It’s not the first time we’ve seen these vehicles, but I thought these new shots were worth a look given they’re so nice and clear.

They were sent in by John C, who spotted the Mavic Saabs recently at the Tour de Georgia in the United States. These cars are cerntainly eye catching and the SportCombi profile combned with the 2008 front end make for a very noticeable vehicle.

As I understand it, these vehicles aren’t ties to a particular racing team. The Mavic vehicles are support vehicles for all teams, providing technical assistance as required. Mavic have been doing this in various places around the world since the early 1970’s, though the company dates back to the late 1800’s.

The technicians in the yellow cars are there to aid all the competitors in a road race, regardless of bicycle brand being used, their nationality or position in the race. They intervene directly and quickly with the champions in the event of a flat or mechanical problem in order to get them back in the race again as rapidly as possible.

You might be wondering where the Saab connection comes in. Are we looking at these vehicles purely because the Saabs were the cheapest ones for them to lease? Well, not quite.

Mavic are based in France and today the company is owned by Salomon, with whom Saab has a long-standing relationship. There’s a range of Saab Salomon stuff, as well as a Saab-Salomon adventure race team, ski sposorshops and all sorts of stuff.

Now you can add the Mavic support vehicles to that list!

Click here to visit the Saab Salomon website. It’s worth it just for the start video!