I first mentioned the pending wind-up of Saab Cars Australia last night. That story, of course, posed some uncertainty for Saab owners as to the availability of parts in the period between now and when the new operator comes online, believed to be on February 1st. I received some more information from Saab Parts in Sweden overnight, which should help […]
Sorry to be the bearer of sad news for local Saab fans, but I’ve just had confirmed to me today that Saab Cars Australia – my former employer and the distribution channel for Saab Parts after Saab Automobile’s bankruptcy – has just entered voluntary administration and is likely to be wound up in the very near future. A local GM
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I promised Saab fans one final story for Christmas. Here it is. Don’t ask how it happened because the people who know exactly what happened aren’t saying. But it happened. PhoeniX was last used in an international capacity at the New York Motor Show in 2011. It stayed in the US for a little while after, attending some press drives
A little message that appeared on Facebook overnight on the Saab Car Museum page: Our small Christmas gift to all Saab-enthusiasts: Saabfestival in Trollhättan, from May 31 to June 2. Mark your calendars! More info will be available on www.saabfestival.se during the winter. YAY! Great stuff for Saab fans. If you’ve never visited Trollhattan, the festival is a fantastic time
I’ve been on the road for a week, seeing a bit of northern Tasmania from behind the wheel of a new Subaru Forester. It’s a very fat and floaty car and I wouldn’t recommend one to a driving enthusiast. Families? It’s probably quite good. Seems I didn’t miss much, but there have been a few good stories and happenings. ——
I spent 40 minutes on the phone with NEVS last night and am busy typing up the results at the moment. In the meantime……. The most interesting car in the world for me right now is nearly complete. The Sonabusa – a Saab Sonett III mated to a Suzuki Hayabusa engine and modified to rear-wheel-drive – is the work of
You’ve probably already heard about Hurricane Sandy’s most famous automotive victims – a bunch of Fiskers that caught fire after one of them short-circuited. That was the headline story. The sad fact is that estimates say approximately 250,000 cars may have been wiped out by Sandy. Inundated. Washed away. Crushed. Whatever. I heard a sad story last week, especially sad
The Australian car industry nearly croaked last week. Autodom, a parts supplier to all three local manufacturers, went into administration and were only saved by Ford and Holden coming together to bail them out. Toyota sat on the sidelines as they already had an adequate reserve of spares and didn’t feel compelled to intervene, a move that I’m sure won’t
The Swedish government has long been on my $h1tlist when it comes to Saab dealings. They like to position themselves as friends of the Swedish automotive industry with measures such as the automotive aid they offered back around 2008/9, which no-one took up because the repayment requirements were absolutely ridiculous. The truth, however, when it comes to Saab, is that
I haven’t seen my old boss – Saab’s former Chairman and CEO, Victor Muller – since around October 2011. We’ve shared a few quick emails and phone calls since then, but that’s about all. Prompted by a phone call with another former Saab colleague earlier this week, I decided to give Victor a call and see what’s going on. In
When I worked for Saab, I made a number of videos that were posted to a special Inside Saab channel as part of Saab’s official Youtube channel. NEVS will most likely remove those videos in due course so I’m posting copies to my own channel as well (where I’ve got the original on my hard drive, at least). I filmed
