Category Archives: Cars & auto industry

Trip of my dreams – American adventures in a Cadillac

Posted on 2018/07/07 by Filip Ericsson

A car key belonging to a Cadillac dangled in front of dad’s eyes, and before us stood a long line of brand new Cadillac Sedan Devilles in different colours. It was June 1992 and me and my family had just … Continue reading →

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50 years of Porsche 911 – Story of an icon

Posted on 2014/07/06 by Filip Ericsson

“Porsche 911” – listen to that. The expression sits like granite in the human culture, at least among the millions of people around the globe that have the least interest in cars. This year it becomes 50 and I believe … Continue reading →

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The sweetest engine notes in the world – Top three!

Posted on 2014/03/20 by Filip Ericsson

The citizens of the earth have adored fast cars ever since the automobile was invented. I suspect that an important part of this universal passion is the sound of the engines, where men across the globe have gathered in garages … Continue reading →

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The Saabs of my childhood and beyond

Posted on 2014/03/18 by Filip Ericsson

I was born in a Sweden of the 1970s, and that means to a world that looked really different from what it looks like today. It was “Folkhem” (“people’s home”, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkhemmet) and Cold War and Sweden had become rich on … Continue reading →

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Mazda Miata 25 Years!

Posted on 2014/03/08 by Filip Ericsson

The Japanese offensive in the automotive industry had started already during the seventies and reached hurricane strength during the eighties. Everyone was afraid of the Japanese in a similar way that we are scared of the Chinese today, and with … Continue reading →

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Saab 96 1964 – Memories from my year with ‘Ann’

Posted on 2014/03/02 by Filip Ericsson

In the mid 1990’s, when I was in my early twenties, I stumbled on an opportunity of a lifetime to purchase a royal blue Saab 96 from 1964. I probably understood even then that this was something big, but … Continue reading →

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The car of my dreams – Something to be ashamed of

Posted on 2014/03/02 by Filip Ericsson

About a year ago or so some reporters at the Swedish version of Auto, Motor & Sport revealed the cars they admired in secret, the cars they were ashamed of adoring. That got me thinking about my own dream car, … Continue reading →

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