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2010-07-25
Pictures from the festival now published
You can now find pictures from the festival via the link on the left. (There are almost 200 pictures so the page might take a while to load on slow connectiones. If any of you appearing in the pictures don't want that picture published, please let us know and we will take it away.)

Dinner tickets are now sold out! But there are still some entrance tickets left.
Book today not to miss out on a top notch evening!!

Programme now updated with details (2010-07-09)
The festival is now less than a week away and the people in the festival committee is now getting really warm trying to put the last bits and pieces together for the Saab Festival 2010. (Which hasn't really been a problem since the airconditioning broke down the other day and the temperature rose to 33°C (91°F) in the office =)

One such thing is the day to day programme. It's now updated and you'll now find the times for all the things you can do every day, so you know when to do what not to miss out on anything. Shortly we will also publish the programme in pdf format for you to download and print out.

The detailed planning of the fun can now start

See you soon
The Festival Committee

 

Secure your seat at the Festival Dinner (2010-06-24)
There have been a great demand for the Festival Dinner Tickets. The first bookings (from a Dutch group by the way) came just minutes after the tickets were released. During the last two weeks bookings have been pouring in every day. There are still tickets left, but to secure your seat at the Saturday night dinner book your tickets today. Just click on the red button on the left. Read more about the festival dinner under "News" or "festival dinner".

More info about the Midnight Sun Rally
For those of you who doesn't really know what the Midnight Sun Rally is all about we have published a small film that we've got from the organizers. It gives you a pretty good idea about why you should put Thursday afternoon aside for this rally. Watch the film and find more information about the rally under "midnight sun rally" below.

ANA Begagnade Delar prepares for Outlet
preparing for outlet         manuals
We have had quite a few questions about the Saab parts outlet and how to find it. If you havn't already noticed we have published more info and a map to find the outlet under "outlet" below. This year ANA Begagnade Delar (former SDCC) will have three sales facilities. It will all be within walking distance of each other and two of them in the same building. No1 is the regular shop were you can buy articles from their ordinary stock. No 2 is the entrance to the self dismantling yard, and there you'll also find complete interiors, wheels and exhaust systems from the outlet. No 3, the tradtional Outlet except articles above, will be located 100m north on Stallbackavägen. We have visited them and can tell you the staff is working hard to sort all the stuff out and get everything ready for the festival. But they are positive that they will have it all ready on time.

Midsummer in Sweden
Tomorrow (Friday 25th) we celebrate Midsummer in Sweden and everyone will come together to dance around the midsummer pole (google on Midsummer in Sweden and you'll find out more about that tradition and the what the midsummer pole symbolizes) and eat pickled herring withfresh potatoes, sour cream and chive. To that you need a little snaps or two. For dessert you're supposed to have fresh strawberries with milk, cream or icecream. So if you want to connect to your swedish genes this weekend and try some swedish tradition you have the recipe and we can all have a toast for Saab and the Saab Festival tomorrow afternoon.

The Festival Committee

 

Saab Festival in Trollhättan 15-18 July (2010-05-28)
Saab welcomes all Saab enthusiasts to Trollhättan the 15-18 July. We want to show our gratitude towards all of you Saab ambassadoers around the world that supported Saab and stood by the company all along the way. With a new strong and motivated owner a new era has begun for Saab. Naturally, this is something we want to celebrate together with all of you. We're also going to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Saab 96 - the car that really put Saab on the international map and is the model that is so closely associated with Erik Carlssons successful career.

The 2010 Festival will in many ways follow the same concept from earlier festivals, with a few exceptions. The date is one such thing. Due to the launch of the new Saab 9-5 it was not possible to have a festival in June as we used to. The time schedule has been another consideration. The fact that it has not been possible to plan for a festival until just recently means that we need all the time we can find to be able to pull off the best festival possible for all you enthusiasts out there.

The choice of date means several advantages. A festival in mid July means than even more people is on vacation and can make it to Trollhättan. In addition, the Festival now coincides with the biggest anual event i Trollhättan - "Fallens dagar" - an event for the whole family with lots an lots of performances, stands, theatre, dance, music and sports events. Also, the waterfalls are activated at 12, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 11 pm every day.

To make things even better yet, the Midnight Sun Rally passes thru Trollhättan on Thursday and Friday. This gives you an unprecedented chance to see and hear more than 20 Saabs, together will 150 other historic cars, in full action on narrow roads outside Trollhättan. If you are the least interested in motorsport this is something you just shouldn't miss.

Someone might miss the day on the racetrack Kinnekulle but the track has been fully booked for a long time and it was just not possible to make it happen this time. But we do think that the Midnight Sun Rally with the opportunity to see, hear and smell historical rally at close range is just as good compensation, if not better.

As usual most activities at the Saab Festival is free of charge. The only thing that cost money is the festival dinner on Saturday night. It is on the other hand well invested money and we do believe you will have a wonderful evening toghether with us. Tasty food of course and a good chance to meet some of all the interesting Saab celebreties will be in the building that evening. More info and booking procedures will come shortly.

See you all in Trollhättan 15-18 July

The Festival Committee
thru Peter Bäckström