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New England SAAB Links: |
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The Vintage SAAB Club of North America (formerly The New England Sonett Club) |
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The New England Saab Association |
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The Spirit of SAAB - a journey into the character of an automobile |
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The Convertible Story |
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The convertible made its debut in 1986, although it was presented to the automotive press a few years before this at the 1983 Frankfurt Auto Show (jaws dropped on the floor). One of the striking thing about the 1986's, (and some 1987's I guess) is the old style bumpers. I find these a lot more pleasing to the eye than the more common wrap-around style. But then, there's no accounting for taste... |
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Larry West has a great site detailing the history of the convertible here. (Although the same info is here, word for word, so I don't know what's up with that.)
If you can get your hands on a copy of the book "The Spirit of Saab", there's a great chapter in there as well regarding the evolution of this model. |
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(that's an optical illusion - they really are horizontal!) |
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In 1988, Saab presented the Springtime in Sweden Limited Edition Convertible. Like the 1991 SE, below, many people refer to these as "SPGs". But they're not - in fact, the terms "convertible" and "SPG" are mutually exclusive. Yes, they were "de-badged", and had the ground effects, but they weren't technically SPGs. Only 288 of these beauties were produced. |
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Then there's the 1991 900 Convertible Special Edition - available in Monte Carlo Yellow (The "Bumble Bee") or in Platana Grey - a few photos below, and again, Larry's info on this car sems to be mirrored here - go figure. All totaled, about 660 of these were produced. |
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