Saab Safety Video

This is a 1980’s video on Saab safety development.
There’s some typically 80’s cringeworthy stuff in there, but there’s plenty of good viewing as well.
This is of particular interest given the number of people that sugested a safety emphasis in the previous post about improving the relevance of Saab USA advertising.
My favourite bits:
a) the vintage Saab [...]

Saab USA ad suggestions

UPDATED: commenter suggestions added….
UPDATED II: More suggestions added, with safety, blondes, turbos and mooses being popular. I really like the idea of tying in the rallying heritage. Turbo pioneering too.
A brief note about the use of owners and their thoughts - next year is Saab’s 60th anniversary and suggestions have been made and [...]

Late Nite Quickety-Snippets

The other day I commented on how Robert Farago hadn’t done a GM Deathwatch entry for an unusually long time. lucky I got in when I did, as there’s a new Deathwatch entry in now.
Those familiar can probably guess: GM’s better than expected 2nd quarter wasn’t really better than expected.
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Via Autoblog: Porsche opens new [...]

We are pleased….

From the GM press release on 2nd Quarter results for the company….

GM Europe posted adjusted earnings, excluding special items, of $124 million for the quarter , an improvement of $94 million compared with earnings of $30 million in the second quarter of 2005. The improved earnings reflect favorable material costs and improvements in pricing.
“Our European [...]

GM Posts Q2 loss (and Q2 profit)

I wrote earlier on GM’s pending 2nd quarter results and their importance in the whole Renault/Nissan alliance thing.
Post a profit = tell Ghosn to go jump.
Post a loss = Kirk Kerkorian riding you like a shopping mall horsey ride.
Well, we got both.
From an Automotive New email alert:

DETROIT (Reuters) — General Motors on Wednesday posted a [...]

New Saab Performance Team Video

Finally, the new Saab Performance Team video has been uploaded at YouTube.
This one’s a lot more arty than the last one, but it looks fantastic. Very polished.
Note the dash in the 9-3. They’re using the new 2007 model in this clip.
Enjoy!! (and thanks again Z for the heads up!!)

Big day coming for GM

It’s been around 16 days since Robert Farago’s last GM Deathwatch entry over at The Truth About Cars. That may not seem like a long time to you, but when you consider that RF rarely lets a week go by without applying his Dr Martens to Rick Wagoner’s backside, maybe there’s reason to believe [...]

Saab Events Update II

Further to my post yesterday about upcoming Saab events, Psycho Dave has left a comment letting us know about the International Saab Club Meeting 2006, which is to be held at the Swedish Airforce former Training Wing at Ljungbyhed in the province of Skåne (Scania).
The meet is on from the 11th to the 13th August, [...]