Does any SAAB (car) use a aircraft cockpit for the windscreen?

[Kolyana]

I'm having this debate with my boyfriend: He claims that SAAB use aircraft cockpits for windscreens in certains types of their cars.

I've done a search online, found all sorts of interesting facts about SAAB (first car, team behind it, name and so on), but no mention of ever using an aircraft cockpit as a windscreen on any of their cars.

But I can't find any proof that it is not true either ...

What do you guys think?

 

[skyline speed]

erm.....Im not sure if it would be true but Ill try searching for it.

 

[Kolyana]

I tried searching, too ... I hoped to find an "urban myth" type entry, but thus far I'm coming up with nada; lots of useful and intersting information, just nothing to utterly rebuke his claim.

 

[skyline speed]

Well,Ive found some info that the Saabs windsheilds look like aircraft cockpits but none saying thats what there made of.Heres a link,look in the fourth paragraph.http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/the_north_east/autobytes/s/saab93_1.html

 

[mwoodski]

I'd say no.

 

[240Z]

I'd say no, just because aircraft windscreens are a completely different shape than those used in cars. Influenced in design, maybe, but I don't think they would use the same part.

 

[under18carbon]

I'd say no, just because aircraft windscreens are a completely different shape than those used in cars. Influenced in design, maybe, but I don't think they would use the same part.

What kind of material do they use to build those aircraft windscreens? It might not be the same shape, but maybe SAAB uses the same material for their car windscreens as well...?

 

[Firebird]

Your boyfriend is full of it.

Jet fighter canopies are made of polycarbonate.

Saab windshields are, like any other car's, comprised of two sheets of annealed glass separated by a sheet of polyvinyl butyral (a kind of plastic). Glass panels of this kind are said to be "laminated". If and when the glass is broken the shards remained attached to the polyvinyl butyral, preventing passenger lacerations.

 

[eliseracer]

Most car manufacturers don't produce the glass bits on their cars, they are outsourced, like many car parts.

I'm not sure if this is the deal with Saab, though. I've been on a big "eliseracer is wrong" run lately...

*sigh*

 

[YSSMAN]

To my knowlege, Saab automobiles have had little to do with Saab aircraft throughout the company's history. Just looking at any of the models, the 9-2, 9-3, 9-5, and 9-7X all share most of their windscreens with their sister cars... The Subaru WRX, Malibu/G6/Vectra, and Tralblazer/Envoy etc... The only Saab that doesnt share any parts with any other GM model that I know of is the 9-5...

Still, the cars have nothing to do with the planes...

 

[Kolyana]

I'd say no.

ahahahahhahahah EXACTLY!

 

[Kolyana]

Thanks for the fedback guys ... I'm going to let my b/f read this thread

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Make sure to be pointing at him with your left hand, and making an "L" on your forehead with your other as you laugh at him.

And if I was in your position, i'd demand sexual favors, but thats just me.

 

[Kylehnat]

Since Saab is owned by GM, it is likely that future windscreens will be made from saran wrap.

 

[jamaican]

when he said "aircraft", maybe he didn't mean a jet. but like a different kind of plane... i could see where the saab and a aircraft could share the same window / design

 

[LeadSlead#2]

what "Firebird" said, and I highly doubt ANY aircraft has that, simply because an aircraft would explode a car windshield, assuming it can go fast, and it's not a crappy cornduster airplane, therefore, I'll say, NO. you do what SRVTOLOW4ME said.

 

[TheCracker]

I think your boyfriend is getting mixed up with the fact that SAAB dashboard layouts had traditionally been influenced by plane cockpit designs. Since the GM take over SAABs have become more mainstream with their designs.

 

[Kolyana]

Since Saab is owned by GM, it is likely that future windscreens will be made from saran wrap.

OH CHRIST ... god that made me laugh.

 

[Kolyana]

I think your boyfriend is getting mixed up with the fact that SAAB dashboard layouts had traditionally been influenced by plane cockpit designs. Since the GM take over SAABs have become more mainstream with their designs.

This is a good point too ...

 

[iceburns288]

And if I was in your position, i'd demand sexual favors, but thats just me.

Yeah, before you let him see this, bet him one...

 

[T5-R]

No but I hear the washer motors are influenced by their anti-armour weapons.