Open thread

Sorry folks.
I’m away from civilisation at the moment and won’t be able to post for a few days.
I’d like to leave this thread open for all comments and thoughts. Anything Saaby you have to say - now’s the time. I will be approving comments daily, so may have to wait a few hours [...]

Got wheel issues?

I’d like to welcome a fellow Tasmanian Saab Car Club member here to Trollhattan. Drew has forgotten more about Saabs than I’ll ever know. He’s restored a magnificent silver 900 from a wreck. He’s currently restoring an old 99 into what will be an absolute showpiece (that story’s still to come) and [...]

The Saab font

Just a quick note, which will go up for permanent link on the sidebar.
If you’re viewing this website and the font you’re reading now (or more noticably, the font in the heading for this post) is different from the one in the picture below, then chances are that you don’t have the Gill Sans MT [...]

Another reviewer likes the Convertible!!

Until the Kings traded Chris Webber, Sacramento was always one of my favourite places in the US and right up there on my ‘places to get to’ list for my eventual visit.
I haven’t forgiven the city for letting C-Webb go, but this review of the 9-3 Convertible published in the Sacramento Bee (click below to [...]

GM repositioning

There’s been a lot of news floating around this morning about GM’s plans to reposition their various brands. Thanks to AudiSAABfans over at Saabcentral, we have this diagram, that’ll save me a thousand words (still cooped up with the flu, so can’t be bothered typing).

A few thoughts:
1) The actual model repositioning doesn’t look like [...]

How Bob Lutz created the enemy

If you’ve read my posts here before, you’ll know that I aspire for Saab to haul in the massive might of BMW. I believe firmly that the foundation is there for Saab to build fantastic automobiles - every bit as good, if not better, than their German competitors.
I’d heard that Bob Lutz had worked [...]

A quick word about comments

Just needed to provide you all with a little info on commenting. I’m sorry to be having to write about the site, rather than about Saabs. One of the pitfalls of starting over, I’m afraid.
Those of you that have been good enough to have your say in comments would have noticed that they [...]

Notes from home

I’m writing from my sick-bed today. Stuck at home with the flu - a particularly discouraging condition seeing as I have a very important interview tomorrow afternoon for a promotion. The interview necessitated I buy a shirt - one that i can wear a tie with. I’m sure my Manager will wonder [...]