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Journals

Friends and associates of Hagstrom Saab have some pretty strong views about the superiority of the Saab brand, as you might expect. Please choose a journal below and read what our learned enthusiasts have to say...

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Matt's World

One man’s sermon from the mount

02/11/2010

New 9-5 Estate

02/11/2010

All Hail a New Breed of Motoring God

15/10/2010

New 9-5 (Addendum)

06/07/2010

The New Saab 9-5

17/03/2009

The Curse of the Lead Right Foot

06/03/2009

Saab, in Trouble??!!

05/03/2009

Beware the Four Chrome Rings

05/03/2009

David Llewellyn Owen: a Memorial

03/03/2009

Are there ANY Saab crazed Girls out there?

29/11/2006

Oddballs

02/02/2006

The Unicorn

02/02/2006

A Re-acquaintance with the Saab 9000

08/12/2005

The New Saab 9-5

03/12/2005

Our Country is Disappearing up its own A**e Part III

03/12/2005

Dual Flow Filtration Part III

06/10/2005

Farewell to Scandinavian Blue

09/06/2005

Dual Filtration Part II

13/05/2005

Dual Flow Oil Filtration

03/05/2005

My Saab of the Moment!

09/03/2005

Mixed Emotions

09/03/2005

Why are the T16S 900's being scrapped in droves?

03/02/2005

Question: Where does Classic end and pile of s*** begin?

03/02/2005

When is a Saab not a Saab? When it's a Subaru

03/02/2005

Born Free, Taxed to Death

01/05/2004

Back in the Saddle ..

15/11/2003

The classic Saab 900 1978-1994

19/04/2003

Saab 99 buyer’s guide

01/04/2003

Stay safer in an older Saab!

01/04/2003

Petrol £6 a gallon...? But apparently it’s on the cards

New 9-5 (Addendum)

If you read my review of the new 9-5, then you’ll know that on the whole I wasn’t that impressed. I seem to remember the word ‘bland’ might have been used, and innocuous may have been casually thrown in for good measure. Well, I’m a big enough man to admit that I may have got things a bit wrong.

Imagine, if you will, the scene. My son and I are stylishly meandering through Castle Mall in Norwich when we chanced upon a selection of Saabs on display, front and centre, from the main Saab agents; can’t quite remember their name, “Fri-High Mother Superior”, or something like that anyway. The new 9-5 was amongst them and I have to say that no photo that I have seen has done this car justice. It really does look rather good.

There are rather a lot of plastic bits on the outside but, with it right there in front of you, it’s a good looking car. Obviously, it’s difficult to gauge size and proportion from press release photographs and you can’t discern build quality from them either. It is quite startling just how un-photogenic this car really is. Both the exterior and interior are a lot better than the photos would lead you to believe.

It is a very nice place to sit as you wait in traffic to pass some god-awful contra-flow or roadworks that are rife through this country of ours. Go and have a look. You’ll like it, honestly.

The one I saw was black which always helps and very well presented so, a belated “Well done Saab” seems to be in order. Mind you, I haven’t driven it yet. Fat Jez (Jeremy Clarkson) has and he didn’t like the suspension, saying “the new 9-5 is a great car until it moves”. Well, what does he know? He says most things just to get a cynical laugh anyway, sc**w him.

So I was wrong, Saab were right, end of.

Happy Saabing

Matt
15 October 2010

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