Saab rescue

[GTO]

[quote="meves"]...SAAB used to be a cool brand back in the day and the design of the new SAAB concepts are actually quite good looking.



That's a beautiful & cool looking concept car!
=D>

[WhiteBlue]

Except for the front grill it looks like a Bugatti.

[Pup]

Ooooo! Someone on Atlas reminded me of this - possibly the world's only front wheel drive open wheeler.

No...seriously!

This is just the kind of, uh, forward thinking we need in F1!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_Formula_Junior

[FW17]

That's it Pup, the last image with a turbo bolted to it and a tank filled with Absolut, the future of F1 right there!

No 2 stroke GDI engines are what is right for F1

[xpensive]

MrE interviewed in a Swedish tabloid yesterday:

"Why I'm coming back as a team-owner? Simply because I miss the racing part of my life so badly, I've been miserable eve since selling-off Brabham. Making a ----load of money has been a good substitute, but there's no buzz like racing, just ask Michael Schumacher."

[Pup]

Where'd you find that quote, x? You mean he's serious?!?

[xpensive]

My translation from a Swedish tabloid, some more came today;

"I confess to have looked at other prospects, even going alone last summer, but this came together just right, one manufacturer leaving F1 and another entering, the latter with a great motorsport pedigree. My generation has a lot of heart for the Saabs winning the RAC rally, with Stirling Moss' brother-in-law actually, while the manufacturer has been at the forefront of green engine-technology with the Bio-fuel concept, which is just what the doctor's ordered for F1."

[tomislavp4]

Wich tabloid did you found those in xpensive? I couldn´t find anything similar in the ones I read: dn, di, metro, expressen and svd

[Pandamasque]

Looks like Bernie writes exclusive stuff for a rare Swedish tabloid whenever he has a free minute

[xpensive]

It was reported in Sweden's most credible tabloid called "Grönköpings Veckoblad".

[tomislavp4]

You are joking right? [-X For those who don't know what Grönköpings Veckoblad is I'll tell you, it is a humor magazine with nothing credible in it

[xpensive]

[Pandamasque]

Rrrright...

[Richard]

Rrrright...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%B6nk ... _Veckoblad ??

[tomislavp4]

I could find only one comment from Bernie, in "Dagens industri" which would translate to "todays industry". He says that Saab is a good brand which got ruined by its owner, that's it.

Anyway I think Saab is done now, it's too late. GM is already moving the tools needed for production of the new 9-5, apparently they are going to be used to build Buicks in China. I don't know why but I have a strange feeling that they don't want to sale Saab for some reason