A reminder - Tell GM about it

Work is going to keep posting a little light over the next few days. I thought I’d post a reminder about the “Tell GM about it” campaign.
Bob Lutz loves the feedback element of blogs. He said so himself, click here to read about it. On the strength of that admission from Bob, [...]

Saab O The Week

I’d like to say thanks to everyone that’s sent in a SOTW photo for use here on the site. I may have to go to two SOTW issues per week just to get through them all!!
Today we’re looking at James’ late, great 9-3 in Linear guise. A very tasty B&W image indeed.

I’ll let [...]

All sorts of reports

There’s various bits of news coming from here, there and everywhere today. Importantly though, little of it is actually coming from GM, so take it all as unconfirmed until we hear something from the grand poo-bahs.
So, until confirmed, here’s a few of the stories:
1. ITV is reporting that the Saab 9-5 Biopower model is [...]

Jan-Ake Jonsson interview

Big thanks to Johnny for emailing me this English language translation of an interview with Jan-Ake Jonsson, appearing at Aftonbladet.
I’ve really got to learn Swedish!!
Anyway, here it is:
(AB = Aftonbladet)
(JAJ = Jan-Ake Jonsson)
JAJ: From a brand point of view, developing and producing Saabs in Sweden is necessary. Building some niche cars in Trollhattan is not [...]

9-6x Diesel News

News just coming through the wires that Saab and Subaru have been consulting with…….wait for it……Porsche in order to develop a diesel boxer engine for use in the 9-6x.
Whoa!! This in from ITV….
….the big news is that the three-litre petrol boxer engine will not be alone. Saab and Subaru have been working closely to [...]

A Turbocharged History

A GM Media Release:
Saab’s Technical Heritage: harnessing the power of the turbo
Saab put turbocharging on the automotive map when it pioneered the technology for use in production cars. It is the cornerstone on which Saab has based its powertrain development and remains central to a story of technical innovation and evolution that is still [...]

No News is……..No News

It’s a slow Saab news weekend, that’s for sure. Must be slow for other forms of motoring news too.
So slow that the Hamilton Mountain News has finally chosed to report Saab’s 4,000,000th model being produced. It only happened around three months ago, but hey.
And The Day, from Connecticut, is publishing Mark Phelan’s story [...]

Everyman review

I got pretty annoyed with the Car & Driver review of the sport sedan class, published earlier this month. Sure, its a subjective reaction, but this is a Saab site and I can be as subjective as I want. The point it, the Saab 9-3 excels in many areas not covered by 0-60mph [...]