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Hirsch Performance Newsletter – Saab 9-4x upgrade

Hirsch Performance are Saab’s only factory-authorised performance partner and they’ve just released their November 2011 newsletter. Hirsch Performance products are available in select markets around the world. Check with your local Saab dealer. —— Performance upgrade for the Saab 9-4x Aero The performance upgrade to 330 hp that Hirsch Performance originally developed for the 9-5 Turbo6 is now also available […]

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Who’s got the oldest original-owner Saab?

I talked to a wonderful elderly lady here in Australia earlier today and the conversation got me thinking. She has a 1975 Saab 99GL CombiCoupe that she picked up brand new in Gothenburg before eventually bringing the car here to Australia. It’s quite a fascinating story, one that I hope to bring in more detail in a few weeks from

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Djup Strupe on the Saab 9-1 that wasn’t

Fridays are never as good as Mondays for people seeing stuff, and this is one that I figured people might find particularly interesting, hence the re-post. —— Who knew that yesterday – 11/11/11 – was going to be dubbed “Nigel Tufnel Day”? Outstanding. Thanks Jim. We celebrated the alignment of the ones on the calendar by taking a look at

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How did you end up buying your first Saab, Pierre?

This submission is a response to me sharing my story as to how I acquired my first Saab. It comes from Pierre B, who is not only a guy I consider to be a good friend, but is also the second hardest-working guy I know in the extended Saab family (after VM himself). Pierre is the Service Manager at Charles

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A Saab goes to 11, three times, on "Tufnel Day"

Just when you thought the numeric stories for Nigel Tufnel Day were over, another one pops up. This one is courtesy of the Saab Turbo Club of Sweden. One of the members at the STCS forum noted a wonderful coincidence back on Friday, which of course, happened to be 11/11/11. I don’t know if he saw his odometer creeping up

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Inside Saab on Google+

Have you tried out Google+ yet? If so, then please feel free to add Inside Saab to your circles and get updates as to content and the occasional non-website thought. Like everyone else, we’ve just started on Google+ so there’s a still a bit of content to add, but we’ll be updating regularly and adding some rich media resources there

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How did you end up buying your first Saab?

Something to pass the time…… A story from earlier in the week prompted a few Saab purchase stories from the pre-internet days. Forgetting the internet for a moment, it’s always interesting to hear how people first get into Saabs. I received one such story via email but I haven’t sought permission to share it here as yet. I’ll do that

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The autoextremist on winners in the car industry

I’m a regular reader of many automotive columnists and this week’s Rants entry from the AutoExtremist caught my eye. The article is actually about Toyota and the troubles they’ve suffered in the last few years – some of which were self-inflicted and some of which stemmed from natural disasters. In talking about the focus needed for success, he mentions the

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Waiting…..

I apologise if the lack of writing here today has been a cause for concern. Simply put, there was nothing I could say. I had my own thoughts, of course, but they were best left unpublished, especially on an official site. For those who haven’t caught up with the news….. Back when our Chinese partners made a low offer to

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Custom Saab: Saab 9000 Transporter

The observant ones amongst you would have noticed a rather unusual looking Saab 9000 in some recent photos from the dealership tour in Germany. Here’s one of them. And what’s that there in the back? A yellow Saab 9000? A reader from the USA noticed this 9000 and wrote to me asking for some more information about it. I figured

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Video: Making a Saab 100K Mosaic

Got your Saab 100K mosaic yet? It was hard work printing, then pasting all those photos on to the paper, color matching them, etc. Paper cuts galore! But we got there eventually 🙂 Here’s a time-lapse: —— Thanks again for submitting your images. I hope you enjoyed the mosaics and please feel free to spread the word! And I hope

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