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Tom`s rearview mirror. The opinion of the Saab bloggers on current topics. Not only, but also, around Saab.
Frankfurt in the fall 2009. With a friend and two friends, I'm on my way to the IAA. Saab shows the new 9-5 generation. That I'll write a blog about the brand around 1 1 / 2 years later, is to this
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On the 11. September is it time again! The IAA 2019 opens its doors. But unlike the decades before, it is no longer a world-class fair. She is on her way to the regional league. You could do that
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Without the production site Trollhättan, I would not have noticed the Sion project. After a visit to Sono Motors and articles about the electric car, it ends in a crucial question. Would you drive a sion? The answer should be oneself
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After seemingly endless years of success, a violent storm is gathering over the German car industry. It could be a perfect storm because the reasons are not just homemade. Something is brewing in Germany, and a key industry is showing
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A new definition of mobility and alternative forms of drive. Digitization and revolution in manufacturing. Everything announced and not far away. On the contrary, we are already in the middle of it, and the change accelerates more and more. An example of how fundamental the upheaval can be
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From Essen to Frankfurt. From the high-price show of the shiny sheet to the base. Contrasts could hardly be more exciting. It's cold this Saturday. Normal pre-Easter weather, the thermometer is climbing hard over the 0 grade mark. In addition a cold blows
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Essen, Norbertstraße, against 9: 00 clock on Friday. The chaos is raging, the fight for the parking lots is raging. Regardless of losses, as every year. The Techno Classica calls - the leading trade fair when it comes to antique sheet metal. Before you
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January was a year in itself. There were more interesting news in a few days than in the last years together from the old Saab factory in Trollhättan. It's like tearing open windows, letting spring air in and the
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What do you write about the start of a new year? Has not everything been said and discussed in almost 8 years blog? The entry is always difficult, so I try it in the simplest way. It's about cars.
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Now it starts again! In the Swedish press they are fabulizing about the Electro-Saab from China, which can now be ordered. For real friends of the brand that is hard to bear. Reiner Schmarrn, as one would say in Bavaria. Because with
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It is Sunday and quiet in the Stallbacka, the industrial area of Trollhättan. The sun makes its way through the clouds, it draws a soft autumn light on the old halls of the former Saab factory. As if she wanted her slow
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The Saab 9-3 II is the faithful workhorse of the scene. He enjoys, you see from the convertibles and the Turbo X, (still) no cult status. The station wagons and limousines are the most modern solution, if you want to move a Saab in everyday life.
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Fancy new cars? And no desire to park a mainstream SUV next to the Saab in the carport? Fortunately, there are alternatives! A - admittedly very subjective - choice of three temptations that are not a bit boring and the next to a Saab
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Back to the rally legend. The day belongs to the WRX STI. It is his party, and each participant is looking forward to the moment when he is allowed on the track with the legend. Coincidence it wants me for the introductory round
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Two bumps, a quick left turn, then I shoot with a 26% slope down into the depths. This is followed by a slope with a full 21%. I hear the voice of the instructor in the radio. Take braking energy with you on the
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