Monthly Archives: July 2011

Writing of Saab’s potential

July 31, 2011 0:47 Line

By: Swade

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Greetings from England, where I’ve been fortunate enough to attend the Saab Owners Club of Great Britain annual meet. I’ll have a bunch of photos from the event in the next few days. Today, I’d like to point you towards …
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Events: Saab Owners Club GB annual event

July 28, 2011 15:17 Line

By: Swade

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It’s a little late for posting to the events page, but later today I’ll be jumping on a plane to head off to England. Part of my weekend visit will include a couple of days at the Saab Owners Club …
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Events: Flying Saab weekend (Italy)

July 28, 2011 13:34 Line

By: Swade

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I’ve added another event to the events calendar. This is one that I won’t be bale to attend myself as I’ll be back in Australia, but it’s one that I definitely wish I could. It’s being hosted by the Saab …
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Keeping it in the family – Saab 96

July 27, 2011 23:10 Line

By: Swade

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We have the coolest fans in the world. So many good stories to tell. A few days ago, I was outside getting a breath of fresh air (ahem!) when a beautiful, blue Saab 96 turned up at the front gate. …
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2011 Midnight Sun Rally – Full tilt boogie

July 27, 2011 17:46 Line

By: Swade

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A few days ago, I brought you some video footage from the regularity class at the Midnight Sun Rally. That’s where most of the Saabs were featured. Following is a video from the historic class, the flat-out version of the …
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Thoughts on our recent announcement re: salaries

July 27, 2011 10:36 Line

By: Swade

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Enthusiast first. Employee second. A very close second, mind you. But I’m still here writing this from my flat in Trollhattan, first and foremost, because this is where my heart is (family aside, of course). Yesterday’s announcement was a kick …
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Saabosphere – links we liked this week

July 26, 2011 20:50 Line

By: Swade

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It’s time for our wrap of what happened in the Saabosphere over the last week or so. Of course, our ongoing situation continues to make the headlines. There are some good services and some not-so-good services for keeping up with …
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Update on Saab Automobile

July 26, 2011 16:00 Line

By: Swade

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Zeewolde, The Netherlands, 26 July 2011 – Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) announces that Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) has delayed payment of the wages to its white-collar employees as some of the funds that were committed by investors were not …
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2011 Midnight Sun Rally – Regularity Class

July 26, 2011 13:44 Line

By: Swade

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The 2011 Midnight Sun Rally ended just over a week ago and there were a lot of Saabs entered in the event. If you haven’t seen the Midnight Sun Rally photo album yet, then make sure you click on that …
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Saab’s taxis at Almedalen

July 26, 2011 9:49 Line

By: Swade

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Something quite cool happened at the recent Almedalen conference – a big gathering of political, social and business movers and shakers here in Sweden. A small company called Great Beyond wanted to show their skills (PR, social, etc) and decided …
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