Tag Archives: Saab 9-5

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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From the carpark…..

July 6, 2011 14:01 Line

By: Swade

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Just wandering through the Saab bunker today, I noticed the rear of one our Saab 9-5′s had a fat lip. Always nice to see it parked next to a Saab 9-4x, too. Anyway, this is the first time I’d seen …
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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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Saabosphere – links we liked this week

June 26, 2011 9:12 Line

By: Swade

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There’s an event on Facebook called Save Saab. We didn’t create it, but I’m sure all Saab employees and fans appreciate the fact that it’s there. The event is tomorrow and the location – the whole world. It’s a non-geographic …
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Saab 9-5 by Soundracer at the Gumball 3000

June 22, 2011 8:02 Line

By: Swade

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SoundRacer is a Swedish company that makes a fun little device that plugs into your car’s 12V outlet, tunes to your radio and sends a V8, V10 or V12 soundtrack through your speakers according to your vehicle’s engine revs. The …
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Saabosphere – Saab links we liked this week

June 18, 2011 14:41 Line

By: Swade

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Inside Saab now has a video page where you can watch all the groovy videos we produce. We also have a playlist on Youtube. —— Saab participated in a fuel economy challenge in Spain just over a week ago and …
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Press Release: Saab 9-5 Sedan earns Top Safety Pick 2011

June 17, 2011 0:18 Line

By: Swade

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The Saab 9-5 Sedan has earned the highest rating for crashworthiness in the United States. The “Top Safety Pick” is awarded by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS, www.iihs.org), a research and communications organization funded by auto insurers in …
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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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Saabosphere – Saab links we liked this week

June 6, 2011 16:06 Line

By: Swade

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It’s been another week where Saab has been covered with some great stories out in the Saabosphere. Let’s a look at some of the links we liked this week. —— Carsales.com.au featured a great review of the Saab 9-5 today, …
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Video: Saab 9-5 SportCombi crash test

June 2, 2011 10:55 Line

By: Swade

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There’s nothing at Saab that’s treated more seriously than the safety of our customers. It’s one of our core values and part of the Swedish philosophy that’s incorporated into every car that we design and build. Our next vehicle release …
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