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In 1986, This Saab 9000 Turbo Taxi Had a Mobile Phone, Pager, TV and VHS

Goran Aničić — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:26:11 +0000

In 1986, Televerket Radio and Saab equipped a Saab 9000 Turbo taxi with an extraordinary collection of communications technology: a mobile phone, taxi radio, pager, television and VHS video system. Period Swedish magazine photographs show taxi owner Hans Nilsson demonstrating the equipment in Karlstad, while rear-seat passengers could even watch video tapes on longer journeys.

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Arlöv-Built 1980 Saab 99 Turbo Heads to Bilweb With a $30,000 Estimate

Goran Aničić — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:34:37 +0000

A black 1980 Saab 99 Turbo built in Arlöv, exported to Britain and later restored in Sweden is heading to Bilweb Auctions with an estimate approaching $30,000. Its chassis number can also be traced to a Saab Club discussion from 2014.

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IntSaab 2026 Returned to Sweden After 10 Years: Germans Were the Largest Three-Day Group

Goran Aničić — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:28:05 +0000

IntSaab returned to Sweden after ten years, but Bro Park revealed something larger: most early three-day registrations came from abroad, with German Saab owners forming the biggest national group.

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Erik Wankerl’s Saab 900 Turbo Concept Reaches Portuguese Print in autoDRIVE #91

Goran Aničić — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:38:41 +0000

Erik Wankerl’s yellow Saab 900 Turbo 2025 concept has resurfaced in print. Portuguese magazine autoDRIVE #91 uses the design study across a four-page column by João Santos Matos, sixteen months after the project first appeared online.

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Saab Session Slovakia 2026 Registration Opens for October Gathering in Liptovská Osada

Konstantin Jokić — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:55:57 +0000

Saab Session Slovakia returns October 2–4, 2026 at Resort Gothal in Liptovská Osada. Registration is now open, but organizers have capped entries at 99 participant cars.

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French Saab Owners Face 500 km Trips for €475 Takata Airbag Replacement

Goran Aničić — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:46:25 +0000

Hedin Parts has now confirmed the €475 including VAT cost of the French Saab Takata airbag operation and published ten service-center entries. For some owners, however, completing the repair means a 500–580 km round trip, adding another practical obstacle to a recall already complicated by Saab’s disappearance as a legal manufacturer.

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SKANDIX Reproduces Saab 9-5 Windshield Washer Nozzle 5584917

Goran Aničić — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:16:13 +0000

SKANDIX has introduced a newly manufactured replacement for the discontinued Saab 5584917 windshield washer nozzle. The twin-jet nozzle fits early Saab 9-5 models up to chassis 43011867, with three required per car.

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One of 38: Saab 9-3 Independence Edition No.06 Sells in Paris After €57,900 Listing

Goran Aničić — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:37:06 +0000

engine and documented French history. Originally planned as one of 366 cars, it became one of only 38 completed before Saab production collapsed in 2011.

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Paul Cowland’s Saab 900 “Parts Car” Passes Its MOT After 45 Hours of Welding

Goran Aničić — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:57:18 +0000

Paul Cowland’s Saab 900i Convertible was considered too corroded to save, but Auto Lass rebuilt its damaged structure, repaired the roof and brakes, and secured a fresh MOT. The mismatched panels remain - for now - but the former parts-car candidate is finally back on the road.

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Jason Castriota Explains Saab’s Lost 9-3, 9-2 and Sonett in a New Interview

Goran Aničić — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:36:21 +0000

Jason Castriota joins Alrik Söderlind’s Fenix series to explain the engineering behind the PhoeniX concept, the advanced next-generation 9-3 and the separate plans for a compact 9-2 and modern Sonett.

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