Just a quick note to let any interested parties know that I’m selling a few Saab 99 bits on Ebay. I’ve got three items up there right now, with a few more to be listed over the coming weeks. On sale right now: Saab 99 Turbo Inca wheels – set of 4 Saab 99 Turbo Steering wheel with center pad […]
GM have given an initial response to Spyker’s $3billion lawsuit and in doing so, have pretty much confirmed what many of us might have thought. You might remember back in 2009, when Saab were being sold, that GM withdrew from negotiations at one point, supposedly because of concerns with Vladimir Antonov being part of the Spyker bid. Shortly thereafter, Vladimir
Can you imagine the funky lines of the Saab Sonett III propelled along at lightning speed by a Suzuki Hayabusa engine? Now this is my kinda hybrid!!!!! It’s called Sonabusa and the build continues at Albany Speed Shop, owned and operated by former New Salem Saab proprietor, Darryl Carl. Last time we checked, they’d just installed the engine and taken
Via Polk, via Autoblog: —— I’m sure this tells us a myriad of valuable information but having looked it over just once, I’m not sure what that information is. Given the criteria, it must be a pretty small sample size so I’m not sure it tells us that much, to be honest. The Polk Disposal Loyalty Methodology tracks owners selling
I’ll probably talk a bit more about this as time goes by so I figure it’s best to have a copy of it on the record here. I’m quite surprised by this and intrigued as to how this could possibly be achieved and what might be the end game because right now, I don’t know how the things planned in
Press Release: Spyker’s deal with Youngman to build Spykerised Saabs (and other things) Read Post »
I just got my regular State of Nine email in the inbox and noted that Dan is going to be at Swedish Car Day this weekend doing some work for Maptun. This brings together some of my favourite Saaby people all in the one place. Both Maptun and State of Nine were sponsors of mine at SU. More than that,
Maptun upgrades at Swedish Car Day (State of Nine) Read Post »
It’s hard to call a 2,000+ word article a “nutshell” but it’s a lot less than the original at 7,000 words. If you want the one paragraph Swade-view nutshell, here it is: Spyker/Saab claim that GM gave indications they were willing to accept a Chinese solution to Saab’s financial problems early in the piece. They even steered them towards it
Spyker/Saab’s $3B lawsuit against GM in a reasonably large nutshell – according to me Read Post »
When I was at Saab I was amazed at some of the services we were outsourcing and how much they cost. My perception was that the costs associated with this were negotiated to some degree, but mostly just accepted. It seemed to have become an ingrained behaviour, most likely under GM’s ownership of the previous 20 years. Saab’s ownership changed,
Car company profitability shouldn’t be that hard with this sort of stuff going on Read Post »
Hughw said it quite succinctly in comments to my open letter to Kai Johan Jiang: Much as I appreciate Steve’s letter and all the comments from fellow Saabists, I fear it will have absolutely no impact with NEVS. When I wrote that letter, I knew there was around a 0.5% chance of Mr Jiang ever seeing it. Maybe he googles
True story: I remember a time when I was a young kid growing up in Melbourne. I was playing in our front yard. It was a summer’s day and the ground was dry, but the clouds were menacing. I heard a noise growing louder in the distance and as I stood up, I could see hard rain falling on Mrs
UPDATED – see below! What’s with the Saab99Turbo Extra button? Ever since the Top Gear story on Saab, I’ve had a steady flow of web searchers landing here looking for information on the Saab 99Turbo Extra button. People seem to want to know what the extra button was for. James and Jeremy gave us no real insight other than proving
