The Saab Thread

[OnTheLam]

F Spider, your car is gleaming in those showroom photos! :lol:

[F Spider]

Maybe it was just Gloating

[DavidMorgan]

A New 92 Could be Here Sooner Than Later

Spyker Holding Talks to Build New Version of 1950s Saab Model

Victor Muller "is in talks with automakers to share technology and a platform for a new car based on a 1950s Saab model"

Discussions are already ongoing,” Muller said in a telephone interview yesterday on his way from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Saab’s plant in Trollhaettan. “That will be on my plate for the next 100 days.”
The new small car would be tear-drop shaped, inspired by the Saab 92 model that was in production between 1949 and 1956, he said, declining to say with whom he’s been negotiating.

This is from an article written by Ola Kinnander, published today in "Bloomberg Businessweek"
http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...aab-model.html

[amzamz]

Hurray! That would be fantastic! ... I would hope it can look similar to the teardrop design of the earliest Saab prototype!

[DavidMorgan]

Hurray! That would be fantastic! ... I would hope it can look similar to the teardrop design of the earliest Saab prototype!

Indeed excellent news and Ola Kinnander is a good journalist who has been following the Saab saga for over a year.
I don't know if the following has any connection, but ...

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Credits to Ryan Saab History » Interested In Being A Designer For Saab Automobile? for this .. the full job description follows.

[DavidMorgan]

AutoCar Saab 92 Road Test 1949

AutoCar have re-published their original 1949 Saab 92 road test.

"When a car is created by aircraft engineers, one is inclined to expect something really outstanding in both design and performance. This attitude of mind comes in no small measure as a result of those special qualities demanded by modern flying, which, when translated to car terms, generally produce the succčs d'estime.

Such were my reflections when I took over the new Swedish Saab 92 at the start of a 500-mile road test, the first to appear in the British Press, and I was not disappointed. Indeed, it would be a very biased motorist who could find any serious complaint against a twin-cylinder family saloon of less than 8hp which can put 53 miles into an hour without strain and has the road-holding properties of real sporting machinery, albeit at a petrol consumption of nearly 40mpg.

The Saab aircraft company and its chief car designer, Mr Gunnar Ljungstrom, are to be congratulated on a really intelligent attempt to produce a small, inexpensive car, which, in the words of the high-pressure salesman, “has everything."

Please read the road test here: Saab 92 - Autocar.co.uk

[DavidMorgan]

First Ever Road Test of 9-5 Aero (Autocar UK)

Saab 9-5 2.8T XWD Aero - Road Test First Drive - Autocar.co.uk

[Reddingius]

They're really quite positive! It is quite heavy though. If they were to shed some weight (like Alfa did with the 159) and make the V6 directly injected, it would improve economy greatly.

[DavidMorgan]

Saab NewsRoom Articles on 9-5

Nothing really new here for us but two articles good for press use and an excellent read if you are not familiar with the car:

All New Saab 9-5 Sedan: Start of a New Era for Saab - Saab Newsroom [NS4 version]

Scandinavian Design Simplicity Has Never Looked This Good - Saab Newsroom [NS4 version]

And here is a video with report of two 9-5s smashing head-on

New Saab 9-5 - Crash Test - Saab Newsroom [NS4 version]


EDIT: Here I'm adding "Interview With Anders Svensson Vehicle Line Director On 2010 Saab 9-5"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMOmI...layer_embedded

[IVR007]

A (first) 100th day report

+ YouTube Video

What is killing me is that when VM wants to say Jan-Ĺke Jonsson he is actually saying Jan Ake Jonsson. That Ĺ should be pronounced as a 'soft' O :lol:

[IVR007]

Born from jets?

+ YouTube Video

[SpykerOwner]

No idea if it is any good, but there's a new Dutch book: 'How Spyker saved Saab, the master move by Victor Muller'

[DavidMorgan]

Dutch press test Victor's 9-5

This Dutch video Saab 9-5 V6 Aero XWD - ABHD auto video's will be of interest ...

[IVR007]

Yesterday I found this half page size ad in "The Daily Telegraph"

[IVR007]

Yesterday I found this half page size ad in "The Daily Telegraph"
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My photo can also be seen on saabsunited saabsunited.com: report saab to launch ad blitz trim dealers