Gray Design imagines a new Saab 9-3

Swedish design firm Gray Design gave us its take on a new Saab 9-3 on Friday. The sleek, spaceship-like car reminds us again of what Saab’s future could have looked like.

Gray Design says the Saab 9-3 Mark III is an attempt to take design elements from past Saabs and blend them into modernity.

Classic features like the “hockey stick” window trim and chrome on the grille are present on the Mark III. To those, Gray added the front intakes, horizontal brake lights and side vents introduced on the 9-5 model. Gray says the spoiler harkens back to Saab’s racing days while the center exhaust is of its own creation.

The Mark III gets the pointed hood lines of the 9-2 along with the horizontal grille. The roofline curve from nose to tail evokes the Ur-Saab, as does the rounded back window.

Enjoy what could have been in the gallery.

By Jake Lingeman