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Flying with Per.(Aero SportCombi)(Column)
Byline: Matt Davis
Arrival in Copenhagen and right into a Saab 9-3 Aero SportCombi with a V6 and manual six-speed. Feel that turbo thrust me forward and the slight torque steer tug me along. Thick snow squalls over the Oresundsbron that spans the cold waters between Denmark and Sweden completed the Scandinavian scene.
With traffic so heavily policed and the punishment for even common violations so severe, you tend to march in step here. I kept the speedometer at 68.35 mph right on the dot (110 km/h) for the stretch of highway between Copenhagen and the exit for Angelholm on the western Swedish coast. I was headed to the decommissioned air base that had once been home to Swedish Fighter Jet Squadron No. 1.
As I pulled through the gates I heard the popping and crackling of an unadulterated racing exhaust in the far hold of the hangar. I was due to be the passenger for a rocket ride in the rally-cross car of the remarkable Per Eklund. We were definitely going to go beyond 68.35 mph.
Since 1968 Eklund has been a leading ambassador for both rallying and rally-cross. Eklund started in Saabs and has returned to Saabs in the past few years.
I'd just rolled up in my 3175-pound Aero ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Flying with Per.(Aero SportCombi)(Column)