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Saabs@Carlisle as part of “Carlisle Import & Performance Nationals 2016”

Saabs at Carlisle

There are few shows that eEuroparts team look forward to every year as much as Carlisle Import & Performance Nationals. This year organizer have reinvented a nearly 30-year tradition by transcending all marques, scenes and styles, the Carlisle Import & Performance Nationals features more than 2,000 show vehicles.

Cars and guests from around the world converged on Carlisle for the newly branded Carlisle Import & Performance Nationals. Brands like SAAB, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Renault and more anchored the showfield, while unique indoor displays showed how great classics can be in both their original and modified forms.

Carlisle Import and Performance Nationals
Carlisle Import and Performance Nationals

As part of this great event, takes place and small SAAB event – Saabs@Carlisle, a group of dedicated Saab enthusiasts that wait all year for a reason to take their beloved cars on the longest road trip of the season.  It’s always an interesting atmosphere.

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The 1960 RAC winning two-stroke 96, as driven by the late Erik Carlsson
The 1960 RAC winning two-stroke 96, as driven by the late Erik Carlsson

The main tent featured one particularly historic gem, specifically relevant after the recent passing of Mr. Saab himself, Erik Carlsson, to which this year’s show was dedicated.  The two-stroke Saab 96 that Carlsson drove to victory in the 1960 RAC rally was there, in its full restored glory for all to see.  Also, It was hard to beat the amazingly rare Sonnet 1 at least years Saabs@Carlisle show, where only 2 exist in the US .

 This is not a convoy. Is is just the driveway.
This is not a Saab convoy. Is is just the driveway.

eEuroparts team can continue to diversify, but this year they loaded an entire show tent setup with displays, a camping tent city, and an additional presentation table setup for the Saabs@Carlisle main tent into a Saab C900 Notchback, a Saab 9000 hatch, a tuner Saab 9-3ss, and a Volvo S60 awd.

Aee all their report with this exciting event at this address.

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Video from last Year:

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Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

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