Kirk lines his ducks in a row….

1) The media goes all speculative that there’s nothing in the GM-Renault-Nissan talks that would benefit GM to the point of making it worthwhile.
2) GM seek to quiet the speculation by announcing that they’ll see the talks through to the end.
3) At the same time, Carlos Bonaparte starts muttering about taking his [...]

C&D and the 47-Letter Convertible*

Car and Driver are improving their coverage of Saab with every review they do.
Their last Saab review of the 9-3 SportCombi was very engouraging and this quick writeup of the 9-3 Convertible is just as good.
I’ve had a quick look at their website but I don’t think it’s been posted there yet. This transcript [...]

Saab at the Paris Motor Show

The Paris Motor Show is now all-systems go and Saab are presenting their full Biopower concept car arsenal to the LeCrowd.
The Aero-X will be presented unchanged from it’s debut at Geneva earlier in the year. It’s continuing to make impressions wherever it goes and after it’s Paris adventure it’ll be coming down here to [...]

AutoExtremist on GMRN

Anyone following the GM-Renault-Nissan issue should head on over to AutoExtremist.

If anything of substance comes out of the meeting when Ghosn and Wagoner sit down face-to-face in Paris, I will be shocked. Ghosn wants answers now, or he is threatening to take his considerably inflated reputation and walk away. I don’t think GM will tell [...]

9-4x: latest info to hand

UPDATE: this has been moved back to the top for the convenience of all those visiting from Edmunds Inside Line. For your info, everything we currently know about the upcoming 9-4x is available at this link.
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Following Ryan’s lead over at Saab Videos, I’ve also taken a screenshot of the 9-4x sketch shown by Jay [...]

Thursday Snippets

It was interesting, after writing my own GMRN update yesterday, to see GM actually issue a press release about the talks:

General Motors, Renault and Nissan today said that a meeting was held between Carlos Ghosn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Renault, SAS and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and Rick Wagoner, Chairman and Chief Executive [...]

9-3 Beyond Convention Ad

The blog’s still in the transition phase to new software, but here’s something for your optical enjoyment.
It’s one I hadn’t seen before. From the vaults of www.saabvideos.com.

TS software update

Hi all,
Just to let you know that entries here at Trollhattan Saab could be a little erratic over the next few days.
Owing to a software vulnerability I’m being forced to upgrade to a new version of Movable Type. Most plugins have been disabled (which is why there’s no entries in the “Links” section of [...]