There are speculations that the 2010 Saab 9-5 might just live on, despite Saab currently being wound down by parent General Motors Co. With millions of dollars in design and R&D work put into the new car, it would have been a terrible waste to see the project go down the drain.
Swedish news source DN said that it’s possible that the new 9-5 will be released as a Buick. The new 9-5 was unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt auto show last September. The current 9-5 had just a decade under its belt and a complete overhaul had become necessary. For the 9-5 to enter the Buick lineup, it would have to be completely reskinned though since the new line of Buick offerings, with their distinctive corporate grilles and slanted headlights are quite different from that of the new 9-5.
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