Author Archives: Swade

50 ways to leave your lover

August 23, 2011 21:55 Line

By: Swade

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Enthusiast first. Employee (close) second. One of the reports that’s really turned into a kick in the guts for a lot of the people that I talk to at Saab, and for our dealer body worldwide, is a report going …
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Video: Saab 9-3 ePower

August 23, 2011 16:04 Line

By: Swade

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A month or so ago we were running a few test rides in our Saab 9-3 ePower vehicle at a Swedish event called Almedalen. Once the Saab 9-3 ePower returned to Trollhattan, I jumped in for a quick ride and …
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Press Release: Saab Automobile Informs Employees On Salary Payments

August 23, 2011 13:57 Line

By: Swade

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Trollhättan, Sweden: Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) and Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) announce that there is a risk of delayed payment of August wages to Saab Automobile employees as some of the funds that were committed by investors may not …
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Video: Saab Performance Team “Duet”

August 22, 2011 22:23 Line

By: Swade

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Re-posted – I put this one up on site late last week but it wasn’t really the best time for everyone to see it. So here it goes for another run! —— Kenneth Backlund and Kent Andersson from the Saab …
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Saabosphere – links we liked this week

August 22, 2011 14:45 Line

By: Swade

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Top Gear Magazine in the Netherlands is very interested in current stories surrounding Saab. They’re keen to support the company in an hour of need and in a gesture of goodwill, are offering free subscriptions to the Dutch Top Gear …
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Additional information regarding Swedish Automobile NV supervisory board remuneration

August 22, 2011 12:59 Line

By: Swade

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Further to information we circulated last week concerning reports in Swedish media: Last Thursday, we commented on the media headlines about raised remuneration to members of the Swedish Automobile Supervisory Board. In addition to what was said then, we can …
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More pics from the 2011 SOC

August 21, 2011 12:29 Line

By: Swade

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It’s approaching mega gallery status here…… More images have come through from our own Stephanie from SCNA, as well as from Greg Abbott, Meg H and Pierre T. You can see Meg’s full gallery of images here. The feature shots …
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US Spec 2012 Saab 9-5 Aero SportCombi

August 21, 2011 0:19 Line

By: Swade

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From Justinn, via comments….. I would love to see more pictures of the NA Spec 9-5 SportCombi! Ask and you shall receive. Click and you shall enlarge – I’ll have HEAPS more photos from Saturday at the SOC, tomorrow (getting …
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Wars of Perception

August 20, 2011 18:11 Line

By: Swade

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I was talking earlier this week with a prominent Saab person (a non-employee) about the situation Saab is in right now. He opined that there were two ‘Saab’ entities going around at the moment. One is the Saab that’s constantly …
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Updates from the 2011 Saab Owners Convention

August 20, 2011 1:15 Line

By: Swade

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The 2011 Saab owners Convention is well and truly underway and it’s been great to get some updates from people on the ground there. Of course, our own girl-on-the-ground, Stephanie from SCNA is there and she’s been having a lot …
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