Archive for March, 2005
So what’s in a name??
With the announcement of the 9-2x and 9-7x in the last 12 months, many of us old diehard purists have called into question the strategy employed by GM and they way they’re ‘developing’ the Saab brand. I’ve written several posts that dance around this topic, but I think a more direct liturgy may be called [...]
A-Rex-ted Development
Funny thing happened yesterday, prior to the sad events noted below.
I was driving into town and saw a Suuby ‘Rex’ wagon parked on the side of the road. I saw it from behind and knowing the shape, got excited as I thought to myself: "Wow, there’s one of those new 9-2x’s!!"
Then I remembered we [...]
The roof, the roof, the roof is all munted
Another instalment in the recently begun saga that is Swade’s 99 Turbo restoration.
The wheels will be heading off to the beadblaster shortly, so I decided today would be a good day to get busy on the roof lining in my 99 Turbo. I checked out Doug’s job on his EMS and it all looked simple [...]
The 9-6x
I took a look last night in order to try and collate all the info floating around the web as to the up-coming Saab 9-6x. As most know, the 9-6x is going to be based on a shared platform with the Suuby B9 Tribeca. Given that Saab’s recent outing with Suuby, the 9-2x, has been [...]
Another (almost) famous Saab
Can you tell it’s been a slower news-week in the world of Saab??
Anyway, after noticing TSN’s Saabs-in-movies thread the other day, it’s amazingly coincidental that a certain green Saab is getting more than just a few headlines this morning.
It’s been identified as the getaway car for some Russian thugs that tried to assassinate the head [...]
New Look
Decided on a snow-white look for a little while. Part of the beauty of working with blogs. Ease of change.
Any complaints or compliments, please feel free to comment.
Cheers.
Build it and they will come
Saab sales fell in February according to Sweden’s English-language news, The Local. In keeping with Saab tradition, sales fell by….wait for it…..9-3 percent (so funny).
Saab Automobile’s car sales were down 9.3 per cent in February while there’s been an overall 4.1 per cent downturn in European car sales.
With sales particularly poor in Germany, and the [...]
Some thoughts and opinion on the 9-2x
It’s been interesting to read the various thoughts and opinions floating around on the Saab 9-2x (otherwise known as the Saaburu).
The main consensus opinion seems to be that this is one heck of a good car for Saab to use as an immediate entry point into the sports-SUV market. In Aero trim it’s an [...]
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