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Saab Owners & Enthusiasts alike,
Today along with the New England Saab Association I was extremely fortunate to take advantage of experiencing the Saab Nordic° at Wigwam Saab in North Providence, Rhode Island. This Tech Session was held at the new Saab Nordic Tuning building which is adjacent to the Sales/ Service building right on 915 Charles Street. This session started at 10:00am and went till 2:00 on Saturday, April 14th, 2001.
The session started out with the NESA greeting all newcomers and current members, which later continued to discuss the events scheduled for the 2001 season with a major emphasis on the New England Saab Owners gathering in North Conway, New Hampshire on August 10th-12th.
After the NESA Meeting and introduction, Donald Gregson at Wigwam formally introduced the dealership and how Nordic Uhr came to the USA. He later described in great detail all the ins and outs of all the Saab Nordic tuning packages available for the Saab 900, 9000, 9-3, 9-3 Viggen, 9-5, 9-5 Aeros and 9-5 Aero wagons.
As a group we moved into the Service bay and got a chance to take a look at a Saab 9-5 Nordic Aero up on a lift. This gave everyone a good opportunity to see all Saab tuning parts in application. Many photos including video footage was taken by NESA officers and others during this time.
Finally, after getting a great complimentary catered lunch by Wigwam, in groups of 4 we got to ride in either a Saab 9-5 Nordic Aero Sedan in Red or a Saab 9-5 Nordic Aero Wagon Silver. These were driven by Don Gregson of Wigwam Saab and Bengt Karlsson, who lives in Providence, Rhode Island who assisted Wigwam in bringing Nordic° to the USA. This drive went outside North Providence and up Route 146 North and then back South with many acceleration, braking and cornering opportunities along the way that were taken. The speed, handling characteristics and overall comfort, was noticeably better than any Saab I have ever driven in period. I was completely impressed from start to finish and can't wait for another chance to get behind of the wheel of a Nordic Saab.
On behalf of the New England Saab Association I want to personally give thanks to Don Gregson, Jacklyn in Service and the Sales, Service and parts departments at Wigwam Saab, Inc.
Sincerely,
Ryan Oliver Emge
New England Saab Association
P.O. Box 119
Keene, New Hampshire 03431
E-mail : president@nesaab.org, Web: http://www.nesaab.org
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