Tag: Saab

Junkyard Gem: 1997 Saab 9000 CS

With all the junkyard Saab history we’ve seen here, the Saab products born of the alliance between Trollhättan and Turin haven’t gotten their due. Shoehorned between— and among— the Triumph-engined 900 Classics and the GM-era Saabs, a Saab developed in partnership with Fiat was built. This was the 9000, and I’ve found a late-production example [...]read moreJunkyard Gem: 1997 Saab 9000 CS

Junkyard Gem: 1972 Saab 96

More than a thousand years ago, Scandinavian invaders conquered much of northern England and Danes came to rule the old Roman city they called Jórvík. The Danelaw is long gone, but I visited that city (now known as York) a couple of months back and found some ancient Scandinavian treasure in a junkyard scrapyard there: [...]read moreJunkyard Gem: 1972 Saab 96