The brand may have gone bankrupt but Saab will continue to be represented on the racetracks as four-newly developed 9-3 sedans will participate in Sweden’s TTA – Racing Elite League in the 2012 season.
Flash Engineering and Team Tidö will run the cars while the Saab Dealer Organisation will support their efforts. In addition, certain divisions of Saab that remain alive including Saab Parts, will also be involved in the racing program.
The 9-3 sedan’s will be driven by Jan “Flash” Nilsson, Mattias Andersson, Linus Ohlsson and one more driver that has yet to be announced.
“I have longed for 40 years to see the fight between Saab and Volvo on the race tracks. It becomes reality this summer and my biggest dream is to get all Saab fans to the TTA races to cheer us on,” said Jan ‘Flash’ Nilsson, driver and Managing Director of Flash Engineering.
Former Saab CEO, Jan-Åke Jonsson, also commented on the initiative: “I am very proud to have been a part of Saab. I think that the initiative of Flash Engineering to honor Saab is amazing and you understand that there is so much feelings surrounding Saab with the Swedish people.”
Flash Engineering and Team Tidö said they are going to begin testing the Saabs next week at an undisclosed location with more information to be revealed at a later date.
Saab Motorsport History1962 – First Monte Carlo victory – Erik Carlsson – Saab 961973 – First WRC victory – Stig Blomqvist – Saab 96 V41979 – First WRC turbo victory – Stig Blomqvist – Saab 99 Turbo1984 – First Rally cross European Title – Anders Norstedt – Saab 9001997 – First Rally cross Swedish Title – Per Eklund – Saab 9002000 – First Pikes Peak victory – Per Eklund – Saab 9-3
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