http://www.saabhistory.com Saab History - Past & Present Mon, 12 May 2008 04:48:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in Philadelphia are hosting a Saab Automobile brand seminar in Philadelphia on May 23rd, 2008 according to the Phildelphia Chamber of Commerce. What is interesting about this event is that the folks at this multi-brand Saab dealership will be discussing Saab Automobile USA's european delivery program ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/12/sacc-saab-dealership-hold-brand-seminar-in-philadelphia/ Photo Credit: Saab History The Central Pennsylvania Saab Club is at it again with their annual and very successful "Saabs @ Carlisle" event which will be taking place again in Carlisle, Pennsylvania this weekend (May 16th until May 18th, 2008). The majority of people will be there on Saturday, May 17th, ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/12/saabs-carlisle-event-this-weekend/ I recently picked up another copy of Solar Today, a publication produced by the American Solar Energy society that has been peaking my alternative energy interests as of late. I was immediately drawn to an interesting article that referenced an event I was part of, the North American International Auto ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/12/college-students-march-for-environment-in-detroit/ svgallery=2008_GM_STORE Photo Credits: Saab History The Detroit International Airport's GM Collection Store finally shows some Saab spirit! As my significant other was in Detroit recently, even staying a number of nights at the GM Renaissance Center, she got the chance to snap some photographs of the GM Collection store that resides in ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/10/detroit-airport-gm-collection-store-shows-saab-spirit/ svgallery=2008_TURBOX_NSS Site Sponsor New Salem Saab of Albany, New York has recently received their first 2008 Saab 9-3 Aero with XWD in "Snow Silver". A thank you to New Salem Saab for providing some wonderful photos to share Saab History! I would be curious just how noticeable the driving differences would be ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/09/site-sponsor-new-salem-saab-receives-aero-xwd/ Film Credit: IIHS Saab Automobile have been conducting their own crash tests since 1947, however there has been some news as of late that apparently came from a Swedish news source was continued by the Gas 2.0 blog, that claims that GM/Saab have been "conducting crash tests with real cadavers" Here ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/09/saab-automobile-safety-crash-tests/ svgallery=2008_TURBOX_SOH Photo Credits: Saab Of Hunterdon Saab History site sponsor, Saab of Hunterdon has received their first delivery of one of 600 destined for North America out of 2000 that will be built of a 2008 Saab 9-3 Turbo-X. I suspect this will be the first of many Turbo-X delieries will now begin ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/07/site-sponsor-saab-of-hunterdon-receives-turbo-x/ The latest issue of Nines has arrived today and it certainly looks good. There is even a nice new photograph for the 2008 Saab Owners Convention. In this issue, there is a lot of material, and keep in mind as soon as you get your subscription in for Nines Magazine, you ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/06/nines-magazine-mayjune-293-arrives/ Photo Credits: Saab Automobile Canada As a follow-up to my recent communications with Saab Automobile Canada, not only did I kindly suggest that they include themselves in the media.saab.com website, which they have now done, I also suggested that they submit a photograph and their company history from the very beginning. ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/05/the-history-of-saab-automobile-canada/ Saab History Seeks Sponsor To Film Saab 9-3 Turbo-X Test Drive in Boston I have been invited as a guest of Saab Automobile USA to cover the Saab 9-3 Turbo-X event that will be taking place just North of Boston on May 20th & 21st, 2008. This test drive event is ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/05/saab-history-seeks-sponsor-to-film-turbo-x-test-drive/ On April 9th, 2008 at approximately 3:30pm, Marten Wahlstedt of Saab Automobile Canada Phoned Saab History. This contact was in response to a piece I had written on April 1st, 2008 pertaining to the communications and management of Saab Automobile Canada. Mårten Wahlstedt is the Marketing Manager of Saab Automobile Canada ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/05/saab-automobile-canada-contacts-saab-history/ Photo Credit: Saab Automobile Road & Track Magazine Reviews Saab 9-3 Turbo-X and their review is nothing but positive. Now that Saab History has relocated from Washington, D.C. to New England, the Saab 9-3 Turbo-X on May 20th in Boston, Massachusetts cannot come soon enough. Here is a snippet from Road & ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/05/automobile-magazine-reviews-saab-9-3-turbo-x/ As a follow-up to the future of the Saab Automobile Dealership arrangement within the United States, I would like to begin a dialog on the Saab/Hummer/Cadillac dealership arrangement in the United States. Today, there are approximately 81 or 34.47% designated as Saab-only exclusive dealerships in the United States, leaving the remaining ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/05/the-saabhummercadillac-dealership-arrangement/ Photo Credit: Saab History On the topic of Saab Automobile USA's Dealership Service as a follow-up to the future of the Saab Automobile USA Dealership network, I received the following e-mail from a long-time Saab customer recently which blew me away. It seems that here on Saab History, we're not the only ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/05/saab-automobile-usas-dealership-service/ Photo Credit: China Chas As a follow-up to my posting about the Saab Performance Team arriving in Beijing, China, well they have and seriously entertained their capacity crowd. Here is a direct link to additional photos and written descriptions of the event on Flickr. SAAB Performance event, held at Badaling Airfield near Beijing, ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/05/saab-performance-team-in-beijing-china/ Photo Credit: Mike Jager Per Eklund Races New Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan in Portugal this past weekend. Below are the details from Saab Enthusiast, Mike Jager. Eklund managed this week with a lot of work to finalize the new Saab 9-3 Aero Sport Sedan. Just in time he arrived in Portugal for the ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/05/per-eklund-races-new-saab-9-3-sport-sedan/ Saab Automobile has introduced two Hybrid concept vehicles over the years, one being the Saab 9-3 BioPower Hybrid Convertible Concept in 2006, followed by the most recent Saab 9-X BioHybrid Concept. While we have not yet heard about a production ready Saab hybrid, yet, we can hope to see one in ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/02/the-swedish-hybrid-vehicle-centre-in-sweden/ General Motors and Boston, Massachusetts based Macoma, have announced in Washington, D.C. today that they will become biofuels partners. This is interesting news, and I wonder of Mascoma will be working with Burke Oil, the supplier of New England's first public E-85 facility? I have sent some questions over to them, ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/01/gm-boston-based-mascoma-become-biofuel-partners/ Photo Credit: JMK Saab Saab History welcomes JMK Saab as a site sponsor! JMK Saab, located in Springfield, New Jersey has recently signed up as a site sponsor of Saab History and is automatically included in the new Site Sponsor Map Listing as well. It is important to know that JMK ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/05/01/saab-history-welcomes-jmk-saab-as-sponsor/ Saab Automobile's parent company, GM will be announcing their 2nd biofuels partnership following the news of partnering with Coskata back on January 13th at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan just after the Saab 9-4x BioPower concept made it's world debut. GM's President, Fritz Henderson who spoke at ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/30/general-motors-announcing-2nd-biofuels-partnership/ As a follow-up to the Scandinavian Hybrid collaborative mentioned back in March, Saab Automobile along with a number of other Swedish automotive companies such as Scania, and Volvo, will be presenting at the Advanced Automotive Battery and Ultracapacitor Conference and Symposia in Tampa, Florida USA on May 12-16. If you are ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/30/saab-automobile-at-advanced-auto-battery-conference/ ' Image Credit: E85prices.com Saab Automobile USA's president, Steve Shannon, indicated during the 2008 Saab 9-3 Media Event in Washington, D.C. last August and Saab Automobile USA's communications department recently confirmed that 2009 will be the year when Saab Automobile USA will be importing BioPower (E-85 capable) Saab vehicles to the United ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/30/saab-automobile-usas-biopower-plan-2009/ Photo Credit: Robin Morley Robin Morley, a Saab enthusiast has been responsible for organizing Swedish Car Day in the United Kingdom this past Saturday at the Haynes International Motor Museum in Sparkford. It is very nice to see more Swedish Car Days, given that the North East of the United States now ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/30/swedish-car-day-in-the-united-kingdom/ The Saab 9-3 Turbo-X lands in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The photo above shows a local German Saab dealer with their new customer in front of the Saab Germany headquarters. Here is the press release below for all of you native German speakers: 2008-04-29 Turbo X-Zwischenlandung in Rüsselsheim * Saab Fan holt ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/29/the-turbo-x-lands-in-russelsheim-germany/ The New England Saab Association, an all-inclusive Saab club in the New England region of the United States that I started back in 1997, are now in a period of growth. This growth period is due to new leadership and an evolving membership base that have not only supported ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/29/new-england-saab-association-logo-change/ Photo Credit: Saab of Hunterdon Saab of Hunterdon, a site sponsor of Saab History, has recently taken the "Born From Jets" ad slogan to a whole new meaning by showcasing a SAAB JA37 VIGGEN fighter jet for service in their "hangar". This goes to show you that Saab of Hunterdon's service department ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/28/saab-of-hunterdon-services-saab-viggen-jet/ Photo Credit: Saab China The Saab Performance Team will be coming to Saab Beijing and performing on May 3rd, 2008. The Saab Performance Team who came to be during the Saab-Scania Saab Car Divisions 40th Anniversary Celebration in Sweden, have been performing ever since, including the 50th Jubilee 10 years later in ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/28/saab-performance-team-in-beijing-china-may-3rd/ The final presentation of the four George Washington University teams, will be taking place on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008. These four teams consisting of 8 members, 32 in total, will be presenting their findings to the Saab Automobile USA marketing team at that time. Having been personally involved with two out ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/28/final-presentation-of-gwus-saab-usa-ad-campaigns/ Photo Credits: Saab History & Christopher Campbell On Saturday, April 26th, 2008 the fifth annual Springtime in Sweden took place in Amherst, New Hampshire from 10am until 3pm. This event is in memory of Kyle (SPGUY) and his Brother Tim Crisman who lost their lives on the afternoon of November 3rd, 2002 ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/27/the-fifth-annual-springtime-in-sweden-event/ Photo Credit: Larry West In 1988, Saab-Scania's Saab Car Division, presented during a "Springtime in Sweden" event, a limited edition Saab 900 "Springtime in Sweden" convertible. The following are the specifications on this limited edition Saab 900 convertible: Production: There were only 288 Springtime in Sweden or SiS models produced during this ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/27/springtime-in-sweden-limited-edition-convertible-1988/   In 1988, Saab-Scania's Saab Car Division ran a week-long event called "Springtime in Sweden" that involved the invitation of certain staff from Saab dealerships worldwide to visit Sweden.   This event involved a number of vehicle launches including the Saab 9000 CD as well as a limited edition Saab 900 "Springtime ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/27/springtime-in-sweden-promo-1-1988/ Photo Credit: The Crisman Family The Springtime in Sweden event, now in it's fourth year will take place this Saturday and Saab History will be in attendance. The Fifth Annual Springtime in Sweden event is taking place on April 26th, 2007 in Amherst, New Hampshire. For more information on this event and to ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/24/2008-springtime-in-sweden-event-this-saturday/ The successful Audio Troll that allows Saab owners to seamlessly integrate their ipods and Saabs, continues to do well and demand soars, with a recent spike in shipments worldwide. This "bulletproof" 2nd generation system is outstanding in terms of unsurpassed driving safety due to the integrated "hands free" design, plus I ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/24/the-successful-saab-ipod-audio-troll-ships/ Photo Credit: Saab Automobile Saab Automobile USA launches "yellow edition" Saab 9-3 convertible in Lynx yellow in the United States. This color is a nice throwback to the monte-carlo yellow that first appeared back in 1991 on the 900 convertible. If you are interested in this vehicle, I also suggest that you ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/24/2008-saab-9-3-convertible-yellow-edition-return-of-a-classic/   Film Credit: SAAB Group SAAB Aircraft Group Launches 70th Anniversary Promo Film This promotional film that was produced last year for the 70th Anniversary Festival, recently showed up on SAAB Group's media site. The film showcases SAAB's 70 years since 1937 which covers all of their milestones including some incredible footage of ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/24/saab-aircraft-launches-70th-anniversary-promo-film/ Photo Credit: Peter Karlsson, Svarteld form & foto AB SAAB Group's Gripen fighter jet gets new equipment. Read the press release below. Saab displays new flying test platform for Gripen [2008-04-23 8:00] Gripen Demo, a new flying development platform for current and future generations of Gripen, is unvealed today for the first time. One ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/24/saab-jas-39-gripen-jet-receives-upgrade/ Saab Automobile's longtime colleagues, SAAB Group, the makers of the aircraft have just released their latest 1st quarter findings which were up 1%. This release, available in PDF was announced today in Linkoping, Sweden by CEO Ake Svensson at 9:30am. It looks like the aircraft industry is doing better than the automobile ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/24/saab-aircraft-announce-first-quarter-earnings/ The Detroit News reports today that Toyota has just claimed the #1 spot over Saab Automobile's parent company, General Motors after the results have come in from 1st quarter global sales. Toyota sold 2.41 million vehicles compared to General Motor's sales of 2.25 Million. This number 1 spot has been ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/23/saab-usas-parent-company-gm-sales-trumped-by-toyota/ As a follow-up to the previous posting on Earth Day, here is an interview on NBC's Nightly News with Sweden's King Carl Gustav on the Environment. This interview also interestingly enough, discusses King Carl Gustav's interest as a car enthusiast while an environmentalist. I would be interested in your thoughts about your ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/23/interview-with-swedens-king-carl-gustav-on-environment/ Saab Financial Services LLC have been very problematic lately for Saab USA customers. This week, I received an e-mail from a long-time loyal Saab customer indicating that the SFS customer service department has been extremely problematic and aggravating lately. This legacy company as I understand it, will be folding as ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/23/a-loyal-saab-customer-dissatisfied-with-saab-financial/ Photo Credit: Saab Automobile Timing is everything isn't it? Not more than a month after relocating from Washington, D.C. which recently installed their first E-85 station last summer, now New England will be opening its first E-85 station by May 1st in Boston. It is my hope that this launch will create ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/23/the-first-ethanol-station-in-new-england-may-1st-2008/ Photo Credit: Saab-Salomon Avalanche Trophy The Saab-Salomon collaboration is again embarking on the "Saab Salomon Avalanche Trophy" that I mentioned last year. The Saab Salomon Avalanche Trophy is an annual downhill mountain bike racing event series. This racing event series begins this year in Germany, travels through Sweden and ends in ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/23/saab-salomon-avalanche-trophy-begins/ April 22nd, 2008 marks Earth Day, a day in which we need to celebrate the wonderful world we are so fortunate to be living in. This day is celebrated in the spring in the Northern Hemisphere and in the fall in the Southern Hemisphere. In today's heightened awareness of our natural ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/22/saab-history-celebrates-earth-day-april-22nd-2008/ Saab History has just launched a site sponsor map showcasing the site sponsors, those being both Saab dealerships as well as Saab independents. This long overdue site feature has taken some time to build over the past few months, but it is finally ready to launch. This map in essence, allows ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/20/saab-history-launches-global-site-sponsor-map/ Saab Automobile USA has just informed Saab History that a Saab 9-3 Turbo-X Test Drive event will be taking place in the Boston, Massachusetts area beginning on May 20th, 2008. It looks like wishes do come true for those who take the initiate to communicate the necessity of such an ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/18/saab-9-3-turbo-x-test-drive-comes-to-boston-may-20th/ In 1990, Saab Automobile USA ran an ad as part of their "The Most Intelligent Cars Ever Built" ad campaign, appropriately focusing on ski areas. Here is one more reason, if Saab Automobile USA has not already realized, that they NEED to reconnect with their successful contracts with Ski resorts, preferably ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/18/saab-automobiles-ski-resort-ad-1990/ Photo Credit: Saab-Scania In 1992, Saab Automobile promoted their first ever, flex-fuel vehicle or FFV within a Saab 9000 model. This Saab 9000 model offered the ability to accept traditional gasoline, ethanol as well as methanol. Here is the original press release from Saab USA's PR people, Steven Rossi & Karin Nobile: Saab's ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/18/saab-automobiles-first-flex-fuel-9000-1992/ Saab Automobile Italy is hosting an event called "Scandinavian Memo" which is taking place between the 16th and the 21st of April. As you can see, Jan-Åke Svensson, appears to be enjoying the event himself in the photograph above. This event titled "Scandinavian Memo" features a collective exhibit of art, design, ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/18/saab-automobile-italy-design-environment-event/ Film Credit: Technical World / Teknikens Värld With the cold winter season just about over for all of those in the Northern Hemisphere, the thought of a warm Sauna sounds is a bit overkill. However, on the topic of a Sauna, here's a great story that I must share with ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/17/the-one-and-only-finnish-swedish-saunaab/ Film Credit: Okemo Mountain Resort / Saab History On Saturday, March 29th, I took the opportunity to review the Saab-Salomon partnered Aero-X Skis at Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow, Vermont that I mentioned back on March 28th while visiting New England. As you may or may not already know, Saab Automobile as ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/16/the-saab-salomon-aero-x-ski-review-at-okemo-vermont/ The book that referenced Saabs titled "If Wishes Were Saabs...and Other Nursery Rhymes" has arrived and is now been added to the Saab book library. If we look at the color illustration, and take it literally, was there a notchback offered in red with Inca wheels in 1986? Published in 1986, Saab's ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/16/if-wishes-were-saabsand-other-nursery-rhymes-2/ Photo Credit: GW Saab Team: Aisle 8 The GW Saab Team, Aisle 8 who I met in person back on April 8th, have posted another survey, so please take the time to complete this in order to help their work with the Saab advertising campaign. Hello everyone! Thank you to all of ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/15/george-washington-team-aisle-8-saab-ad-survey/ Photo Credits: Jim Laman Jim Laman of the Great Lakes Saab Club, the same club that hosted the 25th Anniversary Saab Owners Convention last summer, has had the great opportunity today, to get the first test drive in North America of the 2008 Saab 9-3 Turbo-X. He was with a handful of ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/15/saab-enthusiast-test-drives-saab-turbo-x-in-michigan/ Photo Credit: Saab History The 1992 Saab 900 Turbo Project has recently received reconditioned wheels from Viking Wheel Service in Wilmington, Delaware. These wheels are the original wheels for this year and model, known as the "directional" Saab wheels for the 1992 900 Turbo model year only, in 15" by 5.5" ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/15/1992-saab-900-turbo-receives-reconditioned-wheels/ Photo Credit: Saab History on Interstate 95 It's been quiet here lately on Saab History over the past week and for good reason. As a native New Englander, and founder of the New England Saab Association, I am pleased to tell you that Saab History has now relocated to New England. There's ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/14/saab-history-relocates-to-new-england/ Film Credit: Pennzoil I was watching television briefly today and I caught my first Saab in an advertising since the classic Saab 900 featured in the AVIS ad, back in February and the two superbowl ads back in January, however it was again not an "official" ad. This ad was ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/10/2008-saab-9-3-aero-convertible-featured-in-pennzoil-ad/ Photo Credit: Tom Nelson The Rocky Mountain Saab Club in Colorado, the club that is working hard in preparing the 2009 Saab Owners Convention next year, has recently enjoyed a "Saab Club Ski Day" for their members. It looks like they had a great time there, showing some beautiful Saabs as ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/09/the-rocky-mountain-saab-club-ski-day/ If Wishes Were Saabs...and Other Nursey Rhymes This is the name of a book I have recently come across on an Amazon search. I have placed an order for this book, and will report on the content as I have done with prior books, now listed in the Saab book library. http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/09/if-wishes-were-saabsand-other-nursery-rhymes/ Image Credit: New York Times The New York Times has recently posted a piece about a computer game that could make you a safer driver. It is interesting to note that this game called "DriveFit" features two classic Saab 900s prominently displayed. I have also done some "virtual" test driving of ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/08/the-new-york-times-places-saab-900s-in-driving-test/ Photo Credit: Saab History Today marks the Saab Sighting of the week taken at the modern art section of the National Gallery of Art here in Washington, D.C. I think this photo in addition to the previous photo of the laser red Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan at the original wing of ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/08/saab-sighting-of-the-week-national-gallery-of-art-dc-2/ Photo Credit: Saab History Today, following the previous meet a GWU Saab Ad team last week, I again met with the students at another Saab Team Aisle 8 at George Washington University conveniently located here in Washington, D.C. What I gathered from this experience was that these intelligent students with the Aisle ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/08/saab-history-meets-with-gw-students-on-saab-advertising/ Photo Credit: Anton Kempink Another new private Saab Museum has been built in the Netherlands recently by a Saab enthusiast by Anton Kempink. This museum marks the second private Saab museum in addition to the private museum in Woerden, Netherlands. This collection is quite comprehensive, especially the display of all of the ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/07/a-new-privately-owned-saab-museum-in-the-netherlands/ In Toronto, Canada someone has decided to put some Saab 9-2x vehicles to use within a Ferris Wheel. They even created a movie as it was put together, please pardon the music. Here are more details of this dynamic alternative automobile experience: This drive-in ferris wheel hoists four vehicles at a time into ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/07/the-saab-9-2x-ferris-wheel-toronto-canada/ The George Washington Team Ad-Ventures in Media team, needs your help once again for another survey: It looks like this survey is focused almost entirely on any other car products you have owned or are contemplating on owning and why. Please take the time to fill out this survey below. Your input ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/06/george-washington-team-ad-ventures-saab-ad-help/ Photo Credit: Saab-Scania AB In 1974, Saab-Scania Sweden's Saab Car Division began developing what is known as the "Saab Nine Cylinder Axial Steam Engine" also known as project ULF. This 250-hp nine cylinder steam engine was quite small, but it packed a punch while requiring a boiler and a large condenser with ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/04/the-nine-cylinder-saab-steam-engine/ Saab Enthusiast and sales represenative at Cherry Hill Saab, resurrects a Saab Club in New Jersey. The New Jersey Saab Owners Club (NJSOC) was originally started by a longtime Saab enthusiast by the name of Larry West in 1987, 21 years ago. I recall going to a few of the NJSOC technical ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/04/saab-enthusiast-restarts-saab-club-in-new-jersey/ Photo Credit: Saab-Scania of America, Inc. In 1970, SAAB-SCANIA of America, Inc. partnered with Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts to create the "Clean Air Saab". This Saab was a normally aspirated Saab 99 that was built in order to compete in a national Clean Air Car Race across the United States ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/04/the-clean-air-saab-worcester-polytechnic-institute-1970/ Cherry Hill Saab of New Jersey, a site sponsor of Saab History, has their own Blog! They titled their blog the "Cherry Hill Classic Cars Insider". With their recent support of Saab History they even wrote about it on their blog, how nice! Here is their snippet in their own words: Cherry ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/04/cherry-hill-saab-dealership-blogs/ Photo Credit: Doug Chadwick The 1988 Saab Owners Convention took place on July 22nd through the 24th, 1988 in Wilmington, Delaware. This location in Wilmington, Delaware is known as "New Sweden" and the convention was "themed" under a special anniversary year since the first Swedish Immigrants entered America in 1638. A thanks ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/04/saab-owners-convention-1988/ Saab's current product development schedule has been an interesting issue. As of late, it sounds like Saab owners and enthusiasts across the board do not have faith that the aforementioned products such as the Saab 9-4x, Saab 9-X BioHybrid and new 9-5 will be brought to market sooner than at ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/03/saabs-definitive-product-development-schedule/ Photo Credit: Saab History (Caption: New Salem Saab, Albany, New York) There has been a lot of dialog lately about our Saab dealerships, and even more specifically, those 235-238 Saab dealerships in the United States. Each dealership that contacts Saab History tells me that, "we'd be doing even better if we ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/02/saab-product-variety-within-us-saab-dealerships/ Film Credit: Channel 9 News Actor Russell Crowe's Saab 900 3-door in malachite green has been caught on film by channel 9 news here in Washington, D.C. The car appears to be located as earlier mentioned, directly on Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Streets, N.W. in front of the Wilson Building. This ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/02/russell-crowes-saab-900-caught-on-film-in-dc/ The Fifth Annual Springtime in Sweden event is taking place on April 26th, 2007 in Amherst, New Hampshire. For more information on this event and to participate and/or donate, please visit their website directly at http://www.crismanmemorial.org     Fourth Annual Springtime In Sweden Saab Gathering In Memory of Kyle and Tim Crisman Saturday, April 26, 2008 10am ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/01/2008-springtime-in-sweden-event/ Over the past few years, I have been trying to get in touch with Saab Automobile Canada about anything from questions, concerns, details, etc. and I have not had any luck. I have sent e-mails, made phonecalls and no one from Saab Automobile Canada have gotten back in touch with me. ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/01/saab-automobile-canada-communications/ Photo Credit: Saab History In 2003 & 2004, I lived in a small town by the name of Trollbäcken, Sweden, not to be confused with Trollhättan, Sweden, the place where the first SAAB 92 was manufactured. While Trollhättan is located on the Western part of Sweden just north of the ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/01/trollbacken-sweden-saab-historys-former-residence/ The Saab Turbo-X has recently been published on the front page of Auto Week magazine. Apparently Bob Gritzinger of Autoweek was one of the twelve automotive journalists that were invited to head up to Northern Sweden for the Saab Turbo-X Ice Experience this past February. Here are some snippets from the ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/01/the-saab-turbo-x-on-autoweek-front-page/ Film Credit: Saab Automobile USA Saab Automobile USA has recently released a promotional film from the Saab Turbo-X XWD Ice Experience that twelve lucky automotive journalists had the chance to participate in, up in Northern Sweden near the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. While it originally was signalled that the Saab ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/01/the-saab-turbo-x-xwd-ice-experience-promo-film/ Photo Credit: Saab Automobile Sweden The First Saab 9-3 Turbo-X is a SportCombi as we see it rolling off of the assembly line at the Saab Factory in Trollhattan, Sweden. A thanks goes out to Christer Nilsson of Saab Automobile Sweden. Thank you! http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/01/the-first-saab-9-3-turbo-x-is-a-sportcombi/ A few weeks ago, I met up with a number of former Saab-Scania of America employees in Connecticut following the New York Auto Show. During our Saab reminiscing, I was provided with a number of older Saab videocasettes that we have yet to see here on Saab History. The first ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/01/saab-goes-to-hollywood-promotional-film-1990/ Photo Credit: Saab History According to a highly credible source as of late that ties into a mention by Eric Geers during an interview at the North American International Auto Show in January, the Saab Aero-X Concept car will be debuting in the second Transformers film which apparently will be on ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/01/saab-aero-x-debuts-in-transformers-sequel-2009/ Photo Credit: Smart People Saab Owners and enthusiasts are highly educated, intelligent and generally all-around smart people. Case in point, the movie "Smart People", by the same director as the movie "Sideways", debuts on April 11th, and features a beautiful Saab 900. This film involves actors, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Quaid, ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/01/a-saab-featured-in-smart-people-film/ As part of ongoing filming in the Washington, D.C. area whereby a great deal of which took place while I was out of town, includes some recent sightings of actor, Russell Crowe spotted driving a classic Saab 900 in light blue on Pennsylvania Avenue not too far from the White ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/01/actor-russell-crowe-spotted-driving-saab-in-dc/ Photo Credit: Arild There has been a lot of news lately over the past few weeks during my trip up to the North East region of the United States. I want to begin with some local coverage that continues the thread I started a few years ago called the "Saab ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/04/01/saab-sighting-of-the-week-the-white-house/ Photo Credit: Saab History Today, after returning from my recent two-week visit up to the North East, I met with the folks at the Saab Team "Ad Ventures" at George Washington University conveniently located here in Washington, D.C. What I gathered from this experience was that these bright graduate students are working ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/31/saab-history-meets-with-gwu-team-on-saab-advertising/ Photo Credit: Saab History This weekend, I will be reviewing the Saab-Salomon Aero-X Skis that debuted in December of 2007 at a ski resort in Vermont that has previously collaborated in promotional events and activities with Saab Automobile USA. These unique skis were inspired by the Saab Aero-X concept car that was ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/28/saab-history-reviews-aero-x-skis-at-vermont-ski-resort/ Photo Credit: Saab History The cockpit of the 1992 Saab 900 Turbo has been removed and will be completely restored in due time. Please enjoy the progress photo above. As of now the following interior items have either been replaced, reconditioned or are in queue to be redone. * Entire Floor carpeting cleaned ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/28/the-1992-saab-900-turbo-project-cockpit-restoration/ Photo Credit: Saab History (Caption: L-to-R Saab Sweden & USA Presidents, Jan-Åke Jonsson & Steve Shannon) As a guest invited by Saab Automobile USA & General Motors, it was another great opportunity to be present for this North American premiere of the second introduction of this compact product segment for the ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/27/the-saab-9-x-biohybrid-concept-north-american-premiere/ Photo Credit: Saab Automobile I recently participated in another installment of the GM Next chat with Saab Designer, Anthony Lo. Anthony Lo joined Saab Automobile AB in October, 2000, as chief designer for Advanced Design. Lo has lead the design of the Saab 9-X, 9-3X, 9-3 Sport Hatch, and Aero-X, 9-4x, ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/27/saab-designer-anthony-lo-on-the-saab-9-x-biohybrid/ Film Credit: Saab History Saab Designer, Bryan Nesbitt offered his time to speak to a number of members of the press at the New York International Auto Show during a group discussion. I think that you will find his frank and to the point insight and information about the Saab ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/27/saab-designer-bryan-nesbitt-on-the-saab-9-x-biohybrid/ Film Credit: Saab History At the opening day of the New York International Auto Show following the Saab Reflective event, I got the great opportunity to interview both Steve Shannon, President of Saab Automobile USA as well as Jan-Åke Jonsson, President of Saab Automobile AB. Throughout this interview, there was a ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/27/saab-history-interviews-saab-presidents-at-nyias/ Film Credits: Saab History At the Saab Reflective Event last Tuesday evening, I managed to capture some good video coverage thanks to Saab of Hunterdon & JMK Saab in New Jersey. This event took place at the IAC Building in New York City and began at approximately 9 pm and ended ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/24/the-saab-reflective-event-video-coverage/ Photo Credit: Saab Automobile This just in yesterday from Saab Automobile USA, following the aforementioned Saab reflective on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008. Saab Thinks Big by Acting Small, Introduces the “Pure BioPower Eco Clothing Collection” New York — The Swedish premium car brand, Saab, has made a business out of producing fun-to-drive vehicles ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/20/saab-automobile-introduces-eco-clothing-line/ Photo Credit: Saab History Tonight featured the Saab Reflective event at the IAC Building in New York City. The Saab Reflective event served as a compliment to the Geneva Motor Show back on March 3rd which set the stage for the North American Premiere of the Saab 9-X BioHybrid Concept. This ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/19/the-saab-reflective-event-new-york-city-march-18th/ Photo Credit: Saab History I began this event by flying out early from National Airport in Washington, D.C. en-route to New York City on Tuesday morning. Shortly after my arrival, I made it a point to head directly to the former location of SAAB's first office in New York City at ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/18/saab-usas-first-corporate-office-in-new-york-city/ Photo Credit: General Motors Corp. Saab History Travels to New York Auto Show I will be travelling North from Washington, D.C. to New York City shortly in order to cover both the Saab Reflective Event on Tuesday as well as the New York Auto Show on Wednesday. The New York Auto Show will ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/18/saab-history-travels-to-new-york-auto-show/   This Saab 9-X BioHYbrid Concept film takes place at the GM Design Center in Russelheim, Germany. There are numerous interviews in this film that include Saab designers such as Anthony Lo, Boris Jakob, Richard Shaw and Mark Adams. Enjoy the film, as it does a good job showing some never ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/18/saab-9-x-biohybrid-concept-design-studio-video/ Photo Credit: Saab Automobile AB I have recently been made aware of more projects that are in the works addition to both the Saab 9-3 BioPower Hybrid Convertible, and the Saab 9-X BioHybrid Concept. The press release below indicates that Saab and Volvo are collaboration with Sweden's electricity provider, Vattenfall, and will ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/17/scandinavian-collaborative-hybrid-projects-in-the-works/ Photo Credit: Saab History Don Wollum, a Saab Enthusiast who presented at the 2002 Saab Owners Convention, and a former Saab Master Technician, is now researching the development of Saab engines. It looks like quite the project, and I am very interested in his findings: Read below: Wollum traces development of Saab Engines. ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/17/saab-master-tech-traces-development-of-saab-engines/ Saab History's sponsor, Saab of Hunterdon of New Jersey, has just signed up to sponsor my filming efforts of the New York Auto Show this Tuesday & Wednesday which marks the North American premiere of the Saab 9-X BioHybrid that recently premiered at the Geneva Motor Show, back on March ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/17/saab-of-hunterdon-sponsors-saab-historys-nyias-coverage/ Photo Credit: Saab History This just in from Bob Sinclair, former President of Saab-Scania of America, Inc. regarding the Saab-Scania Coffee mug. A thank you to Jan-Willem Vester at Saab Automobile USA for providing the mug a number of months ago. Here are the details about the importance of this coffee mug from ... http://www.saabhistory.com/2008/03/17/the-saab-scania-of-america-inc-coffee-mug/