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NEVS Bought Protean, Emily GT Used Its In-Wheel Motors – Now Renault Will Put Them Into Production

Goran Aničić — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:10:04 +0000

NEVS acquired Protean in 2019, tested its in-wheel motors in Saab 9-3 development cars and later used four of them in Emily GT. Seven years later, Renault has formally confirmed the same technology for the production-bound 5 Turbo 3E.

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One of the Last Saab 9-3OG Aero Convertibles May Soon Need a New Custodian

Konstantin Jokić — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:06:27 +0000

Ian Rawlings owns nine Land Rovers, yet it was his 23-year-old Saab 9-3 Aero Convertible that recently passed its MOT without a single advisory. Now, after admitting that he simply does not use the car enough, he is considering whether the striking late OG 9-3 should move to a new custodian.

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Saab 900 Turn Signal Stalks Can Be Repaired Again – Skandix Has Brought Back the Fix

Konstantin Jokić — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:17:28 +0000

A familiar classic Saab 900 fault no longer has to end with a search for another decades-old switch. Skandix has returned its indicator stalk repair kit to availability after arranging production of a new metal housing.

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What Happened After the Hammer Fell: The 7-Kilometer Saab 96 That Helped Fund Cancer Research

Goran Aničić — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:06:54 +0000

In January 2022, an Acacia Green Saab 96 GL V4 Super with only seven kilometers on its odometer sold for 500,000 SEK. The larger story emerged afterward: the late owner had left almost 3 million SEK to medical research, with myeloma research first in line, and a new 2026 follow-up says the bequest helped finance two PhD candidates.

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Bilweb’s July Auction Pits a Manual Turbo X SportCombi Against a California Aero V6 Convertible

Goran Aničić — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:50:03 +0000

Bilweb Auctions' July Auction 3 includes four Saabs, but two V6 9-3s define the sale: a manual Turbo X SportCombi with extensive recent maintenance and a U.S.-market Aero Convertible with long-term California service history.

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42 Years, 152,000 Miles, One Paper Trail: This 1983 Saab 900 Turbo Is Selling at No Reserve

Konstantin Jokić — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:50:20 +0000

A 1983 Saab 900 Turbo in Ivory is crossing Bring a Trailer at no reserve with 152,000 miles shown, decades of invoices and handwritten logs, and a gearbox rebuild dating to 1989. The auction title calls it 42-years-family-owned, but the ownership wording requires precision: the seller is offering the car on behalf of the owner, and it should not be described as a one-owner example.

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A Blind Date, a Blue Saab 96, and 53 Years: Ray and Pat Kopczynski’s Albany Saab Story

Zoran Anicic — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:17:58 +0000

Ray and Pat Kopczynski of Albany, Oregon, met on a blind date, married within six months, and have spent 53 years since driving matching Saabs. A June 2024 KPTV/Fox 12 “Behind the Wheel” segment revisited their story, first told locally in 2021 around Ray’s 6,400-mile cross-country drive in a 1965 Saab 96.

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37k-Mile 2005 Saab 9-5 2.3T Sells for $6,500 – Used-Car Money, Six-Saab Ending

Konstantin Jokić — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:44:34 +0000

A 37,000-mile 2005 Saab 9-5 2.3T sedan sold at no reserve on Bring a Trailer for $6,500, despite clean history, recent brake, cooling, and A/C work, and an unusually preserved presentation. The price was modest, but the ending was fitting: the winning bidder said this would be his sixth Saab.

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Paul Cowland’s 20-Year-Dormant Saab 900 Turbo S Has a Red APC Mystery Under the Bonnet

Goran Aničić — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:45:42 +0000

Two decades after it last turned a wheel, a long-dormant Saab 900 Turbo S comes out of a Nottinghamshire garage, gets a fresh set of injectors, and heads out for its first MOT test since the early 2000s - with a possible Carlsson-spec surprise along the way.

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France Puts the Takata Recall Back on the Saab Agenda: What 9-3 and 9-5 Owners Need to Check Now

Goran Aničić — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:34:08 +0000

The Takata airbag recall has returned to the foreground in France, and Saab owners are now part of a more complicated story than most current-brand drivers. Official French sources point owners toward Hedin Parts, while a reported replacement case has raised a sharp question: what exactly counts as a safe replacement airbag for a Saab 9-3 or 9-5?

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