Hirsch recently loaded up the dealer listing for the United States on their website. As you can see, it’s a small selection of dealers, but most of the Saab-populated areas should find themselves with some coverage.
The Hirsch website’s listing seems to be sorted by the name of the town the dealership exists in. I’ve organised this one by state, which hopefully might give you a quicker reference.
UPDATE: Whilst this list does appear on the Hirsch website, since posting it here, I’ve been advised that it’s a preliminary listing and may not be a complete representation of dealers that will carry Hirsch products. More may opt-in in the near future.
Also note that Hirsch products won’t be available in the US until the second quarter of the 2011.
Thanks to Sapan for the tip.
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California
Continental Motors, 617 South Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA-92054, Phone +1 760 722-1868
Connecticut
Mitchell Saab, 384 Hopmeadow Street, CT 06070-Simsbury, Phone +1 860 408-6065
Iowa
Meyer Garage, 2687-480th Street, IA 50455-McIntire, Phone +1 641 737-2239
Massachusetts
Charles River Saab, 570 Arsenal Street, MA 02472-Watertown, Phone +1 617 923-9230
Shaw Saab, 22 Pond Street, 22 Pond Street, MA 02061-Norwell, Phone +1 781 982-7222
128 Sales Inc., 614 North Avenue, MA 01880-Wakefield, Phone +1 781 224-3700
Hyannis Saab, 600 Yarmouth, MA 02601-Hyannis, Phone +1 508 760-2700
Pioneer Valley Sales & Service, P.O. Box 254, MA 01373-South Deerfield, Phone +1 413 665-2140
Maine
Stetson Auto Sales, 1174 Eastern Road Route 131, ME 04864-Warren, Phone +1 207 273-2345
O’Connor Saab of Augusta, 268 State Street, ME 04330-Augusta, Phone +1 207 622-6336
Michigan
Saab of Troy, 1819 Maplelawn, MI 48084-Troy, Phone +1 248 205-1333
Trio Motors, Inc., P.O. Box 190178, MI 48519-Burton, Phone +1 810 742-7250
Minnesota
Morries’s Cadillac – Saab, 7400 Wayzata Boulevard, MN 55426-Minneapolis, Phone +1 952 544-0096
Montana
Dana Saab, 2046 Grand Avenue, MT 59102-Billings, Phone +1 406 656-7654
New Jersey
Reinertsen Motors Inc., 295 Route #53, NJ 07834-Denville, Phone +1 973 627-0616
New York
Sports Car Centre of Syracuse, Ltd., 3105 Erie Blvd. East, NY 13214-Syracuse, Phone +1 315 446-5010
Checkpoint Foreign Car S&S Inc., 487 Kenmore Avenue, NY 14223-Buffalo, Phone +1 716 836-2033
Brownell Motors, Inc., P.O. Box 413, NY 12524-Fishkill, Phone +1 845 831-3000
Pennsylvania
Kunkle Motors, RR 1, P.O. Box 386, PA 18612-Dallas, Phone +1 570 675-1546
Virginia
International Motors Ltd., 540 S. Washington Street, VA 22046-Falls Church, Phone +1 703 534 0770
Vermont
P J’s Auto Village, 2073 Williston Road, VT 05403-South Burlington, Phone +1 802 862-0875
One dealer for all of California? That seems a little ridiculous. But I’m sure (or hope) more dealers will be certified once the Hirsch rollout starts happening. I’m thrilled about the availability in the States.
I’m guessing some dealers will probably do some good online business with this as well given the distribution between states.
Shaw Saab, 22 Pond Street, 22 Pond Street, MA 02061-Norwell, Phone +1 781 982-7222
I just made a small purchase from Saab USA Parts, so maybe I can do this by mail?
Or, how about a remote performance upgrade via Onstar?
@Zac
More like one for all of West Coast.
I suppose Montana would contribute to the ‘coast, but you know what I mean.
Montana but not Texas?
What dealers are in Texas still?
Lubbock for one.
demontrond and ron carter in houston.
How is Ron Carter hanging on to their franchise? Its a Caddy/Saab dealership and neither company wants their dealerships combined…
Don’t feel bad…there are NONE for New York City and Long Island…and there are about 12 MILLION people living in this area…and a LOT of SAABs. Let’s hope that changes.
But then again…there are very few SAAB dealers to begin with in this area…and the ONE in Suffolk County (pop. 1.6 mil) and one of the two in Nassau County (pop. 1.5 mil) I wouldn’t do business with anyway. There is one in Western Nassau County who are great…but not YET listed for Hirsch…and then ONE for New York City (pop. 8.5 mil).
“NO TEXAS”, I know!!!
Call your dealer in Texas and encourage them to opt-in. It’s their choice.
I’ve just heard that this list may not be complete at this point. it seems Hirsch might have published it a little bit early. It’s a good start, but good to know that there will likely be more.
WOOOO!!!
Go MITCHELL!!!
(they’re my favorite CT dealer: their Subaru dealer is the only one that takes car of our car… Nice people, too!)
Same with IM Motors in Falls Church! 🙂
Love the enthusiasm! Best of luck!
We definitely need one in the Midwest. How about Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Great start, I definitely think your a right though Swade, more to come, while there are some obvious choices here (boston) there are a lot of odd places added and others totally missing. No Chicago but Iowa? No NYC area but Syracuse? No San Francisco Bay area? It’s a great start though, keep posting them as we hear about more.
I thought it odd that there’s no Hirsch in Chicago, but Meyer Garage is the oldest Saab dealer west of the Mississippi River. I’m not at all surprised they’re one of the initial dealers.
Gotta love Meyer Garage! It was good to see them on this list.
On the same thought train:
Presuming no plans for Hirsch presence in Canada (or even so)…if, say, I travel to Checkpoint Saab, Buffalo (the closet American dealer for anybody in Toronto and surrounds) will the Checkpoint Folk install the software on my new 9-5 (surely yes)…more imporantly, will I be entitled to full North American wide warranty coverage in the (presumably unlikely) event that my Hirsch tune causes something to fail?
I’ve emailed your question to SaabCNA. Hopefully we’ll get an answer.
My presumption is that because they’re different markets, even if they might be predominantly based on the same things, the answer will be no.
Hopefully I’m wrong. But they’re separate countries and what applies for one doesn’t necessarily apply for the other, despite the shared land mass. I’ll post here as soon as I get the answer. If it’s a positive answer I’ll post it on the front page.
if it’s a negative answer can the good folk who are regulars and buyers of Saab product be allowed to comment?
Assuming it is, what would you like to say? Or are you just having a crack at attempts to keep things on point around here?
PS sorry for the Iphone spelling.. (in all my posts..)
So North-westerners (not the people in the Northwest territory in Minnesota) have to depend on the relatives and families in Scandinavia to have the send the stuff?
As I remember every other family in Portland OR, and Seattle was related to Sweden or Norway.
$1350 for an ECU remapping. That is crazy. I wonder if the price will come down once they realize no one is doing the upgrade? I’d think about half that price would be fair for a 30HP bump.
Well, people buy their tuning so why would they lower their prices? You get factory warranty, so it’s not only about the horse powers.
I paid $900 for a similar tune on my 9-3 that is NOT covered under warranty…
I’ve talked with both Saab Cars NA and Hirsch about this. This is not a complete list of dealers.
Shortly, there will be communications to ALL Saab dealers about becoming an authorized dealer in some capacity.
My guess is that this list was not supposed to get published quite yet.
Stay tuned,
AJ Murphy
Just Saab
Go Cincinnati! Great website.
Just a thought.
Patience is needed here……..Id be interested in seeing just home many people griping about no Hirsch at thier dealer will actually buy it if and when it arrives?
Woohoo! International Motors! Glad to see them on the list.
Can we get clarification on those of us who bought a Saab 9-5 ALREADY not having this opportunity? We bought ours Jan 3.
That’s good advice.
However, while 60 days makes sense for new purchasers, if I’m Saab/Hirsch, I extend that for existing purchasers under a certain mileage.