Saab lives on as the BAIC C70

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BAIC are going to upset their regional rivals next week by launching the C70 sedan, the Guangzhou Auto Show is in the backyard of the relatively new Guangzhou Auto Company and will be the center piece for their new product launches, Beijing being Beijing will want the world’s eyes on the C70 sedan ahead of a mega launch of other Saab based vehicles at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. The C70 has been sighted out testing several times in the past, but usually fairly well camouflaged so its unclear what the car looks like, however auto website Auto.163.com has rendered their know how into some rather well done images which gives us a look at what the BAIC C70 will look when it launches next week:

A few months ago, I sat down with an unnamed BAIC executive, who probably doesn’t want to be named. I asked him why the Saab based cars were taking so long, he replied with “We’re the Beijing brand, we’re the capital of China’s auto industry, we want to make sure the Beijing brand is well represented, we want to be big!” If that was his mandate when managing the BAIC C70 project, it seems that he’s hit the nail on the head.