Saab Performance - Gallery

As noted we've had a couple of Saabs, and while we don't have a lot of great photo's, here's some interesting ones.

My first convertible was a 1987 Turbo. This car was US spec, we shipped it from Jacksonville, Florida to Antwerp Belgium, and than took three weeks driving it down to Sicily, where we were to live for the next three years. This was a fantastic trip, as we were able to bop around top down in the Alsace wine country, through the Black Forest, the Bodensee region of Germany/Austria, Tuscany, and finally southern Italy.

I bought this car with 78k on the odometer, and when I sold it in 2001 before leaving Italy it had 135k. I replaced the top in 1998, and the transmission in 2000 while in Europe; my local mechanic was able to put in a Euro spec one that had an incredibly long 3rd gear, and a much taller 5th. I had intended on keeping this car, and having a new paint job while in Italy, however, extreme volcanic activity in the summer of 2001 put a nix on the paint idea, so I ended up selling this old friend before we departed for the United States.

Our other Saab was a 1994 900s 5 Door, that despite being the first model year for the new body style, was a tremendously reliable car with minimal problems. We bought it brand new in Illinois, drove it to Florida (when we moved) and also had it shipped to Italy. The area we lived in Italy was remote, and Saabs and Saab mechanics were few and far between, so we really began to appreciate the robustness of the vehicles design. I believe that his car is still running, when I was liberated from Nazi occupation (read divorced) in early 2002 the car unfortunately remained hostage.