I posted a poll late last week asking people how long they’d been a Saab owner. I’ll get to the results of that poll tomorrow, but first I want to thank everyone for their input in comments. There were some wonderful Saab stories there. I’ve picked out one in particular and contacted the writer seeking his permission to post here […]
How long have you owned a Saab? One man's story…. Read Post »
As well as covering the corporate stuff on this website, I’ve also been covering a little of my personal journey as an Australian Saab fan relocating to Sweden and getting to grips with life at Saab. One of my personal quests was to buy a Saab in Sweden so that I could proudly park it in the mothership’s car park,
This is nothing car related, but it’s interesting just to see the other things go on here from time to time. If I asked you to guess the names of guys you’d find in the crash test building here at Saab, you’d probably answer Anders, or Fredrik, or similar names. Yesterday was a little different as the building was full
I’m going to start this week’s Saabosphere with a link from this very same website. I’ll do that because it’s important for those who didn’t all the commotion on Friday to know that Saab has indeed re-started production after a 6-week layover. There was a press release about it and I also shot some video of the first cars coming
Hey all. I’ve spent the morning having my mind blown to pieces looking at some electrical integration setups that are used for testing cars, and testing changes to cars (from the electronics point of view). More on that later. Whilst exiting the building, I was confronted by a number of Saab 9-5 SportCombis in different colors, a few of which
In this week’s poll, I’m interested to find out whether you’re new to Saab, or if you’ve owned Saabs for a long time. We know that we have a lot of passionate long-term Saab fans out there, but it would be interesting to know the spread amongst the readers here at Inside Saab. UPDATE – There’s been some talk in
So you’ve seen the press release and the video, but what about the other stuff? Saab got production underway Friday after a seven week halt and there was a real upbeat spirit about the place. For me, it was especially notable because it was the first time since I’ve been working in Sweden that we actually produced some cars. It
I’ve already shown my own rather informal video of this event, featuring the cars coming off the production line. Here’s the official company video featuring remarks from Saab’s VP, Purchasing and Manufacturing, Gunnar Brunius, as well as Saab’s Chairman and CEO, Victor Muller. ——
Video: Saab re-start production at the Trollhattan plant Read Post »
• First cars roll off Trollhättan production line since April 6 • Order bank of over 6,500 cars for Trollhättan factory, over 8,000 cars worldwide Trollhättan, Sweden: Saab Automobile today restarted production at its production facility in Trollhättan. A first batch of around 100 cars is planned for this first day of production since April 6 and Saab Automobile plans
It’s grey and raining in Trollhattan today, but you can’t wipe the smile from people’s faces around here. We’re about to start building cars again. It’s what we do and it’s hurt that we haven’t been able to do it for a while. It’s great to see the line lit up again, with people getting to their stations… They did
