Press Release

Saaab Announces Endurance Record Attempts at Talladega Superspeedway

10/09/96

The Saab 900 Talladega Challenge Countdown is On! Want to join Saab
trackside? Talladega website goes live today

NORCROSS, Ga., Oct. 7 -- On October 14, 1996, two silver
Saab 900 Turbos will begin a grueling 25,000 mile journey at Talladega
Superspeedway, Alabama -- and you can be part of the track crew
starting today. The endurance/speed run is being documented by 120
journalists from five continents, but you don't have to be a member of
the press to participate. Just point your PC to
"http://www.saabusa.com/talladega" and you'll get daily reports on
who's getting the fastest lap times and which endurance records are
being broken. The site, a section within the Saab Cars USA,
Inc. "saabusa.com" website, also includes a complete history of the
1986 Talladega Long Run, views and comments from the driver's seat,
and sponsor information.

The Saab 900 Talladega Challenge is to survive ten days of non-stop,
top-speed driving, rain or shine, on one of the world's fastest and
longest race tracks -- Talladega Superspeedway. Saab's goal: beat 18
existing endurance and speed records, established a decade ago by two
Saab 9000 Turbos and still unchallenged today.  Joining the two Saab
900 Turbos on the high speed banks of Talladega will be four
additional Saabs, featuring Saab V6 and 4-cylinder engines. These four
competitors, driven exclusively by participating journalists, will
leave the line for daily 12-hour non-stop "runs," also at
pedal-to-the-floor top speeds.

The first group, composed of journalists from Germany, Italy,
Australia, Japan, Thailand and Taiwan arrives in Atlanta for the short
trip to Talladega on October 14, with competitive licenses in hand and
driving suits at the ready. Subsequent groups of automotive writers
and race enthusiasts are coming to participate in the Talladega
Challenge from the Nordic countries, every major European nation,
Russia, Turkey, Hungary and Poland. Team USA and Canada comprise the
final group, and will be at the finish line at 7:00 p.m. on October
24, when the chequered flag comes down after 25,000 grueling miles.