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Lightning Blue 9³ Viggen Convertible. Very Rare. Only 42 convertibles in this color combination were imported in 2000 and in no other year. Power everything including memory seats. Two-tone blue and black interior leather (leather in VG condition). Nearly new tires on 4 straight wheels. New cross-drilled & slotted rotors and pads all around. Viggen Rescue Kit including rear sway bar and front steering rack clamp and brace, after-market powder-coated upper strut brace, 6 point subframe brace, direct cold air intake. Blue powder-coated valve cover and lightning blue engine shroud, blue powder-coated Talliferro upper strut brace, custom mesh grille painted Lightning Blue, carbon-fiber dash insert, billet aluminum Viggen oil filler cap, aluminum Viggen shift knob insert, billet aluminum pedals and dead pedal, “Viggen” polished stainless speaker grilles, blue painted calipers, convertible wind screen. New water pump, new battery, new valve cover gasket. Includes all of the high-performance items that came on the Viggen and were not available on standard 9³ convertibles: 2.3L engine (from the 9⁵) (235 hp and 258 ft. lbs. torque); high-performance tuned ECU; larger turbocharger; high capacity intercooler; stiffened & lowered suspension; 17" Viggen performance wheels; Z-rated tires; aggressive spoiler; functional aerodynamic trim; improved calipers; larger rotors; heavy-duty clutch; larger driveshaft; strengthened CV joints & high-performance exhaust. This car took second in the Viggen class at “Saabs at Carlisle” 2010 out of at least 20 other Viggens. Super condition, super clean, super fast and super fun.

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Vampire Weekend burns for Saab

Thu, 21 Mar 2013

Or is it the other way around?
Could Vampire Weekend be trying to tell me something? A just-launched music video for the indie rock band's new single Diane Young features what looks like a pretty mint black Saab 900 Turbo Convertible being torched in slow-motion. In fact, with the exception of a brief, flickering cameo by a 900 three-door of a similar vintage, that's all that there is to the nearly three-minute long video. It's both sad and oddly beautiful.
Coincidentally, I have a similar-looking turbocharged black Saab convertible sitting in my garage, and I've been reluctantly pondering its sale this very week. Admittedly, mine is a later model (2001 9-3 Viggen), but tri-spokes and more tapered rump aside, it looks eerily identical. And while mine isn't mired in flames (I love it too much to torch it), through no fault of its own, it's been sitting motionless far too regularly. Thankfully, I see a better future for it than the droptop seen above.

Former Saab chairman Muller faces summons in tax inquiry

Thu, 23 May 2013

Former Saab Chairman Victor Muller may be called in for questioning as part of an official inquiry into suspected tax evasion by three of the automaker's former executives. A prosecutor has officially named former CEO Jan-Ake Jonsson and two other executives in the investigation, and official court documents say that Muller will be called in by the Financial Crimes Unit. According to Reuters, prosecutors are currently looking into allegations that the executives worked to dodge taxes between 2010 and 2011, when the automaker finally went into bankruptcy.
The Truth About Cars reports the investigation may center around the $540,000 paid as consulting fees to Latin America Tug Holding NV, a company Muller owns. It's possible that the Swedish authorities believe the Saab executives were using the tug boat company as a tax haven, and that the automaker should have paid taxes and social security contributions on the money. Muller has not been charged.
Meanwhile, Muller is defending his earnings in a new interview with Automotive News. Having come under fire for his $773,000 salary at Saab, the Spyker CEO said his pay was commensurate with an executive running a company with 4,000 employees.

Saab 9-3 production to start in China in 2013 [UPDATE]

Thu, 17 Jan 2013

We knew that National Electric Vehicle Sweden planned to restart production of the last-gen Saab 9-3 at some point in the future, we just didn't know exactly when, or exactly where. As it turns out, the answers to those questions are soon, and China.
Though NEVS had initially said it will build vehicles in Sweden before shipping them to China, the latest report from Autocar suggests that the cars will instead be built right in Quingdao starting later in 2013. That's right, this calendar year. Also on the docket is a followup electric version of the 9-3, which is slated to come to market in 2014 in an effort to satiate China's wish that there be half a million EVs silently filling its streets within the next two years.
NEVS wants to be part of the EV solution, but it's not going to be easy. Naturally, if these cars are to be built in China, a factory has to be located or built, tooling needs to be in place, workers need to be hired and trained and a lengthy trail of paperwork has to be signed off by the government before even the well-known gasoline-powered 9-3 can be a reality, let along the unknown quantity that is the 9-3 ePower.

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