Swade’s Canadian connections pay off for Saab

As he has mentioned in the past, Swade’s better half, Mrs. Swade, has family near the Pacific coast of Canada in the province of British Columbia. It appears that the connection has paid dividends with the Vancouver Sun, the newspaper that serves that region.
Mr. John Turley-Ewart, a writer for the Canwest News Service, wrote [...]

Saab 95 vs Honda Fit

OK, so here’s a comparison that not many people are likely to make, but it’s a story that deserves to be told, nonetheless, because it encapsulates the feelings of many people when it comes to old-vs-new cars.
So, without further delay……
In the red corner, we have an old and rather funny looking Saab 95 wagon:

And in [...]

Friday Snip-o-rama

Tomorrow, I’ll be here….

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That’s the GM Holden proving grounds at Lang Lang, in Victoria’s south east. It’s not quite Milford in Michigan or that regal-looking IDIADA track in Spain (I know….I probably got the name wrong again), but it’ll be fun nonetheless.
The two focal points for the day are the Turbo X [...]

Saab 9-4x interior comparo

My countrymen at CarAdvice are featuring some Saab 9-4x pictures today. There’s not a lot that we haven’t seen before, though I think one of the profile shots might be a new angle. It makes the car look quite large-ish, too.
The one that got me digging through my archives was the interior shot. [...]

Thursday night snippets

There’s not much to write about this evening, but here’s a few interesting tidbits…
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Previous announcements about the Saab 9-5 showing at the Geneva Motor Show in 2009 were based on representatives hearing this at a recent GM dealer conference in Germany.
It’s not that there was any doubt about this at all, but it [...]

Thursday Snippets

There’s lots of interesting reading and viewing out there today…..
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For the car photography buffs, there’s an article from Autoweek about….car photography. There’s no earth shattering revelations here but there are some good tips if you read it closely. The main grab I got from it was that taking good car photos is like [...]

What’s your perfect real-world garage?

In the wake of unfortunate circumstances that unfolded almost a year ago, I find myself today without a car that I loved a heck of a lot - my Saab 9-3 Viggen. Fortunately, though, my personal cloud had a silver lining, and after some successful arguments with my insurers, I think we’ve got a [...]

Another Award for the Saab 9-X BioHybrid

This one’s just come down the tubes from Saab USA:
Already labeled “Best Concept” by AutoWeek Magazine upon its world debut at the Geneva auto show last March, the Saab 9-X BioHybrid has been voted “Specialty Concept Car of the Year” by a jury of 25 professional North American automotive journalists. The award ceremony took place [...]