The following video was shot at Swedish Day UK, held just over a week ago at the Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford.
It's great to see some familiar faces in there, as well as the whole range of fantastic Saabs and Volvos. This really has become a big event on the British Saabing calendar, so kudos once again to Robin M for putting the day together.
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I'll have some thoughts later on from Lance Cole, who attended Swedish Day UK again this year and was quite taken by the Gallic presence at the event.
Following on from the question about whether or not Victor Muller should feature in an initial "Saab is back" type ad campaign, here's the "To Be Continued" advert that Saab made last year.
Perhaps it's time for a re-run, but with the 9-5 uncovered and the 9-4x in there as well?
What we want to know from you is a little about your first car: What it was, whether or not you loved it and why. If you've lost track of it over the years, would you like to find it again? Feel free to share any memories--good or bad--specific to your first ride.
The prizes will be given at random so everyone's got a good chance of winning. In case it's not going to be as random as they say, it'd probably help if your story's a good one.
The prize pack includes a copy of the film, Love The Beast. This is an essential movie for any gearhead. It tells the story of Eric Bana's love affair with the Ford Falcon he bought when he was a teenager and crashed twenty-something years later, not too far from where I'm sitting right now, during a leg of the Targa Tasmania tarmac rally. It explores the reasons why blokes get so obsessive about things they love and the bonds that are created through that shared interest. It's also got some killer driving footage from Tasmania, too.
If you've got time, here's some great automotive writing from one of my long-time favourites, PJ O'Rourke. He tackles the Jeep Wrangler.
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Those of you who are affected by the whole Conan/Leno late night TV thing, please leave your prejudices at the door. Your comments on this post about that issue, should you make them, will be deleted because I don't care.
What I do care about, however, is the Koenigsegg Trevita that Leno had in his garage. The following video will take you on a look around that car, with the tour guide being none other than Christian von Koenigsegg himself.
The car is absolutely amazing and CvK is heck of a dude.
If I mentioned a group of red cars on a track, driving in various formations, around the cones and on two wheels, etc, you'd probably think immediately of the Saab Performance Team.
I know Saab have been doing those moves for over 20 years.
I'm not sure how long Cadillac have been doing it for.
hat tip to Andy Rupert.
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I don't have any sort of Satnav device as I live in a small city and don't really need it.
I've always enjoyed John McElroy's work. I think he and his mate, Pete DeLorenzo, can be a bit insular sometimes, but overall their work is usually pretty entertaining and informative.
Mike Colleran's just appeared on Autoline Detroit, the more formal element of the Autoline collection of programs. It's a 23 minute segment that I'm just heading over to watch right now.
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