Tag Archives: Per Eklund

Saab 96 Rally of Sweden
SAAB Motorsport

Flashback: Rally Sweden Through the Ages

Exactly a month ago in Karlstad started this year's Swedish Rally  - Rally Sweden.  It is the biggest annually recurring event in Sweden, with around 200,000 spectators over four days and almost 100 million TV viewers worldwide Nowadays, on this rally...

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Ex-Per Eklund style – 1982 Saab 99 Rally for Sale

This 1982 Saab 99 Turbo (55,000€~$64,840) is described as an ex-Per Eklund works style Group A rally car, its German language ad seeming to suggest the car has been partially prepared with help from both the famed factory driver and his...

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SAAB 96 Rally and Racing Films

The Saab 96 was driven most famously by Erik Carlsson, in many international rallies. His most famous successes were first in the 1960, 1961 and 1962 RAC Rallies and first in the 1962 and 1963 Monte Carlo Rallies. It was...

2002 Saab 9-3 Viggen Pikes Peak
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How Per Eklund Won 2002 Pikes Peak in Saab 9-3 Viggen

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak inColorado, USA. The track measures 12.42 miles (19.99 km) over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft (1,440 m) from the start at...