Archive for April, 2008
JL Racing Update
JL Racing’s season starts in just over two weeks from now on May 17.
The car has been undergoing a total ground-up rebuild for the 2008 season, complete with MY2008 panel work and a number of mechanical enhancements.
One of the new developments is a deal with Quarter Master to provide racing clutches for the team. [...]
Calling all Saab Turbo X owners - how’s it going?
We read about your impending deliveries with great excitement. We clapped our hands in anticipation. We ooooohed and aaaaahed when they finally arrived.
So a few weeks in to the ownership experience - how’s it all going?
Thoughts in comments or via email would be well and truly appreciated. This is the big daddy [...]
Custom badges!
We have a slight problem with the European version of the Saab Design T-shirt shop at the moment, but we’re hoping that it’ll sort itself out with a little diplomacy. The US shop is still OK.
In the meantime, you might want to take a look at this badge. This is a prototype [...]
An apology from an enthusiast Saab blogger
I love driving.
I had my first car sitting in my driveway for four months before I got my driver’s licence. The first thing I did after passing my test was to get in my Holden Gemini, go pick up a mate of mine and fly down the Greensborough Bypass at 160 km/h. [...]
Swedish Day UK - the story
I just got this in from Robin M, our unofficial Saab Ambassador for the UK and organiser of the Swedish Day UK car show last weekend.
He just prepared this for Saab Driver magazine over there but given that most of us don’t get Saab Driver, I feel pretty sure that the wider audience [...]
Counterpoint: Sometimes Born from Jets ain’t so bad
I know that most of us like to bash “Born from Jets” because it seems to value flash over substance. However, take heart: We could be Mini fanatics that have to endure this advertising campaign for the new Mini Clubman:
zig, zag, zug
That’s right. zig, zag, zug. Really.
To quote Mini themselves:
“ ‘Zig, [...]
SOTW - Saab Motorsport - bring it back
You can’t underestimate the contribution that motorsport can make to a car company. Engine development, suspension, fuel, safety - it’s the pinnacle of everything that makes up a car.
Saab had a lot of early success in rallying but eventually motorsport got too expensive for a little company like Saab. They certainly punched above [...]
Who should be deciding Saab’s future products?
This is a Saab blog, so I’ve put that headline in Saab terms. But transpose any company you like in there and ask the same question - who should be having input into the products that a company sells?
Go and read nearly any book on Saab’s birth and development and the stories that you’ll [...]
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