There was a Saab Support Convoy in Belgrade, Serbia, on January 17th.

10 vehicles and 15-20 people were present, including the Swedish Ambassador to Serbia!

Around 30 vehicles and more people turned up to show their appreciation for Saab and for the deal done to keep the company alive.

A forum post with plenty of photos is here. Click through on that one, because there's some well cared for Saabs there with some serious mods being done.

A selection photos is included below. Griffin Up, Ghangzhou!

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With thanks to Kenny for the details!

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Tokyo

There were 22 Saabs and 26 people present at the Tokyo SSC, which was held on February 7th.

Click to enlarge.

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Kanazawa

Around half a dozen vehicles and 11 hardy souls joined in the Kanazawa gathering, meeting in much harsher conditions than their counterparts in Tokyo, it seems.

Congratulations to all for joining in the celebrations!!

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My thanks to Hiroki M for the images and information.

A note from my mate Hawkeye, who organised the day:

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We had a great day considering we had a lot of rain the last 24 hours. A total of 15 people and 9 Saabs (there's one missing from the photo).

The photo of the Saabs in one line was taken inside the Royal National Park, which is the world's second oldest national park - after Yellowstone in the USA. It's located just on the outskirts of southern Sydney.

What a sight it was to see us weaving our way through the lush green areas through the mist up to Stanwell tops. It was a special day, but then again it's suppose to be given that it is summer in Sydney.

A magnificent cake from one of our members Sue. Too bad we had to cut it up!

A great day had by all.

There were a fantastic 30 vehicles present at the celebration and it's my pleasure to show the happy faces and brilliant cars below.

Here's a few images from the first one, in Nagoya, where 26 Saabs and 36 people joined in the fun.

Again, it's always an amazing thing to see pictures of older Saabs in faraway places that you don't normally associate with Saab.

One of those was the convoy in Memphis, Tennessee, where 15 cars and around 24 people gathered to celebrate Saab's sale to Spyker and show their support for the company.

A note from Barry L:

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In spite of the fact that "Super Bowl Sunday" is the most celebrated "holiday" in America (other than New Year's Day), Memphis/Mid-South area SAAB owners and enthusiasts came together to show their support and celebration of SAAB's INDEPENDENCE, and its saviour, Spyker.

Fifteen vehicles strong, we gathered in far east Memphis and discussed all matters related to SAAB, then drove 20 miles to the Pyramid Arena, on the banks of the Mississippi River. Check out the 1990 Saab 900...IMMACULATE!

There, we celebrated "SAAB Independence Day"....our first annual celebration of that event. January 26th of each year will be a day of celebration here in Memphis.

We had a great time. Thanks to all who participated and sacrificed a portion of this hallowed holiday in the USA.

BTW: On unanimous approval of our group, we will be forming a SAAB Club for the Memphis/Mid-South area. More details will be provided once finalised.

Note: Big thanks to Gary McConnell for the artwork.

Cheers,

Barry

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The Saab Club of Thailand is one of those clubs that I'd heard of before, but not had much interaction with. So you can imagine the smile on my fact when I opened my email tonight and saw this:

There were around 50 cars attending the Thai convoy today, which is just outstanding.

They set up a website specifically for the event, and there'll be more photos available there and on the SCOT website later.

I like the logo:

Thanks to Prakarn for the info!

Robert, Mark, Kathleen, Daniel, Ramona, Walter and I got to know each other a bit while the sky spit little bits of snow mixed with rain. Robert and Mark were driving Robert's C900 and 9-5, respectively; Mark left his 9-3 convertible at home due to the conditions. Kathleen, Ramona and Walter the Golden Retriever were looking smart in Kathleen's 9-5. Daniel, one of the Saab techs at Eurofix, signed on as the ringer with his modded 900 SPG, and we were off.

I was planning to drive the "new" 1991 900 turbo convertible, but a freak failure of my garage door mechanism precluded me from getting the car out today, and it was just as well. With the day being as nasty as it was, the 9-5 was the right call.

Here's the group at the Parthenon. I'm looking forward to a more leisurely meeting in warmer times. Click through for more photos.

Vive la Saab!!

The starting point. Thanks again to Eurofix for hosting.

The drive.

Interaction. That's Robert on the left and Daniel on the right.

Check out the sweet mods on Daniel's SPG. He figures that he's got 250HP on tap here. He's got bigger air intake plumbing, exhaust mods for lower back pressure, higher capacity injectors, a 9000 fuel rail and an uprated intercooler. Noice!!! It sounds low and Saaby. Well done, sir!!

This is what's inside the Parthenon. The faithful replica of the Athena Parthenos is said to be the largest indoor statue in the Western world.

Poor conditions kept a few away, but they still had a good showing with 15 cars and more people in attendance through the day. The poor weather also kept the older cars under wraps, with the oldest in attendance being a 1986 Saab 900 2-door.

Attendees got a good look over the new Saab 9-5, too, as the event coincided with an open weekend for most dealers in Luxembourg.

Thanks to Marc for the photos and information, and congratulations to all you Luxembourgers!

Click to enlarge:

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Both the Nashville and Memphis convoys scheduled for last weekend have been postponed due to poor conditions with snow and ice.

I assume the San Francisco event went ahead last Friday, but haven't tracked down any information about that one yet.

Will get on to it in the morning.

The Israeli Saab Saved Celebration took place on Friday, January 29th.

There were around 30 vehicles in attendance, ranging from a 2-stroker right through to Saab 9-5.

The meeting took place by the Roman Aqueduct in Caesarea.

The local press were in attendance and took some photos of the champagne being cracked open and hopefully some photos from them might become available soon.

There's a big photo album available here.

Click to enlarge, below. Thanks to Oren (in the safety vest) for sending through the details and congratulations to all who attended!

Well under a grey, wet (typical Vancouver) sky, a dozen or so SCWC-ers gathered at Coquitlam IKEA on the morning of January 30 2010 to celebrate a new chapter in SAAB's history.

Even the less-than-ideal weather could not in any way damper the tremendous amount of energy, enthusiam and positive outlook shared amongst our Saabers today. We also had the pleasure of welcoming a few new members, who brought along their beautiful fleet of recent Saabs, including a Turbo X sedan, 9-3 Aero XWD sedan and the most recent 9-5 Aero HOT sedan. Nevertheless, Saab tradition is maintained by the stalwart presence of NG900, OG9-3 Viggen, 9000 and a pristine C900T convertible.

After the initial gathering where we proudly mounted our SAAB SAVED placards in our cars, we proceeded to hit the road to get some road time and exposure to other motorists. As well as visit our dear friend and local Saab champion Bill Convery at Dueck Saab in Richmond, where he jovially greeted us and kindly gave us more than an hour of his time to talk about all things Saab. We are very hopeful of continued Saab retailing in 2010 and look forward to seeing Bill being on the center stage of that process.

I, too, am looking forward to the rise of the Canadian Saab organization, and I am glad to learn that there are those in Canada to augment those efforts.

The remainder of the pictures are here.

Well done!!

Per has been kind enough to send through a link to some photos from the event, which happened on January 24. There were 39 Saabs in attendance.

This is one of a number of events in Norway over the last few weeks. There were a number of smaller events there, rather than one big one, as in other countries.

A forum post with plenty of photos is here.

A selection photos is included below.

Details have been scarce, but as you can see from the details posted on Twitter, there were 29 Saabs in attendance and one vehicle of another brand in support.

Thanks to Michi for the details.