Wilmington, Delaware, which is located along the Delaware River downstream of Philadelphia, is the home of Bill Jacobson Sports Car Service - Delaware's oldest independent SAAB specialist. Sports Car Service, which is owned and operated by the same family Jacobson...
Orio AB is now investing more than ever in Saab cars on the road, and is today launching the “Parts for Life” initiative, supporting the work with the protection of endangered species and offering a lifetime warranty on Original parts...
Tony Catignani was a lead designer for the Saab project 640, commonly known as Saab 9-5 we all know today. Now, he is Design Consultant (previously designer with Ford/Saab/Volvo) and program leader of transport design at Umeå Institute of Design, one of the worlds...
Ex-Saab managers Acquitted on All Charges today in Vänersborg District Court. Vanersborg District Court has today acquitted all seven defendants who have been indicted for crimes committed in Saab's last fiscal year...
Victor Muller and his sports car company Spyker missing opportunities to save Saab Automobile. Saab Automobile was sold to Spyker Cars N.V. in 2010 after a deal between Spyker and then-current owner General Motors. In 2012, Spyker filed a lawsuit...
A flash from the past - the Saab Turbo 16 with Saab Direct Ignition (SDI) from 1985. The engine could release of a burst of sparks to burn away moisture on the spark plug electrodes if the engine fails to...
Emissions tests are commonly performed in some regions to try to reduce the carbon footprint of vehicles. Trionic is an engine management system developed by Saab Automobile, consisting of an engine control unit (ECU) that controls 3 engine aspects: Ignition timing, Fuel...
The Saab Variable Compression (SVC) engine was a development project of Saab Automobile, for which it won an "Best technology of the year" award both in 2000 and 2001. The SVC engine combines the excellent fuel consumption of a 1.6...
The production of a SAAB automobile begins in the stamping plant, where huge steel and aluminium strips weighing several tons are cut into blanks. A car only starts taking on recognizable form during the construction process of the car-body shell. Production of the...
"Beyond the Aircraft Heritage" was Design Project of The Umea Institute of Design in collaboration with SAAB Automobile. Students finished that project where they were tasked with designing a Saab concept with a twist. In this project students developed complete concepts...
