It was all good news for Koenigsegg at the EIB board meeting, but it was nothing but bad news for a New York Koenigsegg dealership after a car was bought in for service and ended up like this:
Apparently this scrape with a guard rail also managed to scar a Porsche GT2 as well.
There ain't a font big enough for this OOPS!
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People like this shouldn't drive Saabs:
A "professional thug" from Thames Ditton, who was caught by police with a sawn-off shotgun and a pot of sulphuric acid, was jailed on Friday for at least 10 years.....Police recovered the shotgun and acid, as well as ammunition, ties ready for use as handcuffs, two baseball bats and a picture of the men's target, from the Saab convertible they were travelling in, the court heard.
They also later found a stun gun.
"Bubba" is waiting in cell block B, Mr McRae.
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You know I love Alfas, right? And I can appreciate Anime, even if it's not something I'd choose to watch.
But the two should never meet.
This abomination was spotted in the carpark of the Tokyo Motor Show, which is on at the moment. More pics at the link.
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Employees at the new HQ of Saab Cars USA stand to make an average of around $2,200 per week.
This little factoid was revealed in a story about the company getting some initial approval to set up their headquarters in Royal Oak, just outside Detroit. They've applied for some tax concessions and consequently have to spill some beans on how many people they'll employ, what the jobs will be worth, etc.
That's an average of six figures a year for 50+ employees.
Here's an offer, Mike Colleran: I'll uproot my family and drag our soon-to-be miserable butts all the way to Michigan and work for you for $95K a year.
That's a bargain, and a genuine offer.
UPDATE: That offer's out there for you, too, Mr Batish. We could be in Melbourne by yer-end. Just say the word.
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I haven't covered Per Eklund's exploits for a little while.
It seems the GFC has limited Per's schedule and travel to a point where he's competing in races mostly around the Nordic region. He cancelled an appearance in Belgium in August, but has since taken 5th in a race in Norway and 1st in a race in Finland.
More over at Mike Jager's page.
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One final little observation from here in Australia.
It seems Saab have had to give up sponosrship of one of the big horseracing events of the Spring Racing Carnival in Melbourne.
The Saab Quality Stakes was the final big hitout and always keenly watched by punters as an indicator to the biggest race in the country - The Melbourne Cup. Saab have sponsored this event for a number of years, also hosting a hospitality tent during Cup Week.
Not in 2009, however. A search of the Melbourne Cup Carnival website shows no reference to Saab and it seems the event has been taken over by insurance company, AAMI.
As far as USD2200 a week, Id do it for half that amount!! I thouhgt that was a ridiculous amount of money to be paying considering Saab's financial position.
Ahem............
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NO-Go areas of our major cities are populated by blinged up hot hatchbacks, and blinged up Saab 93 convertibles - blinged up with horrific chromeed 'pimp my brain' type wheels.
Clearly these are IQ reducing devices.
But I am glad to see that South Yorkshire Polizei are using a full fat, Saab 95 turbo Aero Hot saloon (it's grey) to aprehend various low lifes.
I know this becasue they flew (literally) past me on the M1 t'other day doing about 140mph. All you could see was the blur of a Saab and the howl of a turbocharger at full blow. Nice - and they got the two guys -one in Renault Clio 192 and the other in an Audi A6 RS wagon.