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Saab Performance Team Driving Show In Shanghai

Kenneth Backlund in Saab 9-3 ConvertibleKenneth Backlund in Saab 9-3 Convertible

Audience members surround the Saab Performance Team as they leave after the Saab Pilot Wanted show May 26, 2007 in Shanghai, China. The show is part of events held to mark the 60th anniversary of Swedish automaker Saab.

The Saab Performance Team, formed in 1987 to commemorate Saab’s 40th anniversary, is a five-men squad that travels around the world performing displays of extreme driving.

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After success with Saab, this team has performed for the company BAIC with similar show-program. After that, the team rallied around the project DynaTech. Part of this project is The DynaTech Performance Team.

Dynatech Performance Team on Ice with Saab 9-3
Dynatech Performance Team on Ice with Saab 9-3

The DynaTech Performance Team, which is led by 6-times Swedish rally champion and former leader of the Saab Performance Team – Kenneth Bäcklund, is recognized for delivering the most spectacular performance shows across the world. From Sweden and across Europe to China and other Asian countries, this team showcase what a vehicle is really capable of and provide a unique viewing experience to different kinds of audiences.

 

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Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

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