Monday Night Snippets – winter hotness edition
November 1, 2010 in Saabology
The 2nd European Saab meeting in Huy, Belgium, turned out to be an outstanding success.
There were 263 Saabs parked in the city center in Huy on Sunday.
That’s a fantastic turnout and I’m sure a wonderful celebration of Saab ownership. We’ve had a few photos and stories come through already, but I’m sure there will be a lot more over at Saabhuy in the next few days.
Congratulations to Etienne for the hard work and to everyone who travelled to be there.
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Here’s a challenge for Saab’s future 9-3 successor.
The current 9-3 base model retails at around $40,000 (if you can find one, or someone to sell you one – they’re still getting started downunder).
Renault has just released a hot looking three door hatchback – the Megane RS250 Cup – with a 2-litre turbo, true race-bred suspension and brakes. The engine produces 250hp and 340Nm, and accelerates to 100kph in 6.1 seconds.
The car sells for $42,000.
It doesn’t look as useful as a Saab when it comes to practicality and I’m not totally convinced on what the build quality will be like, but it sure looks like fun.
The challenge is out there. Strip one down, power it up, and give us a little fun with this new baby.
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Speaking of speed machines, here’s a world record run by a ride-on lawnmower over at Jalopnik.
The Saab connection? The film was made by Ignition3, whose owner (Dick L) happens to be an absolute Saabnut.
Nice work, Dick!
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Greg Abbott has brought some hotness to winter driving, adding some black wheels with winter tires to his 2010 Saab 9-5 Aero.
Maaaaaagnificent.
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