There’s been some terrible, terrible news coming out of Sweden this week. Swedish tax authorities had three former Saab executives arrested, kept in cells overnight, and all because they wanted to ask them some questions? Sounds like jackboot jante law to me. They were kept separate, as if somehow three people could establish a credible(…)
Pictures are out there, all over the place now. The world can see the basics of the Saab 9-3 replacement vehicle as designed by Jason Castriota. This isn’t just some guy’s idea of what a future Saab could look like – this is IT. All images from the awesome gallery over at Auto Motor and(…)
It’s Erik Carlsson’s birthday – 84 years young on March 5! To celebrate from afar I thought I’d show this video I shot with Erik in January 2012. I had the good fortune to go to his home in England, share some lunch at the local pub and take in some stories and memorabilia back(…)
The Saab Festival is going to celebrate the Saab Sport and Rally days in May-June this year. I thought some people might like to get another look at one of the original Saab Sport and Rally catalogs, this one from 1978. 1978 must have been such an exciting time to be a Saab owner. Saab(…)
There’s a Saab Festival again this year!!! Wish I could go, but we have some other family priorities this year that preclude halfway-round-the-world travel. For those who CAN be there, prepare yourselves for a celebration of Saab’s sporting heritage. The theme for this year’s festival was announced by Saab Museum director and festival co-ordinator, Peter(…)
The Simeone Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, PA, will host a special Saab exhibition from February 23rd to March 17th entitled The Saab Spirit Lives On. The vehicles on display are all owned by Bill Jacobson, owner of Sports Car Service in Wilmington, Delaware. I don’t know Bill but his name’s been on my radar for(…)
Mrs Swade and I are playing tourguide this week to some friendly Canadians so new postings here will be sporadic at best. I thought a little visual fun might be in order. I’ve dug out these images from Geneva 2011, the first appearance of Jason Castriota’s Saab PhoeniX Concept Car. It caused quite a split(…)
It’s January 17, 2013, here in Australia and three years ago, on January 17, 2010, Saab’s fate was hanging in the balance. General Motors seemed determined to close Saab down and Spyker were equally as determined to buy the company. As a community, we were determined to send GM a message – Saab was a(…)
At some risk of getting my head chopped off (again)….. I’m still reading conversations between Saab fans occasionally that make me scratch my head a little. People seem quite adept at either changing history or altering the basics of economics with the belief that if they talk about it enough, their suggestions might become truth.(…)