An old Saab spotted in the wild!

"Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French" (Tentacle) 01/05/2014 at 11:13 • Filed to: None

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Not something you see here every day, this. If the number plate data is correct, this is a 1979 Saab 96 V4. A 25 year aniversary edition even, for 25 years of Saab in the Netherlands.

Roberto G. > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 01/05/2014 at 11:16

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No one who's sane of mind, could actually say that it's beautiful.

theloudmouth > Roberto G. 01/05/2014 at 11:18

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Why do you you think one of the last things that happened to Saab was a Subaru love child?

The universe always knew they must put the two greatest ugly duckling designs together for a last hurrah!

The Transporter > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 01/05/2014 at 11:48

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It looks like it came out of the mind of Wes Anderson.

MN > Roberto G. 01/05/2014 at 11:51

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Beautiful, no. Wonderful, yes...at least for the Swedes for whom it was originally intended.

Don't know about the spoiler on this teal beauty, though! ;)

anonsagainstanonymous > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 01/05/2014 at 12:28

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It's a beaut. I want it!

Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French > Roberto G. 01/05/2014 at 12:50

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On a side note... I was Google Image Searching for this model and noticed that you can hardly find any shots of the rear quarter. And it's not difficult to see why, it looks... I dunno, weird. Awkward.

mrazekan > Roberto G. 01/05/2014 at 12:56

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Lens distortion. A little lower and you get this.

I like it!

Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French > mrazekan 01/05/2014 at 13:10

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Lens distortion? From a fixed focal length camera phone? I assume you mean perspective distortion.

mrazekan > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 01/05/2014 at 13:21

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I was kidding. On another forum I'm on. people are always blaming things on lens compression and other optical effects. I agree, that is a bad angle. It's not an ugly car...to me.

Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French > mrazekan 01/05/2014 at 13:42

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I don't have to be gentle ... it's a... honestly, it's a weird car. Certain aspects are really classic car, others are 80's-like modern touches. Like the rubber spoiler at the back and the plastic/rubber bumper.

In any western design, you subliminally expect certain ratios. Call it the Golden Cut, or Golden Ratio, but we kinda look for 1,6-to-1'ish proportions. This car comes with some design elements that thoroughly break with that convention.

Hoccy > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 01/05/2014 at 15:43

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Really cool how they still built these in 1979, and someone actually bought it. But that really is the wrong colour for that car..