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First Look: Saab Aero X Concept
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Posted on
Feb 15 2008 6:05 AM
by
Asif
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To get the right ambience on the night it unveiled the Aero X at the Geneva auto show, Saab decided to surround the car in walls of giant ice blocks and trucked in 60 tons of the stuff from northern Sweden. It nearly didn't make it, as there was a disagreement about import duties when the trucks crossed the border into Switzerland. Geneva in late February is plenty cold, so why the big fuss over Swedish ice? Partly because it had the right balance of clarity and fissures, reminiscent of the etched and layered glass used in the lamps and instruments of the Aero X. But partly because Saab, a brand seemingly headed for oblivion a year ago, at last has fresh confidence in its Swedish identity and its independence.
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