After the success of the Viggen ‘by the numbers’ piece I thought it’d be fun to dig up another model of interest from the database and spill it’s global distribution beans here on the website. The Saab 900 Convertible is an icon on its own, but the icon-within-the-icon is the Monte Carlo Yellow version of the car. It’s the most […]
We’ve been following Ryan and Caroline F across the United States for the last week. They made a dream purchase last weekend in California – a 1994 Saab 900 Convertible, the last of the line. The purchase presented a small challenge in that they live in Boston, in the north-east, whereas the car was down in the south-west. Road trip!
Ryan and Caroline's cross-country Saab 900 Convertible adventure – done! Read Post »
Last week I shared a fantastic story from a couple of Saab fans, Ryan and Caroline F. Right now, they’re driving across the United States from LA to their home in Boston, in their new-to-them 1994 Saab 900 Convertible. I guess you could say they’re ticking off two dreams in the one trip: ownership of a classic Saab convertible and
Ryan and Caroline's cross-US journey in a Saab 900 Convertible continues… Read Post »
This is the sort of stuff that makes all the hours of writing worthwhile for a Saabnut like me. Today, I’m employed by Saab to write about their affairs and help connect with you, their customers. For six years, however, I did it in my own free time and it’s meeting people like Ryan and getting to share their stories
Welcome to the weekly roundup of Saab links we enjoyed reading this week at Inside Saab. —— A bit of internal follow-up first….. The Lime Yellow Saab 9-3 Convertible Hot-or-Not poll has confirmed that the color, now no longer available on the convertible, to be officially HOT. —— Internal follow-up #2….. An addendum to recent stories about the genesis of
Following on from our loose theme-o-the-month(s) on the 25th Anniversary of the Saab Convertible, I received these photos a few weeks ago from a technician at Just Saab in Dayton, Ohio. The photo was taken towards the end of summer, 2010, oustide the service department of their dealership. That particular day, they had at least one example of each model
A few weeks ago, I published a story about the birth of the Saab Convertible. The man at the center of that story was Bob Sinclair, the former chief of Saab Automobile in the United States. A friend in the US has since sent through some pictures of a launch event that was held when Saab released the 20th Anniversary
Back in time – Bob Sinclair and the launch of the 20th Anniversary Saab 9-3 Convertible Read Post »
I saw something strange on the roads around Trollhattan on Saturday. I was on my way to Vanersborg and coming towards me on the other side of the road was a new-look (i.e. post-2008) Saab 9-3 Convertible in Lime Yellow. Lime Yellow was one of the prominent launch colors for the new generation 9-3 convertible (based on the 9-3 Sport
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
Earlier, we looked at the Saab Convertible Concept built by the American Sunroof Company – the concept that was chosen to form the basis for the production Saab Convertible. Today, in our continuing celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Saab Convertible, we’re going to take a closer look at the car that didn’t get selected – the convertible concept
As part of the 25th Anniversary of the Saab Convertible, we’re covering the development of one of Saab’s most iconic models. If you missed Bob Sinclair’s story on the birth of the Saab Convertible, then make sure you hit that link and check it out. As mentioned in that story, there were two convertible concepts produced for evaluation by Saab.
