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Flashback: Rally Sweden Through the Ages

Saab 96 Rally of SwedenSaab 96 Rally of Sweden

Exactly a month ago in Karlstad started this year’s Swedish Rally  – Rally Sweden.  It is the biggest annually recurring event in Sweden, with around 200,000 spectators over four days and almost 100 million TV viewers worldwide

Nowadays, on this rally is dominated by cars such as Citroën C3, Hyundai i20 or  Toyota Yaris, but once upon a time they were Saab, Audi Quattro… Then you should check out this video from WRC Rally Sweden that summarizes the history (the Swedish Rally in the vernacular) for this year’s edition, number 65 since its inception in 1950. 

The races are decided in Karlstad and northern Värmland province, and since a few years ago some of the driving takes place across the Norwegian border. The event has been held since 1950 and has been a winter rally since 1965.

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Stig Blomqvist, Bjorn Waldegard, Per Eklund … Well, sure they are all like the Saab 96 V4. Check out this video from WRC on Rally impressive history.

 

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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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