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Old Saab Films

Here are some links to interesting old films from the Swedish Film Institut.

Travelling with a 93 to Great Britain.  English

http://www.filmarkivet.se/sv/Film/?movieid=260&returnurl=http://www.filmarkivet.se/sv/Sok/?q%3dsaab

A news item from 1955/56 where the new Saab 93 is presented.  It appears at 2:25 into the film.  In swedish

http://www.filmarkivet.se/sv/Film/?movieid=367&returnurl=http://www.filmarkivet.se/sv/Sok/?q%3dsaab

Saab News from 1960. A company film

http://www.filmarkivet.se/sv/Film/?movieid=732&returnurl=http://www.filmarkivet.se/sv/Sok/?q%3dsaab

A Saab 99 advert from 1972 showing the strength of the front bumber!

http://www.filmarkivet.se/sv/Film/?movieid=282&returnurl=http://www.filmarkivet.se/sv/Sok/?q%3dsaab

With Thanks to Matthias Ketterl

2014 will see a nice new line up of model Saabs in 1:43rd scale for us Mini Saab Fans.
Andrei from Griffin Models (www.griffinmodels.com) has been hard at work producing and developing a few rare models like the EV1 and the Phoenix as well as the Turbo X in both Saloon and Estate versions.
The list of new models include:
1. Saab 900 SPG (RBM Performance)
2. Saab 9-3 Turbo-X Sedan (also as Griffin and current 9-3 by NEVS)
3. Saab 9-3 Turbo-X Combi (also as Griffin)
4. Saab 9-5 Linear/Vector 2010
5. Saab 9-5 Aero Combi 2010
6. Saab Phoenix
7. Saab Novanta by Bertone/SKF
8. Saab 9-3 Pikes Peak Viggen
9. Saab 900 CD (already prepared and just waiting to be produced)
10. Saab EV1
Although dates are not confirmed as yet all these will be in the shop during 2014.
Classic 900 fans have not been left out and you will see in the Configurator part of the site that there is now almost a full line up of 900 saloons and hatches. Here you can choose your body, wheels, left or right hand drive as well as lights etc. The list goes on. All you have to do is paint your model the colour you want and put it together.
Later this year Andrei will take delivery of a 3D printer which will help with the “one off” requests making it easier and quicker and to be more flexible with your requests.

I have placed a few extra pictures on flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/trollpowersaab/sets/72157626596402165/

Saab is building cars again

After two years the new owner NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden) has produced their first car - just as they had already announced in the autumn at the presentation of pre-production models.To begin with it they will just be making 4 cylinder petrol engine saloons. 

Saab is building cars again. After two years the new owner NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden) has produced their first car - just as was announced in the autumn at the presentation of pre-production models. To begin with it they will just be making 4 cylinder petrol engine saloons. Electric cars will follow.

NEVS have a plan to build a electric brand behind the Saab logo.  Some observers are understandably sceptical. Building a brand needs money as Tesla discovered to their cost! A brand needs a good image and Tesla has actually managed that very well. For NEVS the outlook may be somewhat different.

The Holding Company 'NEVS' is in fact just an extension of a company called Modern Energy Holding. Behind this name is an energy company, making its money primarily in China, but taxed in the British Virgin Islands. The management is based in Hong Kong.

But let’s not worry about that yet. Saab is celebrating its comeback.  In order to get production going again Saab had to enter into contracts with 400 suppliers. Only ten vehicles per week are scheduled to be produced. For 300,000 Swedish kroner - about 34,000 Euros – you can get a Saab 9-3 Aero Saloon with a four-cylinder petrol engine and automatic transmission. This is, of course, all still based on technology from General Motors. A facelift is reportedly planned for spring 2014.

Currently you can only order the Saab 9-3 over the Internet and then pick it up at the factory. In the long term, China is the big goal, says Nevs President Mattias Bergman. And the company is actually intending to specialise in the construction of electric vehicles.

GM, Spyker and NEVS

Until 2010 Saab belonged to General Motors. Initially in  2009, the Swedish company wanted Koenigsegg take over the brand, but this failed because of lack of financial backing. Instead the Chinese carmaker BAIC took over technology and production lines for the Saab 9-3 and 9-5.  In 2010 Saab went to Spyker, but they were themselves in financial difficulties. NEVS eventually took over the Saab factories in June 2012 as well as the rights to vehicles, names and platforms.

With thanks to Auto-Revue.at