A great event for our American readers!

The Simeone Automotive Museum will present a special show, “The Saab Spirit Lives On,” from February 23rd to March 17th. The exhibit will feature 18 cars from the collection of Bill Jacobson, owner of Sports Car Service of Wilmington, Delaware.

The list of cars to appear in the show are:
1956 Saab Sonett 1 (white w/ blue stripe) – Serial #6 of 6 ever produced
1959 Saab 750 GT (Red) – Featured in Autoweek magazine article “50 years of Saab & Ferrari” also appears in Michael Furman’s Automobiles of the Chrome Age
1964 Saab Quantum Formula “S” (blue with yellow nose) – Sold in “kit” form through Saab US dealers only. Raced in the mid 1960’s with S.C.C.A.
1964 Saab Bullnose Wagon (Tan) – Acquired from the GM/Saab Heritage Collection
1965 Saab Longnose Wagon (Red) – All original, only 75,000 KM
1967 Saab Sonett II 2-stroke (Silver) – One of only 258 produced, most of them were sold here in the US.
1970 Saab 99 (Tan) – Acquired from the GM/Saab Heritage Collection
1978 Saab 99 Turbo (Burgundy) – Acquired from the GM/Saab Heritage Collection, the first of the turbo charged cars that started the “Turbo” powered era.
1980 Saab 900 5 door (Black) – Acquired from the GM/Saab Heritage Collection
1986 Saab 900 T Convertible (Red) – Saab press car for the release of the Saab convertible. Was always owned by Saab and the only red 1986 produced.
1990 Barber Saab Pro Series Formula Car (Red) – Series featuring open-wheeled, Saab-powered formula cars ran from 1986 – 1991 giving many race car drivers their start, such as: Robbie Buhl, Bryan Herta and Juan Pablo Montoya
1991 Saab 900 SPG Convertible (White) – Custom ordered and made for the former Saab president Jim Crumlish
1993 Saab 9000 Cut away (Yellow) – Acquired from the GM/Saab Heritage Collection, shows the steel reinforcements made on a Saab giving them their high standards in crash safety records
1993 900T Limited Edition (Black) – #139 of 325 produced. The last year of the “classic 900” 3 door body style
1996 900 Turbo SE Talladega Challenge (Silver) – The 1996 event Oct 16 – 24th, the Saabs in the challenge bettered 18 of their own records and set 22 more. On the last day the fastest 900 averaged 143 MPH for 12 hours
1998 Saab 9000 CSET Aspen Police (Silver) – Former Aspen Colorado Police car for the first 19,000 miles and then sold back to Saab Cars USA for resale in 1999.
2000 Saab 9-3 Viggen Convertible (Lighting Blue) – 1 of 41 produced in this color in the production year 2000
2011 Saab 9-5 Aero (Silver) – One of the last Saabs to be produced, ending an era in the Saab world.

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