Per Eklund is the best! Did hear a funny interview with him at the Swedish Rally a few years ago, the reporter asked if he was getting to old to be competitive, and how he could still drive so fast in his 60`s? Per answer-you only need to accelerate and brake a little bit earlier- then it's like before!
WAS there seen it in person.... THAT THING was wicked, per you da man. IM a pikes Peak boy born and raised, been to this race 20 consecutive years, and only missed 4 in 28 yrs ;)
Sweden and Saab rules,,and that man was probably among the oldest driver to,,hope you have seen the movie about the building of that car ,,great story,tnx for shearing.
Truly scary...very nicely done. And BTW, there are a lot of STUPID people in the world: Anyone who would put their tender pink little body in the path of 3000 lbs flying by on an 850hp ragged edge of traction displays a decidedly profound lack of imagination.
Legend, nice one! Please someone to tell me what is the fealing when u are going to race in the pikes peak rally. That's the edge between live and death.
+Broder Perdurabo The Swedes, Germans, Japanese.. Even the French can get a 1000bhp out of a 2l. The yanks however struggle to get 200bhp out of a Big block.
Correct, and this helps show why GM lost market share every year for over 3 decades and went bankrupt. Sadly, even Sweden is following US with more militarisation, loss of Saab cars, loss of neutrality, partnering with NSA, finance becomes king, and actual creation of useful things moves to China. What left of Saab, NEV could be using Tesla motors patents for free, or partnering with Tesla motors, but no, they chase the Chinese and try to build fighter jets (very good planes) and now submarines - all for the US continuous war and pushing onto WWIII with Russia. Will move away from atomic power go forward?
@@brandoYT You sure saw where our once great country was heading... globalism and no common sense is whats left now, and f that and the guilty landtraitors.
I got scared sat here on my desk... I´m proud of having a Saab but the relation between this video and my car is almost unexistant...I guess is only the lettering on the dashboard!
2002 He finnish the run with out the front breakes they boiled 6km from the finnish after they have changed the enginecooling arodynamic of the car....
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Per Eklund is the best! Did hear a funny interview with him at the Swedish Rally a few years ago, the reporter asked if he was getting to old to be competitive, and how he could still drive so fast in his 60`s? Per answer-you only need to accelerate and brake a little bit earlier- then it's like before!
WAS there seen it in person.... THAT THING was wicked, per you da man. IM a pikes Peak boy born and raised, been to this race 20 consecutive years, and only missed 4 in 28 yrs ;)
I built that car.... cool and thanks for posting!
Nice!
I had forgotten about this whole thing and I've owned 13 SAABs still have one, a 9-3 Viggen Look convertible great shit here.
Vem är du? Det finns en film här på youtube om hur de byggde den, sett den många gånger...
Eklund drives like a Finn... We love him
+Broder Perdurabo
Don't we all in the north drive like this? :D
Especially in winter, Snow makes for a lot of fun, even with a weak boring FWD car.
+Broder Perdurabo You mean drunk and like shit?
Who says SAAB's are for old men? This thing is a BEAST!
Sweden and Saab rules,,and that man was probably among the oldest driver to,,hope you have seen the movie about the building of that car ,,great story,tnx for shearing.
Swedish champion in rallycross 2011, also he had time to drive (and win some) races in "supercar".
Not bad for a chubby grandpa.
@thenicedudejay I wish Saab could make cars at this moment...
Beautiful!
Truly scary...very nicely done.
And BTW, there are a lot of STUPID people in the world: Anyone who would put their tender pink little body in the path of 3000 lbs flying by on an 850hp ragged edge of traction displays a decidedly profound lack of imagination.
it's about controlling what you should not be able to control, not imagination
Sweet mother of God.. that is one mean SAAB.
Legend, nice one! Please someone to tell me what is the fealing when u are going to race in the pikes peak rally. That's the edge between live and death.
Lite heeeetts ! =)
2.0 liter (not a 5,7 liter). Quality before quantity.
+Broder Perdurabo The Swedes, Germans, Japanese.. Even the French can get a 1000bhp out of a 2l. The yanks however struggle to get 200bhp out of a Big block.
Correct, and this helps show why GM lost market share every year for over 3 decades and went bankrupt.
Sadly, even Sweden is following US with more militarisation, loss of Saab cars, loss of neutrality, partnering with NSA, finance becomes king, and actual creation of useful things moves to China. What left of Saab, NEV could be using Tesla motors patents for free, or partnering with Tesla motors, but no, they chase the Chinese and try to build fighter jets (very good planes) and now submarines - all for the US continuous war and pushing onto WWIII with Russia. Will move away from atomic power go forward?
@@brandoYT You sure saw where our once great country was heading... globalism and no common sense is whats left now, and f that and the guilty landtraitors.
Eklund kick ass
Home made, campion!
06:15 - oh dear god...
@TheHaggC Is it a stock Cossy Sierra with a 3/4 blower?
Trollspeed power 👌
@Smygdamp yeah but only Monster has broken 10 minutes! (Not in this car)
S-C-A-R-Y F-A-S-T
I should mod my Saab like that...
NOOOOOOOO! This is not a full vid :C
I got scared sat here on my desk...
I´m proud of having a Saab but the relation between this video and my car is almost unexistant...I guess is only the lettering on the dashboard!
No the drivetrain is by Prodrive :)
@tsport100 production class, no body modify like wings and that stuff
2002 He finnish the run with out the front breakes they boiled 6km from the finnish after they have changed the enginecooling arodynamic of the car....
That engine was built by Trollspeed. May the cheif engineer there R I P.
Finish line at what time?
Per Eklund.
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body and engine is saab... 4x4driveline gearbox axels are 4x4 cosworth
youve gotta have some balls to take the group b/rally cross and big power motors like the escudo and tacome up here
Driveline is from Subaru mod on prodrive
Hmm, wonder if Mr von Koenigsegg will contact Mr Eklund now? THAT would be interesting.
in my dreams
It was 750 hp (at 8000 rpm)
Not so. The engine is a Saab engine and the body is a modified Saab Shell. A lot closer to a stock Saab then say a Nascar car is to its equivalent.
Great merciful crap these Pikes Peak videos sure do bring out the "experts" don't they?
@TheHaggC No need to call front drive Saabs shit.
thats not rally.....that hill climb
F that!
the car has got cosworth sierra 4x4 driveline.. no frontdrive saab shit..