2006 Saab convertible I have had no end of niggly electrical problems ranging from steering lock warning, failure of remote to unlock the car, to the engine light on the dash board coming on and remapping the car software (I think). I do not drive the car every day and often have to top up the...

Hi, has anyone tried to remove this? Haynes manual says to slide it and lift it off. Well, I have pushed it towards the windscreen as far as I can but cant lift it off; I've pulled it away from the windscreen as far as I can but can't lift it off. I am afraid to force screwdrivers under it in...

Photo Credit: Saab Automobile AB This just in from Automotive News on the Solar Roof Panels which harken back to those of the first Saab concept car, the EV-1 which was introduced in 1985 that had solar roof panels that helped with ventilation fans in the cabin opposed to charging the...

…and it sounds like they’re pretty impressed with the BioPower 9-5 they’re driving. They still haven’t released detailed figures yet, but a quick look at things says that they’re achieving 10.5 litres per 100 kms. Now, they’re running a 2.0 BioPower car imported by Saab Oz from the UK...

Prompted by a comment by Puplah on today’s snippets post, I just did a little research and some calculations. Team Ethanol are participating in the World Solar Challenge and driving a Saab 9-5 BioPower SportCombi in the alternative fuels category of the event. The question at hand was whether...

Ok, so BioPower isn’t solar, but sugarcane is grown under the Australian sun. The World Solar Challenge is taking place right here in Australia from the 21st to the 28th October. Click to enlarge Team Ethanol comes out of Queensland, where the sugarcane grows, and they’ll be driving a Saab...

Lack of parking-space and the dratted SORN have forced me to foist my tax-run-out ‘spare’ car on a very understanding friend. However, it’s not practicable there to trickle-charge the battery and it’ll be greatly inconvenient if when I come to remove the car I can’t back it out under its own...