Saab’s BMW engine program advanced far beyond the supply agreement announced in 2010. Peter Dahl explains how Project 540 gained a running N18-powered mule in three weeks, why Saab chose the 1.6-liter turbo, and how roughly 100 engines reached Trollhättan before bankruptcy.
Wartburg, Dixi, BMW, EMW, Wartburg and soon then Opel. It is the short version of the story of the car factory in East German Eisenach, where the first car was built as early as the end of the 19th century....
Not the first time that someone put Saab's engine in BMW. We already had an example of installing Saab's B206 engine in BMW M3, and here's a new example of swapping SAAB B234 engine in BMW M3. Project called AERO M3 Turbo was conducted by 011...
It’s almost impossible to not love classic Saab 900. It’s small, quirky, old and still personifies all of the qualities that used to make SAAB brand. For some it is not enough...
This is a very nice review of a stage 1 tuned 2009 Saab 9-3 2.0T. The tune was done by Boost Customs - Canadian tuner house (We remember them by custom LED tail lights for Saab 9000). It is interesting, because the review...
Swedish drifter Per Ingö and Swedish tuning workshop Hörebo Performance working on a very interesting project that is in the finish. We had an example project when group of tuning enthusiast from Belgrade swapped Saab's engine in BMW M3 (Ultimate drifter +500hp), and...
Replacement of engine (swap engine) is not an unusual thing, we remember SAAB powered Opel Vectras. The idea of engine swaps has been around longer than you think, but cross-pollenating dissimilar powerplants and chassis with one another is a phenomenon still relatively new....
In this interesting video we have BMW 335ia Cobb E35 mix Tuned Versus Saab 9-5 700hk tuned by Nordic. 700HP, in first three gears Saaber fight with car for traction, because of so much torque in mid range RPM, but from 4th gear the...
This is interesting race and test of acceleration, between two interesting car Saab 9-3 Convertible Nordic Extreme with 450 HP and BMW M5 E39 Supersprint with 430 HP. These are both super fast cars, the Saab 9-3 must have a massive turbo and good...
Today, the company Saab Automobile and BMW announced a contract for the provision of power by BMW for the next generation of Saab cars. Under this contract BMW will supply Saab with 4-cylinder 1.6-liter turbo petrol engine in 2012., And...
