Monthly Archives: June 2011

Two Saabs and 2,000 kilometers in two days

June 14, 2011 23:35 Line

By: Swade

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As mentioned the other night, I was up in northern Sweden for a few hours over the weekend, a town called Skellefteå, just over 1,000kms from Trollhattan. I was there with a couple of friends, Rune an Anna. We drove …
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Saab 96 crash test – 1967

June 14, 2011 15:31 Line

By: Swade

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I found some still images of some early crash tests back in April and published them here on Inside Saab at that time. Last week, we found the film from one of these tests. It’s from August 1967, and involves …
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Press Release: Saab Automobile, Spyker, Pang Da And Youngman Enter Into MOU On Distribution/Manufacturing Partnership For China And Equity Participation

June 13, 2011 16:45 Line

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Trollhättan, Sweden: Spyker Cars N.V. (Spyker) announces today that Spyker, Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile), Pang Da Automobile Trade Co., Ltd (Pang Da) and Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co., Ltd. (Youngman) signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU). The MOU …
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Not quite the Midnight Sun…..

June 13, 2011 0:19 Line

By: Swade

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It’s overcast here in Skellefteå so I can’t show you the midnight sun, but here are the five-minutes-to-midnight clouds and ambient light, photographed just fifteen minutes ago as I sit here writing this from the Scandic Hotel here in town. …
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Poll – Do you name your Saab?

June 12, 2011 22:21 Line

By: Swade

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I’ve done this before and I’ll probably do it again…. The first car I can remember is my grandfather’s brown mid-60′s Holden. It’s a little strange that that’s the first car I can remember because I would have travelled to …
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Saabosphere – links we liked this week

June 11, 2011 22:38 Line

By: Swade

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Welcome to the weekly roundup of Saab links we enjoyed reading this week at Inside Saab. —— A bit of internal follow-up first….. The Lime Yellow Saab 9-3 Convertible Hot-or-Not poll has confirmed that the color, now no longer available …
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IS Interview: SBS Radio

June 11, 2011 14:21 Line

By: Swade

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Just over a week ago, I did a phone interview with SBS Radio, a multi-language media organisation in my home country, Australia. You should be able to listen to it on the embedded player, below. If it doesn’t show there …
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Saab Convertible lineup in Dayton, Ohio

June 11, 2011 0:30 Line

By: Swade

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Following on from our loose theme-o-the-month(s) on the 25th Anniversary of the Saab Convertible, I received these photos a few weeks ago from a technician at Just Saab in Dayton, Ohio. The photo was taken towards the end of summer, …
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Communique: Production suspension to continue during next week

June 10, 2011 9:27 Line

By: Swade

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An internal communique from Saab updating the situation with regards to recent disruptions at the plant since resumption of production. ——- The halt in production in April and May did not just affect Saab, but also our suppliers. We expected …
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Mouthwatering Saab Club meeting in Hong Kong

June 10, 2011 0:08 Line

By: Swade

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Back in January 2010 there were a lot of gatherings around the world held in support of Saab as the company was threatened with closure by General Motors. The website that I used to run, Saabs United, was a central …
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