In 2017, Hsiao Hsiang - administrator of Taiwan's SAAB 9000 SQUADRON - discovered an abandoned 1990 Saab 9000 2.0 185HP manual in Nantou. What followed was a years-long, worldwide search for original parts and a full restoration by SAC Taiwan that brought back what may be the last surviving example of its kind on the island.
South Korea keeps surprising us. Jang Jin-taek - one of Korea's most respected automotive journalists and a former Kia Motors designer - spent three years driving a 2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible as his personal car. In 2019, he made a video about it. What he said about Saab's engineering, safety philosophy, and the GM years is something every Saab enthusiast will want to read.
A 2007 Saab 9-3 Cabriolet with 7,750 miles on the clock. Arctic Blue paint. As-new condition. A car the mainstream trade valued at under £2,000 - and that the enthusiast market took to £10,000. But the real story isn't the price. It's what happened the morning after the hammer fell.
A Norwegian car magazine set out to portrait convertible enthusiasts of all makes - and buried inside, a Saab family from Sandefjord reminded us why the Cabriolet has always been in a class of its own. From a father test-driving a yellow Aero V6 in Dubai to daughters keeping two Saabs alive back home in Norway, the Urheim family story is just one thread in a much larger tapestry: three strangers in England united by identical red 9-3s, a Dutch community of 2,000 members, and a decades-old Consumer Reports observation that Saab convertible owners spend more time with their tops down than drivers of any other ragtop. Some cars transport you. The Saab Cabriolet does something else entirely.
A 1994 Saab 900 Turbo Convertible in Talladega Red is live on Bring a Trailer with no reserve, currently sitting at $5,200 with the auction closing shortly. One of the last Classic 900s built, this Kansas-based car has spent most of its life in Colorado, carries original paint with no rust, a recently replaced soft top, and an interior that holds up well against its age. The automatic transaxle will limit the ceiling, but at current bidding it is priced well below where comparable examples have been closing.
In 2021, a Dutch father and son rolled a repaired 2005 Saab 9-3 Sport Estate into Beek Auto Racing's dyno cell. The car had front-end collision damage, a freshly replaced dashboard, and 240,000 km on the clock. The Hirsch tune on its 2.8 V6 was rated at 275 hp. The SuperFlow system measured 291 hp and 482 Nm - 82 Nm above the published torque spec. This is what that result tells us about the engine, the tune, and what these cars are still capable of.
One year ago, a new Saab-specialized workshop opened in Stallbacka, Trollhättan, inside the former Saab industrial area. Factory THN brings more than 40 years of Saab technical experience back to the same ground where the cars were once developed.
SaabPartners in Meppel complete a six-month reconstruction of a Sky Blue Saab 9-3 Aero Convertible, installing a new engine, new automatic gearbox, renewed interior and Griffin-era detailing, with official Hirsch tuning planned as the final step.
Tom and Alex launch The Driving Project by buying a £500 Saab 9-3 Convertible. A specialist visit saves the roof, and Wales becomes the real test.
KM-Tronics has officially launched the Saab 9-3 SportCombi LED bar, transforming an early prototype into a configurable production product. The result gives the 9-3 Estate a continuous rear light signature that feels closer than ever to Saab’s Griffin-era design language.
