Monthly Archives: May 2011

Saab Design chief Jason Castriota named as one of the Top 100 creative people in business

May 18, 2011 13:27 Line

By: Swade

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Jason Castriota, Saab’s Executive Director – Design, has been honored by Fast Company Magazine as one of their Top 100 Creative People in Business for 2011. The Fast Company list of 100 Most Creative People spans entertainment to medicine to …
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Saab 9-4x – reviews at a glance

May 18, 2011 10:48 Line

By: Swade

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Saab recently hosted members of the automotive press in Washington DC. Their mission – to drive the all new Saab 9-4x crossover. It’s fair to say that the reviews have been very positive for the Saab 9-4x. It’s been noticed …
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Victor Muller addresses Saab workforce

May 17, 2011 13:05 Line

By: Swade

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Saab Chairman, Victor Muller, addressed the assembled Saab workforce at 12:30pm today. UPDATE: Notes from Victor Muller’s address are now posted below. – Notes from the address by Victor Muller to Saab employees – Tuesday 17 May – Victor began …
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Saabs United Days a success

May 17, 2011 8:30 Line

By: Swade

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I got back from Australia in to Trollhattan on Saturday evening, just in time to take in Day 2 of the Saabs United Days event on the weekend. Saabs United Days was a gathering organised by the Saabs United website, …
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About Pang Da Automobile Trade Co

May 16, 2011 10:18 Line

By: Swade

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Saab has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pang Da, otherwise known as the Pang Da Automobile Trade Co. Interested Saab fans might be asking who is this most recent of suitors for Saab Automobile? Here’s a little of what …
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Press release: Saab Automobile and Spyker Enter Into MOU With Pang Da Automobile On Distribution/Manufacturing Partnership For China And Equity Participation

May 16, 2011 9:03 Line

By: Swade

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Trollhättan, Sweden – Spyker Cars N.V. (Spyker) announces today that Spyker and Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pang Da Automobile Trade Co., Ltd (Pang Da), China’s largest publicly traded automobile distributor with over …
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2011 Mille Miglia complete – all three Saabs finish the journey

May 16, 2011 0:31 Line

By: Swade

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Peter Backstrom, the director of the Saab Museum here in Trollhattan, oversaw the engine builds for the three Saab 93A’s competing in the 2011 Mille Miglia. Those engines were built not to be outstandingly fast, but to be very, very …
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Mille Miglia photo and video update

May 15, 2011 9:11 Line

By: Swade

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News from the Mille Miglia has been difficult to come by as we only have a very small team in Italy for the event and they’re almost all involved in either competition or support. It doesn’t help that I’ve been …
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Saab photo update from 2011 Mille Miglia

May 13, 2011 7:27 Line

By: Swade

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I don’t have any details or stories to share, but it certainly looks like the team at Mille Miglia is having a good time. The cars and the scenery both look breathtaking. The following photos just arrived in my inbox, …
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Saabosphere – links we enjoyed this week

May 13, 2011 0:28 Line

By: Swade

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Let’s be honest. It’s a tough week to be writing about enjoyable links. But there are some good stories out there, so let’s take a look at them before I head off to the airport to return back to Saab …
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