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April 2009

Thursday Night Snippets

April 30, 2009

UPDATE: A comment from ctm that I thought was worth bringing to the front page here: Media in Sweden now claim there are four auto manufacturers interested in Saab: Koenigsegg, Geely, another Chinese manufacturer, and another unknown one. That would gel pretty well with the whispers I’m hearing. The rest of the dozen who Saab [...]

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The most powerful BioPower Saab – the Saab 9-5 Aero Griffin

April 30, 2009

Many markets around the world are getting a Griffin edition Saab 9-5 for the car’s last model year in 2009. The Swedish market, however, are getting an extra-special model, the Saab 9-5 Aero Griffin. You Swedes can read the full details in your native tongue at Saab Sverige. The rest of you will have to [...]

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Latest news from Sweden: 10-12 buyers remain for Saab

April 30, 2009

A week or so ago, Saab had as many as 27 different persons on it’s dance card. Now that the initial tours are over and done with, we’re down to around a dozen, depending on who you read. This much we knew. I wrote about it here the other day. But there are some interesting [...]

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Saab old timers get together at Grieco

April 30, 2009

Kurt K’s low mileage Saab 96 was featured as a Saab O The Week over at Trollhattan Saab some time ago now. It’s a beautiful ’69 model V4 and I assume it’s still got less than 40,000 miles on it by now. Kurt took his car into his local Saab indie, Grieco Saab in Boonton [...]

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Are Saab going to tease the Saab 9-5 in Barcelona??

April 30, 2009

I’m quite sure that Saab are not going to show the 2010 Saab 9-5 in Barcelona, but this has got me wondering what they might get up to….. At Saab-Barcelona09.com you’ll see a fairly groovy but straightforward website that’s designed to let visitors know what Saab might be showing there. You get links about the [...]

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New Hirsch Performance line officially released for Swiss, German and Austrian markets

April 29, 2009

Ah, if only that headline said Australian and not Austrian! One day….. Saab’s official performance tuning house, Hirsch, recently announced their new Hirsch Performance versions of the Saab 9-3 XWD V6 for the three abovementioned markets, so they got together and did a little photoshoot for the media. The press coverage has been pretty good, [...]

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An open letter to those prospective Saab owners

April 29, 2009

I’d like to say a nice big hello to those groups out there who are investing in Saab. You know who you are. We don’t, because you’ve signed a confidentiality agreement and as expected, it’s being honored by those who signed it with you. Whoever you are, though, you’re interested in Saab. Here at Saabs [...]

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2010 Saab 9-5 update

April 29, 2009

I thought as much!! One of those sites covering the Saab 9-5′s latest appearance at The Ring mentioned that it would be built in Russelsheim first with plans to move it to Trollhattan. This made absolutely no sense. Why pay to set up a factory for production of a car just to do it all [...]

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An itty-bitty Titti update on their visit to Saab

April 29, 2009

Titti Schultz from RIX FM and her partner in audio, a guy named Jocke Bäckström, visited the Saab factory in Trollhattan and provided some updates on their show,which Tompa has been kind enough to write down and send in. —— They went to the factory and in the factory they met workers. And eventhough times [...]

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Metaphor for a car company

April 29, 2009

Via email…..reprinted here with thanks. —— I do some work for a Saab Dealership (nothing car related) and the other day when I parked my car in their back-lot a set of all too familiar looking wheels caught my eye. There, in their back-lot, together with old crashed cars waiting for repair and similar fates [...]

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Saab 9-3 XWD review from Channel 4 – can someone explain this?

April 29, 2009

It’s almost 1am as I start writing this. I’ve got an early morning tomorrow but I couldn’t let this pass. A few years ago I read a review of the Saab 9-3 where the reviewer gave the car either 3, 3.5 or 4 stars out of 5 for safety. That’s despite the fact that the [...]

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Saab to get Titti rescue!!!

April 29, 2009

Thank goodness Titti’s in the house! If you’re wondering what this seemingly childish and quasi-offensive headline is all about, Titti Schultz is a radio presenter for RIX FM in Sweden and she’s taken it upon herself to save Saab. She drives a Saab convertible, so she knows the joy of a good topless ride. Oops, [...]

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