Archive for June, 2006
2.3 Biopower premiere
Up until now, the Biopower option has only been available on the Saab 9-5 with a 2.0 litre engine.
Saab are using the British Motor Show (July 20-30) to premiere the 2.3 litre version, which will give the purchaser an extra 30 horses and an extra 30 Nm of twist over the 2.0 litre Biopower model.
Fortunately, [...]
Zero financing is ON
Sometimes 72 hours can add up to 1 week.
As mentioned a few days ago, it’s now confirmed that GM are having a 0% finance sale in the United States from June 29 to July 5, which my math skills work out to be 12 hours a day for 6 days (and one day of rest, [...]
THAT 9-5x cover
For those of you outside Europe, who only got to see a small thumbnail of this image…..
Here’s the Auto Motor and Sport interpretation of the proposed next 9-5. Please bear in mind that all indications point to it just being a photoshop job by them. But it’s an interesting adaptation of the Aero-X [...]
Trollhattan plant stops work
Looks like some of you Swede’s might have to wait an extra day to get your new Biopower 9-5’s.
Saab workers at Trollhattan have downed tools over concerns for the future of the facility.
Seems that the coffee has officially been smelled and the realisation made by all concerned that the Saabillac ain’t going to cut it [...]
Pikes Peak 2000
I’ve featured the Pikes Peak 2002 video here before, but I hadn’t noticed that the PP 2000 video was also available via Google Video. Great viewing. And if anyone’s got one, I’ll pay decent money for one of those Viggen shirts the crew in the tent are wearing.
It takes a little while to [...]
The World Cup sucks!!
Call it sour grapes if you will….
Soccer is the smallest of the four football codes played here in Ausralia.
That will never change whilst referees miss handballs in one box and call non-existant penalties in the other.
Australia should have made more of their chances. Italy defended very well. But they didn’t deserve to win [...]
Aust vs Italy Snippets
Ah, here I am. Late at night, trying to stay awake another two hours just to wait for the game to start. The Socceroos are playing the Azzuri tonight in the round of 16. The target: win, get a shot at Switzerland or the Ukraine, then on to the main target - [...]
Viggen Thoughts
Several interesting things came up as a result of our Saab Car Club day yesterday. Forgive me if I get a little introspective here, but that’s the blogger’s prerogative. I’ve been meaning to do a Viggen ownership piece for some time, but haven’t got around to it. This still isn’t it, but [...]
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