The Saab Club of North America would like to welcome our newest Saab Service Provider, BoJonsson's Foreign Car Service in San Mateo, CA. BoJonsson's is offering a 10% discount on parts and service when you present your Club Membership card at the time of service write up. The shop has been servicing European automobiles for over 45 years and has been family owned since 1966. If you have a Subaru, Mercedes, Mini, BMW, VW, Audi or Volvo in your fleet, they'll be happy to give those the same kind of care they'll show to your Saab as well. Check out the Saab Service and Discount page for contact information, and thank them for their dedication to Saab Club members when you stop by!

It's time again for SAABS@Carlisle, the second largest annual gathering of Saabs in North America (only slightly behind our own SOC)! Pre-registration is now open (until April 27th), and the folks from the Central Penn Saab Club are looking to get 300 Saabs in attendance this year. The date is May 18-20, and as always the gathering will be held at the Carlisle Fairgrounds in Carlisle, PA in conjunction with the Carlisle Import & Kit Nationals.

This year the showfield will feature pre-registered cars only. If you do not pre-register you will not be eligible for judging and will most likely not be able to park in your model or class. Let's help make this year the best showing yet by helping Central Penn get 300 Saabs on the showfield! Click here for pre-registration and we'll see you there!

Reprinted from Nines Magazine

The Saab Club of North America is getting planning for the Saab Owners' Convention 2012. We need your help! Tell us what kind of events you want to see and we will do our best to incorporate as many of your ideas as possible. Survey links have been e-mailed to past attendees and there are links available on our Web site if you did not receive one. We’re looking for attendee opinions as well as non-attendee opinions. We can learn as much from those who did not attend as those who were able to join us.

As the climate of Saab is ever changing, uncertainty of what support (if any) we will be getting in the form of a parts tent, test drives, and other normal factory supplied support. At the time of this writing, there are five interested parties getting ready to make a bid for Saab in its entirety. We hope there is a successful bid and a quick recovery for the brand.

What we can do in the meantime is to make our club an informational hub for Saab owners. If a buyer for Saab in its entirety is not found, we will need to work together to keep the cars we love running into the future. Our hope is that the Saab Club of North America can be a facilitator to that goal. Suggestions from the membership as to how to achieve this would be appreciated and you can contact me directly at the contact page.

We know that some dealerships and repair facilities have decided to no longer service Saab vehicles, so if you know of a shop that needs to be taken off our listings in NINES and the Web sites, please pass along that information to Ian Glenday via our contact page. If you have a great shop that is currently servicing your vehicle, pass along that info as well. These are uncertain times in Saab history for sure, but together we’ll be able to continue to drive enjoy our Saabs for many years to come!

Annette Adams
President, Saab Club of North America

Saab Cars North America to Pursue Out-of-Court Solution

ROYAL OAK, Mich., Dec. 21, 2011 - Today, Saab Cars North America has elected to pursue an out-of-court resolution for SCNA operations. The SCNA Board of Directors believes this is the best course of action to maximize the enterprise value for its customers, dealers and creditors. McTevia & Associates, a nationally renowned and respected financial advisor to companies in transition, has been chosen to direct the process. In the interim, SCNA continues its day-to-day operations.

"The SCNA Board's decision to explore all possibilities out-of-court is the most appropriate direction to take for customers, dealers and creditors," said Tim Colbeck, President and COO, Saab Cars North America. "By having an experienced, outside Administrator oversee the process, the interests of all parties are better served."

Most importantly, SCNA is committed to developing a solution that would provide warranty coverage for Saab vehicles covering model year 2010 and 2011 models. As has been previously reported, GM is honoring Saab warranties for model year 2009 and prior years, per agreements.

SCNA is aggressively investigating all options aimed at reinstating its parts business in North America in a timely manner. Saab Parts Company in Sweden remains operational and not impacted by the recent announcement regarding Saab Automobile AB.