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 on the convertible, to be officially HOT. —— Internal follow-up #2….. An addendum to recent stories about the genesis of […]
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 (it may drop off the playlist in the coming days) the you can go to the SBS Radio website. The
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, 2010, oustide the service department of their dealership. That particular day, they had at least one example of each model
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 the risk of disruptions while restarting production, and have indeed experienced such disruptions this week. Therefore, the company decided yesterday
Communique: Production suspension to continue during next week Read Post »
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 gathering point for the exchange of information about those convoys and it was a tremendous success. I remember sitting at
File this under “Things that blow your mind about how incredibly complex it is to design and build a motor vehicle”. Long title, I know. But this is one of the more mind-blowing insights I’ve had into the vehicle development process since being here at Saab. I’ve told people for some time now that there are no ‘fingersnap’ solutions when
Following on from the production communication from yesterday…… —— Zeewolde, The Netherlands, 9 June 2011 – Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) today decided to temporarily suspend production at its production facility in Trollhättan. The seven-week production stop in April and May has not just affected Saab Automobile, but particularly also its supplier base. While Saab Automobile booked lots of progress
You’re currently at Inside Saab – the inside perspective on what’s going on from day to day here at Saab HQ in Trollhattan. I’m very humbled that you’ve taken the time to visit and I hope you enjoy your stay, tell all your friends and come back again. But did you know that there are other official Saab channels out
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 US has since sent through some pictures of a launch event that was held when Saab released the 20th Anniversary
Back in time – Bob Sinclair and the launch of the 20th Anniversary Saab 9-3 Convertible Read Post »
Yesterday, production at Saab Automobile stopped at lunchtime due to material shortages. We have now stopped again today for the same reasons. “When we chose to restart production after the long stoppage, we saw a number of risks on the horizon, mostly concerned with the supply of materials. We are faced with more material supply problems this week and have
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 did late one cold spring night in New York City. Me included. Back in April when the New York Auto
