2011 Saab 9-5 Aero XWD Sedan Good, but not quite right. Poor, poor Saab. The entire time I was behind the wheel of the 9-5, I thought I was in a reskinned Buick.

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Video: Saab plays up its "Born From Jets" heritage in new TV spot

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Filed under: Marketing/Advertising , Videos , Saab Saab celebrates its heritage – Click above to watch the video after the jump Just over a year ago, Saab suffered through a near-death experience . Apparently, it took until now for the flashbacks to begin. Beyond the jump is a 30-second commercial for the new 9-5 that spends more time waxing poetic about Saab’s 60-year history than it spends showing off its latest sports sedan. We’re okay with that, though, because we rather enjoy viewing moving pictures of such classics as the 92001 prototype and the 96 (shown above).

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Koenigsegg buys (a) Saab after all?

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Filed under: Saab 2011 Saab 9-5 – Click above for high-res image gallery Koenigsegg nearly owned Saab outright , but at the eleventh hour, the Swedish specialty carmaker backed out of the deal . Losing out on Saab may have been the best thing for Koenigsegg to do financially, but we’re thinking there’s at least some small measure of regret for Christian von Koenigsegg and crew that the deal didn’t happen. So how do you satiate that disappointment? Christian von Koenigsegg bought himself a small piece of the company, taking delivery of a white 2011 Saab 9-5

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Report: Saab to let buyers watch their cars get built online

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Filed under: Car Buying , Plants/Manufacturing , Saab Thinking of buying a 2011 Saab ? If so, you’ll soon have the ability to watch it come together before your eyes; Saab is installing cameras in its Trollh

Rendered Speculation: Saab 9-5 looks rakish as a coupe

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Filed under: Coupe , Saab The all-new Saab 9-5 is one of the best looking models to come out of Trollhattan in recent memory, but for now it’s only available as a four-door sedan, with a wagon version coming in the very near future. While it’s been nearly a decade since Saab discontinued its last coupe based on the 9-3 (okay, so it was a liftback) the 9-5 and its predecessor, the 9000, have never been offered in two-door flavor. However, that hasn’t stopped a member of Saabs United , Z!, from breaking out Photoshop and rendering up a 9-5 coupe. The ‘shopped image features some of trademark Saab elements, particularly the downward sloping roofline and bulbous back end.

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Rendered Speculation: Saab 9-5 looks rakish as a coupe