The Cycle of Life: A Swedish Perspective

Those wonderful wrap-around winshields! Hemmings Associate Editor David Traver Adolphus recently came across two impressive images of brand new Saab 99s taken in May 1973 at the shipping area called Fields Point in Providence, Rhode Island. These two-and four-door sedans were newly offloaded from the ships that brought them from Saab’s Swedish plants in Trollhättan, Södertälje, […]

Microcars at Mecum, and Other Assorted Imports

January is a busy month with regards to auctions, especially in Scottsdale, Arizona. But just after the clean-up crews have called it a day out west, things start to jump to life in the Orlando region of Florida: Mecum Auctions rolls in to Kissimmee for their annual event, which runs from January 26-30. We’ve already […]

Kurt Vonnegut’s Saab Story

I was happy to see in The New York Times last weekend that the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library opened recently – though not quite as thrilled to learn that I’d have to trek out to Vonnegut’s hometown, Indianapolis, Indiana, to visit. Vonnegut’s 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle was heavily influenced by the author’s work as a […]