This event has already taken place but here are the details of what was planned.
For the Midlands and South
Saab GB HQ 11am.
The plan for the meeting on Sunday is outlined as follows:
We will meet at Cranfield outside the Saab GB headquarters at 11am.
There is ample free parking here & Saab GB along with Cranfield University have both kindly given us permission to make use of it.
The full address is:
Martell House
University Way
Cranfield
Bedfordshire
MK43 0TR
We will leave Cranfield around 12noon or so & head for the Xscape centre in Milton Keynes less than 8 miles away.
Here there is ample parking at reasonable costs along with a wide range of eateries including Subway, KFC, McDonalds, Harvester & coffee shops.
You can even go bungee jumping or skiing if you feel the need!
The full address is:
Xscape MK
602, Marlborough Gate
Milton Keynes
Bucks
MK9 3XS
We look forward to seeing you all there.
Erik Carlsson will be joining us at the Cranfield Event.
For the South West:
Chris Hamley Saab Specialists, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6DT, January 15 from 11am,
For the NorthWest (Manchester and Surrounding)
SAABTEC (Glossop) on the 15th January from 11am onwards, located at SK13 8HB opposite Tesco. We will have tea,coffee and biscuits for all attendees. We hope to see you there.
For the North Of England / Southern Scotland
January 15 2011 @10.45 am- Meet at the Angel of the North statue/monument car park in Newcastle just off the A1. This will give people a 30 minute slot to arrive and join the convoy then 11.15 am- Set off for the Hadrian’s wall drive up the A69 towards Hexham/Carlisle. We will turn off the A69 onto the military road just outside of Newcastle please see the full schedule on UKsaabs website in the meetings section under the banner We Are Saab North of England Southern Scotland.
For Lancashire and surrounding areas
Saab Owners Club GB 'WE ARE SAAB MEET' Saturday 14th January 2012
The Lancashire Saab Owners Club are holding our ‘We are Saab’ event on Saturday 14th January.
We will be meeting up at the Boddington Arms, BB2 7LE. Opposite British Aerospace entrance on the A59.arrive from around 10:30am
Directions from the South, M6 off at jcn 31, head right towards Blackburn, onto the A59. Follow the A59, left past the Trafalgar Hotel and the Boddington Arms is about a mile on the left. It’s a large pub with a large car park.
Directions from the North :- M6 off at Jcn 31, left towards Blackburn onto the A59. Follow the A59, left past the Trafalgar Hotel and the Boddington Arms is about a mile on the left. It’s a large pub with a large car park
We plan to meet + greet up at The Boddington Arms car park for 10.00 am for free beacon butties. Tea and coffee is available in the pub. When everybody has arrived we will have a quiet drive up to Bay Horse Saab dealership for more tea and coffee and a photo or two. please add your name to our list of attendees on www.uksaabs.co.uk in the meetings section 'Lancashire Saab'..you will also see full details of our plans....
The UK meetings are open to all Saab owners and enthusiasts, regardless of whether you are a member of the SOC or not. Please come along to join us in this global show of support for the SAAB Personnel in Sweden and all around the world Including Staff right here in the UK who have been affected by the recent bankruptcy, and to show your support for the marque.
We look forward to seeing as many people as possible showing support for Saab and its employees, suppliers, dealers and all others affected by the recent news.
For more info on this worldwide event follow this link http://www.outside-saab.com/
A few more shots from our members' time with the TG crew at Dunsfold and in the Cotswolds...the second day's shooting was arranged close to JC's home. So he didn't have to travel far to work!
First up, Mike's 9-5 getting all wired up - they use a lot of gear for the in-car shots!
Next up, Ken Dover outside the TG "Nerve Centre"!
A few of the cars that were filmed but did not make it into the show: John Ransley's red 9000 Carlsson and Nick Neo's 9-3ss V6 Aero, which unsurprisingly enjoys a dollop of Maptun magic...
While it may have been snowing, the architect still looked cool!
Incidentally, the R8 was the test car that JC arrived in. Capt. Slow, on the other hand, came in his white 911. Here it is next to Mike's Sonett III:
The prep area:
And finally...who is this looking so cool? Or is he just freezing cold?!
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14 Ebor Saab members set off on Friday 10 May to make their separate ways to the assembly point at Gretna Green for what was billed as a Scottish Mystery Weekend, the mystery being only the organisers knew the itinerary. The mystery began to unfold on Saturday morning with a drive along gloriously empty roads under blue skies up into rural Scotland to visit the Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Temple at Eskdalemuir (nobody expected a visit the foothills of the Himalayas).
South Yorkshire Saab are no longer meeting. If anyone would like to take up the baton in this part of the world please contact Elli Wilson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
There is no formal Branch currently in operation (largely as a result of the sheer geographical spread of members across this area) and therefore no regular meetings.
Where possible, there is usually an SOC 'presence' at gatherings across the region organised by other clubs, motor museums or advertised on web forums (principally UKSaabs).
The dates known so far for 2020 at which we aim to be represented are:
Should anyone wish to hook up with other Saab enthusiasts in the North of Scotland please contact:
Derek Darnell
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