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Shiny Saab 96 “Green Cucumber”

Matt's Saab 96

Here’s another interesting, warm and at the same time incredible Saab story from cold Canada.

Matt Stimpson loved his first car, a 1971 Saab 96, so much that he had to bring the “Green Cucumber“, as his friends nicknamed it, with him when he immigrated to Canada (from UK).

According to his confession, his Saab addiction began before he could even drive. Matt’s father, a used car trader in the U.K., had a reputation for being “a Saab guy” who was always running 99/900 and 9000 Turbos, incredibly rapid cars in the ’70s and ’80s, as their family hacks. Matt was hooked, not only by their speed, but Saab’s innovation and quirks…

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Saab 96

After a lot of time, A job opportunity took Mat to Canada in 1999. And he did not want to separate from his favorite car – Saab 96. He moved the car to a new address and started a Saab rescue project.

After a lot of effort, the old Saab again shone in full, green shine…

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Read the full story of this interesting story on the local Canadian media page.

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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