GMRN Update

There’s a few good stories around at the moment about an issue that does have a boatload of potential implications for Saab - the proposed GM-Renault-Nissan alliance.
The last big meetings between the head honchos of each company were held in Detroit back in July. These were highly publicised affairs given the gargantuan nature of [...]

SOTW - Sept 26

UPDATE below
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This Saab O The Week is a Flickr discovery. I doubt whether the publisher, cviglietti, is the owner, but it’s just a great mood photo.
If you want to see some other great Saabs, check out the SOTW archive as it’s full of good stuff.

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UPDATE….
I’ve copped a little flack for the SOTW shot above. [...]

Tuesday Snippets - the grumpy edition

Sometimes stories pop up for no conceivable reason, but they’re interesting when they do.
This story was written way back in December 2003 so there’s no reason why it would pop up on my RSS newsreader, but it did. I don’t know if Saab USA still use this incentive system, but if you go into [...]

Fresh Air - Saab Australia

This article was a real breath of fresh air.
I’ve always said that I couldn’t work in a selling type position (however far I might be from the actual job of selling) unless I totally, completely believed in the product I was selling - 1000%.
My previous interactions with Saab Australia have all been with the grass [...]

Poll results: SID positioning

Late last week I posted a poll to see people’s preferences on the position of the Saab Information Display on the 9-3 Sport Sedan. Up until MY2007 the SID has been located in a special binnacle on top of the dashboard. The 2007 9-3 sees the SID moved into the instrument cluster - [...]

9-7x: axe confirmed

It’s been mentioned several times before by various publications speculating on Saab’s future model line. It’s also to be expected given it’s genesis, but it’s still interesting to hear discussion of the axe falling on the 9-7x from none other than Jan-Ake Jonsson himself.
Ttela.se - a Swedish paper - had a story on the [...]

Ford and the 9-3 Convertible

No, not that Ford. Royal Ford of the Boston Globe has been driving the 20th Anniversary 9-3 ‘Vert.
Ford’s a long time Saab driver and he’s not backward in giving the company a pasting when he feels it’s warranted. But he’ll hand out the bouquets as well. Back in February he went postal [...]

Screw ‘em

This is my response to these.
Click to enlarge to 1280×800. Other sizes can be prepared on request. Just leave a note in comments. Makes a nice email greeting for all your BMW and Audi-owning friends