Comments on: What should we call the Saab 9-3 replacement?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:54:00 +0000

As an animator myself, I can understand your confusion

By: Brian Thiriet Wilmer

Brian Thiriet Wilmer — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:25:00 +0000

yeah 903 and 9004 relates to peugeot too much but the point is it just needs to be logical. if it changes i think it’ll have to be across the lineup. Otherwise, it’ll cause confusion like in the past.

Also, there is no point in a trim designation if the car does not wear it because then no one will even know. Like when they tried Linear,Arc,Vector
many people have no clue what those are.

By: MarkC

MarkC — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:18:00 +0000

That’s why it’s called Shogun in some markets. I think Pajero means somebody who likes himself too much in Spanish.

By: MarkC

MarkC — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:14:00 +0000

Griffin71 answered this before I did! Anyway I think it’s time for some names and not numbers.

By: MarkC

MarkC — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:11:00 +0000

Good idea, but I believe Peugeot won’t allow 901, 902 etc.. Porsche originally wanted to call the 911 a 901 but had to change it because of Peugeot.

By: r0mac

r0mac — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:47:00 +0000

…and there was me thinking it meant “Computer Generated Imagery”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:04:00 +0000

CGI is a new moniker introduced by Merc to demonstrate that a car runs on Gasoline and not Diesel. My emphasis is on the ‘new moniker’ part. There is no such thing as CKI.

By: r0mac

r0mac — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:42:00 +0000

The naming convention must be based on starting with a 9, and I think the names should be pronounceable. As a techie, I quite liked the 9³ and 9⁵ names, but nobody knew really how to pronounce them to start with. If any change, just go back to 2-digit numbers in the range 90-99. Saab already own the rights to those afaik.

I agree with @google-ce83780feef7eb7898fc6598430a8f2c:disqus that Phoenix is an awful cliche! (but disagree on the looks – it is a great *concept* car)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:23:00 +0000

i think you might have an argument with Peugeot, like Porsche had, when they introduced their 901, which became 911, after Peugeot said they claimed the ’0′ in the middle. nowadays Peugeot has the ’00′ in the middle, with their 1007, 3008, 4007 and 5008…

By: Rune Moberg

Rune Moberg — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:56:00 +0000

Not sure I understand. You do not like Saab’s naming scheme, because you feel it does not provide the customer with enough clues to differentiate the models. Fine — that is an opinion I get.

But then you provide examples from other brands that makes even less sense. CGI better than CKI or something? I would argue that a capital T is intuitively better/bigger than a small t… OK, ‘K’ is bigger than ‘G’ I suppose, but…

XC60 does sound bigger than S40. Not sure where those letters would put the S80 though.