As part of Saab Automobile’s efforts to compete with BMW and Audi, it has appointed Jason Castriota to head its design team.
Castriota is a US designer who is famous for having developed the Ferrari P4/5 and Maserati GranTurismo. In an interview at New York, Castriota said that his design firm’s first task is to conceptualize an upscale version of Saab’s current 9-3 model, which is set for a 2012 release. He said that the focus of this new design will be on aerodynamics. He said that it’s “absolutely vital” that he and his team get this car right.
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