It’s mixed news from Sweden once again in February 2008.

The Saab 9-3 continues to sell well but the 9-5’s inevitable slide is continuing. That new model can’t come soon enough.

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Saab Sweden sold 1094 units of the Saab 9-3 in February. This was a 40.1% rise over the same month last year.

So far in 2007, there’s been 2,229 sales, which provides for a similar rise of 41.9% for the year so far. Market share this year is 5.8% compared with 3.8% at this time last year.

This all looks great, but it was in March last year that BioPower versions of the Saab 9-3 started to kick in. Look for these monthly and yearly rises for the 9-3 to level out in coming months.

Of the 1094 9-3s sold, 750 were BioPower and 273 were Diesel.

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Saab also sold 668 units of the Saab 9-5 in February 2008, which represents a fall of 24.7% compared with the same month last year.

Sales for the year so far total 1,362 and that’s a fall of 26.8%.

The Saab 9-5 has slipped from #4 on the Swedish sales list to #5.

Of the 668 9-5s sold, 559 were BioPower and 94 were Diesel.

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Total sales for February were 1,762, compared with 1,668 last year.

So far in 2008, Saab sales number 3,591 in 2008, compared with 3,433 last year.

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The Cadillac BLS has gone off!!! It’s BLS-mania over there.

There were 86 units of the BLS sold in February - a 378% rise!