From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Tuesday night snippets – the news edition

June 30, 2009

There’s a couple of stories floating around the web that I’ll tie together here rather than dedicate to individual posts. —— DI.se on Mark Bishop’s trail There was a big article in Sweden’s Dagens Industri newspaper in the last couple of days. They were trying to track down The Koenigsegg Group’s mysterious shareholder, Mark Bishop, [...]

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First K-Saab plate?

June 30, 2009

Just in via email…… Well done!!!! Thanks Daryl!

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Is the Swedish government off it’s tree?

June 30, 2009

UPDATE below —— This is related to the earlier story of Saab’s desire for operational finance to carry it through until it’s ownership situation is settled and it’s EIB loan application can be seen. TTELA are now covering the story, too, and their translation seems to be much more readable. I’m no longer occupied with [...]

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Funding issues still haunting Saab?

June 30, 2009

I covered an article at GP.se earlier this month, where they reported that Saab might run into money problems if they have to wait until September to secure their EIB loans. There were several other reports to contradict this, but the story still lingers. Today, GP.se are covering it again, though now with quotes from [...]

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Saabs United – finding good homes for Turbo X’s everywhere….

June 30, 2009

The quest to house any remaining Turbo X’s continues and today I’ve received an email from another new Turbo X owner. His name is BrianL and he writes as follows: I thought I’d drop you a line before these pop up on your Flickr feed. I finally got some decent photos of my new toy. [...]

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Former SaabUSA chief Joel Manby on GM/Saab culture

June 30, 2009

Joel Manby was one of the 8 guys who kicked off Saturn back in the 1980s, with a finely honed focus on the customer being more important than everything else – even the cars they were selling. In the mid-late 1990s, he was slotted in as the head of SaabUSA, staying there for four years. [...]

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Jalopnik review Cadillac SRX

June 30, 2009

You know I don’t really care either way about the success or otherwise of the Cadillac SRX or Cadillac in general. Send them all here as far as I’m concerned…. BUT. This particular Cadillac – the new SRX – has a sister vehicle that will be very important for Saab’s future, so when I saw [...]

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Press release on True Electric

June 30, 2009

I don’t want to get too hooked up with this company, because there may not be any substantive link with Saab in the future. The display car is a Saab 9-3 convertible, and they have received development help from Innovatum in Trollhattan, who also do work on projects with Saab. But whether Saab can/will take [...]

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News: Some Saab discount programs to be halted

June 30, 2009

People who are currently eligible for various discount programs might want to hurry up some of their purchase plans in light of this. This came in from a Djup Strupe US-based dealer. It’s just been announced this morning that starting July 1st, Saabs (and Hummers and Saturns) in the U.S. will no longer be eligible [...]

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…..But it’s a PORSCHE!!!!!

June 29, 2009

On my way to work this morning, I saw a Porsche 944, just like the one below, pulled up at a set of traffic lights. I had two immediate and concurrent reactions. One was “Wow, that looks fantastic!” and the other was “what a pity it doesn’t drive anywhere near as good as it looks”. [...]

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JAJ presenting at Almadalen

June 29, 2009

TTELA report that Saab’s head honcho Jan-Ake Jonsson will be making a presentation at the Almadalen Week event in Visby, off southeast Sweden. This is the same Almadalen 2009 where the True Electric Saab 9-3 convertible will be hanging out as well as other key players in the automotive industry and government. TTELA don’t know [...]

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Saabs United (again) on Twitter

June 29, 2009

I had a temporary Twitter account some time ago but lack of use and/or a useful client led me to cancel the account. I just wanted those who are Twitterers to know that SU now has an account set up, and I’ll hopefully be tweeting on a semi-regular basis. No, it won’t be a case [...]

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