Ukrainian Saab enthusiast Alexey Korobov has revisited his distinctive 9-3 OG Aero with a project few owners would attempt: a custom headlight conversion built around 3D-printed components, Hella modular optics, and carefully integrated DRLs. What began as a two month prototyping exercise in 2023 now stands as one of the most unusual lighting upgrades yet seen on a classic Saab.
The TunStyle six-piece Hirsch-style aero kit for our Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin arrived carefully protected, then passed its first one-side test fit with only minor edge sanding before receiving the same gunmetal treatment as our rear diffuser.
Sebastian Hörnberg received this 1997 Saab 9000 CSE 2.3t around his 18th birthday. Seven years later, the family-owned Swedish sedan has become a badgeless Aero-style build with black Aero interior, a roof swap, Work VS-X9 split wheels from Japan, road-legal air suspension and enough added mileage to prove it was never built only for static display.
Just weeks after unveiling the world's first 3D-printed Saab B2x4/B2x5 exhaust manifold, Joel Artursson has delivered a second unit and revealed that the project has already expanded into six production-ready designs covering everything from TD04HL to modern Garrett, BorgWarner and EFR turbochargers.
Mackanized connects with Fordonsteknik Enköping, a Saab-specialized Autoexperten workshop founded in 2012, bringing ECU-level Trionic expertise into a local service environment.
Saab Turbo Club Sweden arrives at Elmia 2026 with a sharply defined lineup - a corrected Viggen Convertible, a 500 hp Saab 9000 shaped over two decades, and a track-focused OG 9-3 pushing beyond factory limits.
Autoblog.nl drove a heavily developed Saab 9-3 Turbo X owned by Dutch Saab specialist Lennart Lammertse, examining how revised manifolds, a hybrid turbo, and stock ECU constraints reshape the platform beyond factory limits.
Joel Artursson has built many extreme Saabs, but this time the breakthrough isn’t horsepower. It’s a fully 3D-printed exhaust manifold that quietly rewrites Saab turbo engineering from the inside out.
This 1975 Saab 96, rebuilt with genuine rally intent and powered by a 151-horsepower Sweedspeed Racing V4, changed hands for €27,000 after a reserve-not-met auction on Bring a Trailer. Sold privately from Vienna, the car’s price reflects engineering depth, documented performance, and disciplined execution rather than auction hype, pointing to a clear revaluation of serious, competition-grade Saab classics.
Malikijah Duvall itemizes the parts that took his LY7 Turbo X to a dyno-verified ~1,000 whp - a frank, parts-only breakdown that shows where the money actually goes when you push a Saab to the limit.
