Saab Road Trip in Namibia

I’ve featured Danni and his Saabs before. Back in March I posted a few of his photos under the headline “Call Yourself Hardcore?”. Why hardcore? Well, the trip to get the car serviced is about 2000 kilometers.
That’s hardcore!
Danni’s recently been on another road trip and has been kind enough to send in [...]

Build it and I will come……

A photoshop job from Muz-X.
I cannot say it clearer than this: If Saab built this car, I would buy it.

Actually, here’s a tip to those Swedish (ok, working in Germany now) design geeks working on Saab stuff. A few years ago some dedicated Holden staff here in Australia worked after hours to produce a [...]

Aero Convertible Reviews

It was nice to approach Sydney airport last Saturday and see one of these billboards facing all coming traffic…..

Personally, I was a little lukewarm towards the special anniversary electric blue colour, but it certainly seems to have found a few fans, enough to sell out of the anniversary model in the US quite quickly and [...]

Tuesday Snippets

I owe a quick apology to all those that have emailed me in the last week or so without me getting back to them. It’s been pretty busy here with all the Motor Show stuff and the sheer volume of emails.
As a mass response to those that emailed me about it - Yes, I [...]

GM Europe - New Corporate Identity

This just in via email…..The Borg moves on relentlessly. It’s good they’re going to spruce up the place, but Saabs and Chevys as part of the same corporate identity? Call me a Saab snob all you like, but it doesn’t seem to me to be the way to build what’s supposed to be [...]

Saab Service - up to scratch?

I have one local Saab dealer here in Hobart.
I have two available Saab specialist mechanics, though one is frequently off somewhere making or selling fudge so I haven’t used his services on a paid basis yet.
My choices are fairly limited and as I spent the last half of last week in a city that did [...]

9-3 SportCombi Vector comparo

Following on from the news that the 9-3 SportCombi range in Australia would receive a Vector line, I thought it might be interesting to have a look at the Vector and do a very brief comparison against the Germans.
For the purpose of the comparison, I’ve used the more expensive Vector Sport model, which adds $4,000 [...]

Reflections on Sydney

I’m back in Hobart now, and after going flat out on video clips and catching up with various Saab people in Sydney I slept flat out for about 11 hours last night. As I normally sleep about 6 hours a night, it was unusual to say the least.
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I’ve got to say “Hats [...]