Best Hobbies Live (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Saab History has recently acquired a 3rd installment for the that was last updated on November 7th, 2007. This film, made for the United States features a Saab 99 titled “Ghost” that runs for 30 seconds, filmed sometime during the 1970’s. There are not many films in the 1970’s section of the Saab History film [...]
Best Hobbies Live (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the first Saab 99 Turbo in 1978, so I believe it is necessary to provide us with as much information about this important milestone for the Saab Automobile brand. I will begin by providing you summaries from the original press kit here at Saab History that [...]
Winding Road (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
We love Grassroots Motorsports magazine, largely because they don’t shy away from taking in oddball and unloved misfits from the past. They pour in a little bit of money and a whole lot of elbow grease and skill, and come up with unique project cars with a competition bent. One of our favorites that is currently in their fleet is a 1977 Saab 99, a car quite similar to the one that this author grew...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
The Smokey & The Bandit II cachet, coupled with the challenges inherent in a compu-Q-Jet-ized turbocharged Pontiac 301, handed the Indy 500 Pace Car Turbo Trans Am a solid 60/40 win over the Saab 99 Turbo in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll , giving Detroit bragging rights- if that's the right term- over Järfälla for the day. Today, we're going to look at the price on the gas pump and laugh!...
Worlwide Cars News at Go-Cars.org (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
The Smokey & The Bandit II cachet, coupled with the challenges inherent in a compu-Q-Jet-ized turbocharged Pontiac 301, handed the Indy 500 Pace Car Turbo Trans Am a solid 60/40 win over the Saab 99 Turbo in yesterday’s Choose Your Eternity poll, giving Detroit bragging rights- if that’s the right term- over Järfälla for the [...]
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
It's pretty tough to beat the most menacing assemblage of Lucas Electrics ever put in one $150,000 package when it comes to Hell Projects, and even a horrifically hooned Skyline GT-R couldn't come close to the Lagonda in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll . In hindsight, probably nothing short of a Citroën SM could have made a stand against the Aston Martin; lesson learned for next time! Today...
Driive (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
30 years ago Saab's 99 Turbo kick-started the automaker's healthy turbocharging obsession
Worlwide Cars News at Go-Cars.org (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
There was a time when we thought the Honda Element Camper was the ultimate post-Westfalia portable camper. Then we saw the appropriately named Toppola camper shell made for a number of Saab hatchbacks. Starting with the Saab 99 combi coupe, the conversion was quick and involved mostly removing the hatch and dropping in the camper [...]
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 02/19/2008
The Saab-loving conspiracy theorists still seem to think I've purposely excluded their favorite cars from this series; after all, in a city where there seems to be a Volvo 240 for every five citizens, wouldn't you expect to see a lot of Saabs as well? Well, no; in these parts, a Volvo in front of your house 25 years ago made a statement about your beliefs, while a Saab just said, uh... well, that...
Worlwide Cars News at Go-Cars.org (Free subscription) | 02/19/2008
The Saab-loving conspiracy theorists still seem to think I’ve purposely excluded their favorite cars from this series; after all, in a city where there seems to be a Volvo 240 for every five citizens, wouldn't you expect to see a lot of Saabs as well? Well, no; in these parts, a Volvo in front of [...]
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
My pal Brock Yates single-handedly introduced CB radios to non-truckers by using one in a big Mercedes 300S for a precedent-setting Car and Driver article. So I installed a CB in my Saab 99. Whenever I’d put my ears on and key the mike to good-buddy, the Swede’s unshielded electronic fuel injection would die. (Good thing the ugly little hatchback could coast.) Today, something similar is supposedly...
Top Speed (Free subscription) | 08/10/2007
Posted on 08.10.2007 10:00 by Simona Alina Filed in: Saab | 2007 | sedan | Frankfurt Auto Show Saab will unveil next month at the Frankfurt motor Show a model inspired by classic ‘Black Turbo' models. Called Turbo X, the new model gets its inspiration by the Saab 99/900 black turbos. The Turbo X marks the celebration of 30 years of leadership in turbocharging. This limited edition, all-wheel drive...
Winding Road (Free subscription) | 08/10/2007
Thirty years after Saab first got its turbocharged pants on, the Swedish automaker is set to introduce the Turbo X. The production 9-3 based model, Saab says, harkens back to the days of the Saab 99/900 black turbos, those wonderfully odd ducks that some of us WINDING ROAD staffers grew up on. Packing all-wheel drive and [...]
Motor Authority (Free subscription) | 08/10/2007
Saab will be showing a new “Turbo X” model of the 9-3 at the Frankfurt Motor Show designed to evoke the iconic Saab 99 and 900 ‘Black Turbos’ with visual tweaks and performance upgrades. Saab originally showed its first turbo model at the Frankfurt show in 1977, so this show will mark the 30th [...]
Saab Weblog - Trollhattan Saab (Free subscription) | 06/02/2007
The Saab 92, affectionately known as UrSaab. The first Hasselblad camera. The Saab 93. The first Saab Sonett. Husqvarna's Silverpil Motorcycle. The Saab Catherina. The Monark Monarscoot. Electrolux Z70 Vacuum Cleaner. The Saab 99. What do all of these things have in common? They were designed by Sixten Sason, Swedish Industrial designer extraordinaire. Born Karl-Erik Sixten Andersson in 1912, Sason...
