Category Archives: Features

Saab dominate ALD fuel economy test in Spain

July 7, 2011 22:27 Line

By: Swade

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RE-POSTED – This effort from Saab Spain got drowned out by news earlier this week. It’s been re-posted to give people a fuller opportunity to read through what they achieved here. —— This is a story that I covered briefly …
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Have you spotted the Best of the Road crew yet?

July 1, 2011 13:33 Line

By: Swade

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Last night I tweeted a special message to a good friend of mine in Tennessee. Mike used to write with me on my old website, Saabs United, and one of the Best of the Road teams was calling into his …
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Saab Automobile supports 2011 Nils Liedholm Cup

June 30, 2011 13:44 Line

By: Swade

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Trollhättan, Sweden: Saab Automobile will support the Nils Liedholm Cup this year through a personal donation by recently retired CEO Jan Åke Jonsson. The Nils Liedholm Cup is an annual Swedish youth football tournament for boys and girls between 13 …
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Update – Best Of The Road

June 28, 2011 15:37 Line

By: Swade

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Five lucky groups are driving around the United States checking out the best the country has to offer – food, fun, friendliness, beauty and patriotism. It’s called Best Of The Road and the reason we’re interested about it here on …
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Hirsch Performance Saab 9-5

June 27, 2011 16:30 Line

By: Swade

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I’ve not written about Hirsch Performance much here. They are Saab’s official tuning house, the only way to have your Saab performance tuned and retain your full factory warranty. Hirsch have just released the full details of the new performance …
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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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Back in time – Bob Sinclair and the launch of the 20th Anniversary Saab 9-3 Convertible

June 8, 2011 20:38 Line

By: Swade

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A few weeks ago, I published a story about the birth of the Saab Convertible. The man at the center of that story was Bob Sinclair, the former chief of Saab Automobile in the United States. A friend in the …
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PhoeniX in New York

June 8, 2011 0:20 Line

By: Swade

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I’ve been waiting to show you these photos for a while now. What would you do if you saw something like this in a streetscape late at night? You’d photograph it, of course. And that’s exactly what plenty of people …
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Saab Convertible Concept by Leif Mellberg

May 26, 2011 22:43 Line

By: Swade

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Earlier, we looked at the Saab Convertible Concept built by the American Sunroof Company – the concept that was chosen to form the basis for the production Saab Convertible. Today, in our continuing celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the …
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Saab Convertible Concept by ASC

May 26, 2011 11:21 Line

By: Swade

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As part of the 25th Anniversary of the Saab Convertible, we’re covering the development of one of Saab’s most iconic models. If you missed Bob Sinclair’s story on the birth of the Saab Convertible, then make sure you hit that …
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