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Orio North America is proud to announce the launch of its “Parts for Life” initiative

Saab Parts for life

 In an effort to keep the iconic Saab brand on the road, Orio North America, the exclusive supplier of Saab Original parts, is proud to announce the launch of its “Parts for Life” initiative.

The initiative provides a lifetime warranty on Original parts to Saab owners who repair or service their cars at a Saab official service center. In addition to preserving and restoring Saab cars, the initiative will also support the work of Nordens Ark, a Sweden-based organization, which works to protect endangered species around the world.

“Saab has a long and important legacy as a car brand to keep; we don’t want them to disappear from the roads. That’s why we’re launching the ‘Parts for Life’ campaign,” said Tim Colbeck, president and CEO of Orio North America and a Saab owner and enthusiast.

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“By offering a lifetime warranty on Original parts to car owners who repair their Saab at a Saab official service center, we’ll be able to ensure that Saab cars stay on the road for decades to come … and we can save this automotive brand from extinction.”

Saab 9-3 in movie "Parts for Life"

The closing of Saab Automobile in 2011 means that the generation of cars currently on our roads will be the last, but it doesn’t mean the iconic automobile needs to head the way of extinction. Thanks to Orio’s “Parts for Life” initiative, Saab owners can have their car repaired with Original parts and simply activate the lifetime warranty at www.partsforlife.com.

Why They’re Teaming up With Nordens Ark

The declining amount of Saab cars over the past few years have made enthusiasts look at the car as something that could be endangered in the future, a threat it shares with many animal species around the world.

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That is why Orio will be working with Nordens Ark to make a yearly contribution as part of the “Parts for Life” initiative. Nordens Ark is an organization with its roots in Sweden but works with the protection of endangered species all over the world, which has a perfect relationship with Saab cars.

“As a brand focused on preservation, it also made sense to tie in a worthy organization to support as part of this initiative – and we are thrilled to be working with Nordens Ark who will be the benefactor of our goodwill portion of the campaign,” said Colbeck.

“We are very excited to work with Orio and ‘Parts for Life.’ It is a great initiative and we will now work together to ensure endangered species have a future,” said Mats Höggren CEO Nordens Ark.

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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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