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Sonett reborn
Look for Saab to get a car based on General Motors' Kappa small-car platform, most likely in the form of a sports car that harks back to Saab's rally-bred Sonett. The possibility seems nearer now that Saturn's Kappa car, based on the Curve concept created by the Saab advanced design team in Gothenburg, Sweden, has been given the go-ahead. "That we're exploring a Sonett-inspired two-seater should be no surprise,'' says a Saab source. A Sonett debut at the 2005 Frankfurt show is likely.
No Futura in it
May we suggest "Four Hundred?'' That's our best guess for a name for Ford's 2006 midsize sedan now that the company has learned its preferred name, Futura, isn't available. Our sister publication, Automotive News, reports Ford has been scrambling for a new name since December when a federal judge barred the company from using Futura without paying licensing fees to the Pep ...