Filed under: Etc. , Saab Sell Saab Rally in Detroit – Click above for high-res gallery Popular wisdom would hold that about the only people willing to show up in sub-zero, slate-gray Detroit for a last-minute rally to advocate for Saab’s sale would be stereotypical brand diehards – grizzled old-timers with air-cooled two-strokes and elderly three-doors, not folks piloting General Motors -era models. Interestingly, those in attendance at today’s “Sell Saab/Save Saab” demonstration ranged broadly in age from their early twenties on through retirement age, and with the exception of a couple of 1980s 900 models, most of the Saabs were remarkably contemporary (although a good portion of those who showed up professed to owning numerous classic examples at home). To be fair, we turned up to the meeting point in the shadow of GM’s Renaissance Center headquarters this afternoon not expecting a big turnout of either cars or press, as the event was organized just a couple of days earlier by Ryan Enge of SaabHistory.com – and the weather wasn’t exactly hospitable, either

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Saab owners gather in wintery Detroit, urge GM to sell brand