Saab 9-3 2.0t Anniversary. A winter dream?
The wind drives thick snowflakes across the A3. It's cold and uncomfortable as I set off in the Saab 9000 for a test drive in a 9-3 Anniversary. Actually prevail on this cloudy day…
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Saab 9-5 NG. A dream of Sweden.
Hisingen is Volvo Land. The peninsula is firmly in the hands of the other Swedish brand, and if you dare to venture onto their terrain in a Saab, you feel quite lonely on the road. At the end of the season...
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Field report: Skandinav Gothenburg R navigation system
Guest article by Felix Buchholz. When I was looking for alternatives to the rather expensive Kenwood® navigation installation kit at the Saab partner, I came across the small company Skandinav® in Süderholz through friends. After a few emails I received...
Read more Saab 9-5 - spoiled for choice?
From time to time I see comments and articles on topics like "Saab 9-5 before / after the facelift", General Motors politics, or general "nostalgia thoughts" ả la "everything was better before". As so often in life, it is worth...
Read more Saab 9-5 NG. Lightbar repair.
The Lightbar is a design feature of the Saab 9-5. The Saab 9-4x also had them and the successor to the 9-3 would have gotten them too. The light bar would have become the identifying mark on all new Saabs. The Sweden…
Read more Saab 9-5 combi 1999 test drive
A lot about the car is also mental cinema. Highly paid marketing people invented terms like "premium" or "appeal" to get the cinema going. If we get into the vehicle of a premium provider, then we have the…
Read more Tested ... Saab 9-5 Aero
How long has it been since I've ridden chrome glasses? It's been a few years and I think it was 2012 when we sold our 9-5. Now I'm standing there, in the yard of Saab Service...
Read more Saab Turbo X Hirsch Performance Suspension
In the beginning was the stain. A small, inconspicuous smudge of oil under the rear of the Turbo X. A grip under the Saab, a feel of the shock absorbers showed the scope of the mishap. The dampers with the automatic level control...
Read more SmartBeam Bi-Xenon for the 9-5 Linear
The 2011 9-5 has been with us for 2 years so far. A linear, originally on the road in Gothenburg, with unusually good equipment. The reason to “only” treat yourself to a Linear and not a Vector or Aero was due to the…
Read more Saab 9-5 NG Toter Angle Warner
One of the special features of the Saab 9-5 NG is that original accessories still appear 5 years after the end of production. A "blind spot warning device" could no longer be ordered in series; production had ended before then. Pity,…
Read more Firmware Update E800 Saab 9-5 NG
Orio AB's helpdesk in Trollhättan still takes care of our vehicles. There are updates even 5 years after the end of production. A firmware update is available for the Saab 2010-9 NG built from 5,…
Read more Saab 9-3 ambient lighting
This is perfect for the cloudy season! The original retrofit kit for a Saab 9-3 ambient lighting has been available for a few days...we tested it immediately. Because so far the 9-3 in the dark is a partly gloomy cave, ...
Read more Saab feeling
Our 2011 9-3 needs an inspection! In the meantime it has 80.000 kilometers on the clock and a few weeks ago there was an involuntary stopover in the workshop. Now it's driving him back into the box...
Read more Saab 9-3 and 9-5 especially safe!
Question: Which car is considered particularly safe that we would recommend for a novice driver? logical ! A Saab of course! Our opinion, but are we also objective? The IIHS shares our opinion. It recommends novice drivers…
Read more Saab 9-3 1.8t. Stopover.
Some things are boring...because they are good. Our Saab 9-3 1.8t has been with us since summer 2011. As it seems, it was unfortunately our last new Saab car. He now has almost 78.000 kilometers on...
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