Tuesday Snippets

Posted by swade on May 13th, 2008 7 Comments Printer-Friendly

As mentioned earlier, I’m out of town on assignment. Posting will be light, but here’s a few snippets and thoughts.

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Spare a thought for we Aussie Saab buyers. Our federal government will pass it’s budget tonight and included in it will be a tax hike on all cars over $57,000. The 25% tax already in place will increase to 33%.

That tax is charged on the amount paid over $57,000. So if you buy a car worth $67,000, that’s $10,000 over the threshold and you’ll pay an extra $3,300 on top of the $67,000 price in tax.

Saab’s range goes from $43,000 up to just over $90,000 here, so a number of models will be affected.

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Warning. The following may render you speechless and dribbling all over your keyboard.

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Shaker Saab in Ohio is now called Saab of North Olmsted, which is OK, I guess. I’d heard good things about Shaker so I hope the new owners uphold the high standards that were set.

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Plenty of awesome Saab photos here.

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Markac said:

Hopefully the tax increase gets blocked in the Upper House. At the very least the threshold should be raised. It has been $57,000 for quite a few years.

-May 13th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
alaero said:

Haven’t seen that viggen photo in ages..

DAMM!!! its so nice..

a.

-May 13th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
J said:

Love the dual exhaust on the Viggen!
Wow - that black ‘vert is NICE!

-May 13th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
alaero said:

also that Silver viggen with the Hirsch rims :)

so awesome….

a.

-May 13th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Gunnar said:

The blacked-out Saab 9-3 convertible pictured in that link looks mighty fine.

-May 14th, 2008 at 1:20 am
PGAero said:

alaero… I’m with you on the Hirsch-wheeled Viggen.

Hey Swade, any choice on the wheels you’ll put on the Viggen? (I suppose you need to know what’ll happen first, huh?)

~P

-May 14th, 2008 at 7:15 am
Howiez5150 said:

Death to a luxury tax that includes the Saab!!! I can’t imagine how many Saabs would sell in the US if ou had to add 25%-33% to the sticker.

-May 14th, 2008 at 8:20 am