New Saabs coming this year?

The "news" about New Saabs has been spread on our Facebook page some weeks ago. But as not all Saabists are active on Facebook this time something about those Saabs(the pictures are made in Austria on my way to Italy). According to the news new Saabs `ll be made again by end of August 2013 in the city of Trollhättan. 8000 Saab 9-3 sedans in both gasoline and diesel versions `ll be made and in the future an electrical version will be available too. The Saab 9-3X `ll be available by year`s end, but there is no mention of the 9-3 Sport Combi being produced.

No news about the engines to power the 2013 Saab 9-3. The "old" 9-3 had a GM engine, it is highly unlikely that GM would license this engine to NEVS. The tooling and know how for Saabs old H-series engine has been sold to BAIC. In the past Fiat engines have been installed in 9-3`s, that`s why there are rumors of a Fiat engine to power new Saabs. But why no BMW engine? They had a deal with Victor a couple of years ago.

Saab pictures

As I wrote on my latest post it takes time before new Saabs `ll be produced. Untill there are no interesting developments to mention I`ve decided to share pictures and Saab stories on this blog and our Facebook page. Yesterday I was in Lemmer (Friesland/Netherlands) and had some time left to visit the Saab dealer overthere (Saab Schaap). This dealer has an amazing Saab collection. I have made some pictures (with my phone), sorry for the low quality.