Saab Pride - New Mexico Style

Here’s another entry in the Saab Pride of Ownership competition and I don’t know what’s more breathtaking - the car or the scene.
It’s from Peter S, who I’m sure is thanking Elkparts even as you read this.
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This is my 1989 900 turbo sedan, which in the States is getting to be quite rare. It has [...]

Saab Pride - sea kayak style

It’s time for yet another entry in the Saab Pride of Ownership competition, which is soon to come to a finale.
As always, my thanks to Elkparts for the support. Get your Saab gear there.
Today’s entry comes from Igor Y, living in Connecticut in the US.
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Please find attached the pictures of my ‘07 9-5 Aero. [...]

The Pain….

Video: GM’s ethanol partnership

The following video covers the announcement of GM’s partnership with Coskata in a new process for the manufacture of ethanol, a process that’ll use waste resources rather than corn, will use much less water, and will cost less as well.
Saab’s own Kjell AC Bergstrom features in part of the clip, talking about Saab’s BioPower engines [...]

Wednesday Quick Snippets

They’re trying everything to move Cadillacs in the UK.
Now you can get the BLS wagon for the same price as the BLS sedan.
The BLS wagon is an abomination compared to the 9-3 SportCombi it’s based on. Funny thing is, though, the 9-3 SportCombi isn’t selling that well in the US and all [...]

Preview: Lane Motor Museum Visit

I’ve only lived in Nashville, Tennessee most of my life. But things going on here still escape me from time to time. Yes, they escape even me (eye roll).
Right now, I’m pretty pumped about a small motor museum that recently opened here in the Music City. If one may include five years [...]

Saab Turbo X -vs- Saab 9-3 Aero XWD

I got an email last Friday from Saab USA. They’re concerned that there’s still confusion about the Saab Turbo X. I won’t reproduce the contents here as Ryan at Saab History also got it and published it verbatim. I didn’t publish it straight away as I had one fundamental question to ask [...]

EnG 1999 Saab 9-5 SE Update

As regular readers know, I bought a 1999 Saab 9-5 last month, and I’ve enjoyed driving it.
But I must say, I’ve not enjoyed fixing it.
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UPDATE: I guess that I thought that it would be understood that since I bought an 8-year-old car, I bought into a few repairs (see comments on stereo, motor mount). [...]