A little Saab-Flickr action

I don’t know if they were running this, but here’s a 9-5 SportWagon in the SPT kit…

The SPT cars smokin it up….

Enough SPT, just imagine if you were driving around and saw this! I know I’d be doing whatever I could to get them to pull over….

All about Sydney

I’m so mad right now…….damn teenagers!!
Anyway, today was our national football code’s Grand Final. Same teams as last year, the West Coast Eagles and the Sydney Swans. As I live with three Sydney supporters, you can guess who I had to support.
Last year we were rejoicing as the Swans hung on for a [...]

Original Saab 9-5 ad

Another one from the Google Video cache of Saabvideos.com. I hope the next generation inspires something just as beautiful.

Grumpy Old Man

Kirk Kerkorian has his own man, his No.1 guy,on the board of GM.
He’s forced GM into exploring an alliance with Renault-Nissan, a scheme that he had his #1 guy discuss with Carlos Bonaparte before he brought it up with the board of GM (which brings up issues of it’s own in terms of Jerry York’s [...]

US 9-2x clearout

As a service to those that might be interested, I spotted this on a forum called Slickdeals. This guy’s just snatched a 9-2x Linear 2.5 automatic for what seems to be a pretty sweet price. The word is that dealers are shifting heaven and earth to get them out the doors to make [...]

More consumer opinion stuff….

Earlier today I covered an article by a website called ConsumerAffairs.com. The article was totally critical of Saab’s quality and service, and this criticism was based solely on their collection of just fourteen (14) complaint letters received over a period of six years.
Yes, Saab do have some quality issues and their US dealer service [...]

Friday Snippets

The other day I mentioned that Autoblog Green was doing an overview piece on “green” fuels. At that time they covered E85 (and the Saab Biopower, specifically) as well as Compressed Natural Gas.
Today they take on Biodiesel, Straight Vegetable Oil and Electricity.
They rate electricity as their #1 choice, which should be no surprise as [...]

Svenska Köttbullar

A little something from the Trollhattan Saab kitchen.
Also, a gentle reminder to those hardworking Saab designers, Anthony Lo, Alex Daniel and others, working their butts off in *ahem* Russelsheim that good, honest Saab design has always included some ‘balls’.
Enjoy!