Colour your Saab!

Today I`ve got my convertible back from the car wrapping company in a new colour. I`ve driven in 2 black Saabs in a row now for four years and it was time for something else. The wrap is removable (3 hours of labour), so my car remains original.

Bericht door Save Saab Museum.

In the past Saab owners where more expressive with colours for their Saab. See the picture below I`ve made in Spa last year. Finally; Click here about the blogpost of Alexander about breaking the grey.

Saab 92 (ex Peter Backstrom)

Jim Pascale lives in the US and ownes a very nice Saab 92 (see picture below). He bought this Saab 92 out of Sweden 3 years ago. In the past this 92 was owned by Peter Backstrom. That`s why he wants to have contact with him. Maybe someone can help Jim?

Below also a video of Jim`s Saab 92 going up and down his driveway. It is a Saab 92B from 1956 btw.

The first Nevs 9-3

The first Nevs Saab 9-3 built `ll be used for the certification process of the Saab 9-3 in China. After that the car `ll be stored in the collection of the Saab Car Museum in Trollhättan.

As I wrote before, the Nevs 9-3 is (for the moment) available in two colours; grey and black. If you want any other colour on your new Saab you can personalise your 9-3 with a wrap. Wrapping a car (depends on country and quality) costs about 2000 EUR. The wrap lasts for about 3 years and it costs 3 hours of labour to remove the wrap from your car (no damage to original lacquer). A complete respray of your 9-3 is also an option, but your car is not original anymore (a wrap is more a "protection").

Click here for the pictures of Saab 9-3 Convertibles in red.

The first electric Saab 9-3`s are sold

The first electric Saab 9-3`s are sold now to Qingdao; source;

The city of Qingdao, part owner of Nevs, will purchase the first 200 EVs with delivery starting April. Mattias Bergman is quoted saying “You will observe a continuous change, but the first specifications have arrived. The specifications will be gradually changed, both battery and drivetrain”. Range at first will be limited to ~200km and the car itself will be 80% similar to its ICE cousin. “The difference will be the drivetrain”. The car will be produced in Trollhättan with final assembly taking place in China. Nevs have two facilities producing batteries there, so they will be mounted there. “Production of the EVs in Trollhättan will commence early next year” adds Mattias Bergman, “it does not take long to produce them, but then they must be shipped to China as well”. “This is an important part of our vision that our customers not be dependent of fossile fuelds, but retain the freedom of getting around in a passenger car. This is what is important to us, and where our focus is. Finally we let the customers decide if they prefer an EV or a conventional ICE.”

The first new Saabs are sold already online!

Yesterday at 14:00CET (GMT+1) the sales started for the new Saab through Nevs website. It was a great start of the sale because they received a total of 15 orders of new Saabs throughout the day.

-”It is pleasing that we directly met an interest that also led to the ordered cars. And our first customer in Trollhättan actually visited me yesterday afternoon. We are humble but also hopeful for future sales. Many people have heard of and want to make an appointment for a test drive, which starts in January “– Jonas Hernqvist, Nevs Sales Manager

Source

At the moment only 2 colours are available for the new Saab 9-3, black and grey. I hope more colours `ll follow in the future. For the time being a wrap is a good solution if you want an other colour. I for myself have made an appointment for a red wrap for my 9-3 convertible for next week. Click here for the link to the wrapping company I`ve chosen.

New Saab 9-3`s for sale again

Starting today the new Saab 9-3 is for sale again in Sweden (see Swedish text below)! Initially the cars are only sold to clients in China and Sweden. However, over time the Saab 9-3 Aero and other models will also be available to customers in other markets. Click here for the Saab webshop!

Bericht door Save Saab Museum.

I morgon tisdag börjar försäljningen av Saab-bilar Tisdagen den 10 december kl 14.00 börjar försäljningen av Saab-bilar på den svenska marknaden direkt från Nevs hemsida. Nevs använder en för biltillverkare ny säljkanal genom att inledningsvis sälja direkt via hemsidan. Samtidigt skapar Nevs en personlig kundrelation genom alla led med direktkontakt från försäljning till leverans av bilen. – Vi vill ha en nära dialog med våra kunder redan från början. I vår direktkontakt kan vi bland annat snabbt fånga upp synpunkter och önskemål, vilket hjälper oss i vår ambition att ge kunderna en förstklassig upplevelse och ett engagerat omhändertagande, säger försäljningschef Jonas Hernqvist. Saab 9-3 Aero Sedan 2014 är fullutrustad och har en bensinmotor på 220 hk/350 Nm. Priset med sexväxlad manuell växellåda är 279 000 kronor inklusive moms, + 10 000 kronor med sexstegad automatisk växellåda. I priset ingår tre års fri service, tre års vagnskadegaranti, två års vägassistans samt vinterhjul på aluminiumfälg. Efter leveransen av bilen vill vi även fortsättningsvis erbjuda ett tryggt bilägande. För service och reparationer hänvisar vi till Saab Original Service verkstäder. De första bilarna av denna begränsade upplaga kommer att levereras under våren 2014. Då kommer vi att erbjuda kunden en speciell varumärkesupplevelse när bilen hämtas på leveranscentrum vid fabriken i Trollhättan. Här möter representanter från Nevs som, förutom presentationen av bilen, berättar om hur vi ser på framtidens bilindustri och vår planerade färdväg mot att bli en ledande elbilstillverkare. Ett besök i vår högeffektiva fabrik samt besök på Saabs bilmuseum ingår också i upplevelsen. För ytterligare information kontakta Nevs kundservice. Telefon: 0520-855 00 E-post: customersupport@saabcars.com

The Sharp Saab II

One year ago I wrote about the "Sharp Saab" from Puntita and Krit. Saabs are rather rare in Thailand, click here to see more Saabs in Thailand.