In Court…. There’s a little bit of news on the Saab front today. Via TTELA, via comments (thanks to Pingu) One creditor (the financial company SVEA Ekonomi AB that has provided NEVS with loans during the year) has opposed an extension of the reconstruction. The reason is that they fear that there is no longer enough property at NEVS to […]
Saab Reports – Mahindra ‘Confirmed’, Creditor Wants Out Read Post »
Porsche 928S I mentioned earlier in the week that I had 928 fever, right? Sooooo …… Monday night was very nearly a big night in our household. The Shannons 2014 Summer Auction was held in Melbourne and I had a specific interest, having registered to bid at the event. My eyes were on this white Porsche 928S from 1986. —
Wednesday Snippets: Hot or Not, V8 Jag, Shannons 928, 912alicious Read Post »
UPDATE: We just booked some accommodation. Trolltown, here we come! —— Good News! The 2015 Saab Festival dates have been announced. The event will take place in Trollhattan from June 5 to June 7 next year. — There are no details as to what will be going on but information will be available at the Saab Museum website when it
Rain. Fine, drizzly, persistent pain-in-the-arse rain. It’s the been the marker of our week-old Tasmanian summer and it did its best to try to ruin Classics By The Beach this morning. Did it succeed? Hell, no! It was a slow start but Classics did happen, which was especially nice for me as I missed the November edition and was hanging
If Fulvia Friday is now being furnished by people spotting Fulvias whilst on vacation, does that mean it’s becoming a thing? My thanks to Ian B, who spotted this Series 2 Fulvia while visiting his native England on holiday from Australia. The car is at a second-hand showroom owned by a guy named Dave Fox, in Stone, Staffordshire. His business
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It’s been a big week in the world of Saab with a potential sale looming that could see the company get a rare third chance at life in the post-GM era. There is a letter of intent in place so Saab fans do have the possibility of a positive outcome with regards to the company’s future. But in truth, the
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Spyker Files For Financial Restructuring Most of the people who visit this site would have been awake when this news came out but I was sleeping. Spyker N.V., together with its wholly owned subsidiary Spyker Automobielen B.V. today filed a voluntary petition for financial restructuring in an effort to address certain short-term operational and liquidity challenges. The District Court of
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Porsche did it, and in marketing offices all around the automotive world, that’s supposedly made it OK for everyone to think they can do it. And maybe they can. But should they? From GoAuto ROLLS-ROYCE will next year decide whether to bring its much-rumoured SUV to market and already has internal design concepts on the drawing board. Nooooooooooo! The world
It’s Fulvia Friday once again. A quick one this week. No time for chatting. In the style of Rony Lutz’s Saab images, here’s a Fulvia Coupe in cutaway form. Click to enlarge.
At the last Lancia Fulvia Update, I’d started removing some exterior trim. The job continued today and true to form, I got over some previous frustrations and discovered some brand new ones! Last week’s frustration was the headlamp surrounds and a fresh air intake for the heating system. Let’s tackle those first…. I managed to get one headlamp surround off
Recent imagery from the Ghangzhou Motor Show reveals the latest effort from Beijing Automotive, a sporty version of their Senova D60 sedan, which is a car based on the Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan technology they bought from Saab Automobile back when GM was still in charge. This is the regular Senova D60, which has been on the Chinese market for
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