Greetings Saab-ies!  You have reached the home of Swedish Motorcar Service, Spokane, Washington, owned by John Lippis.  (We also serve customers from Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Western Washington.  Saab owners from the Missoula area also find us closer than the dealer in Billings.

We're an Independent Repair Shop specializing in Saab, and proud to service one of the finest automobiles in the world.  Saabs perform well in all weather conditions, and offer a spirited, high performance drive while getting excellent gas mileage.  

The most important reason for owning a Saab is Safety for the Family, however.  Saab's are designed to protect people first and foremost in all kinds of accidents: Head On - Rear End - Rollovers - Side Impacts and even Large-animal collisions.  In over 38 years of working on Saab, we have seen scores of accidents involving Saabs, but have known of no fatalities and few, if any major injuries.  Saabs are designed by the Swedish company, Saab-Scania, now owned by GM Imports (General Motors of Europe).

Many of our customers have kept their Saabs in the family for over 20 years, passing them onto their teenage drivers for safety's sake.  This kind of service life is only possible with the best of Preventive Maintenance.

If you intend on keeping your Saab long term, please read our latest Flyer Welcome to Swedish Motors for important differences between our preventive maintenance, and that of Saab's warranty & prepaid maintenance, or any other service offered by automotive repair facilities.

Swedish Motorcar Service...

We are the only Saab Specialists, Independent or Franchised, in the Northwest Inland Empire area.  Though we are located in Spokane, many of our customers reside in Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Western Washington.  We take pride in our work, and believe we give the finest Saab Care available anywhere, aimed at keeping a Saab roadworthy and safe for 200,000 - 300,000 miles.  Our maintenance program far exceeds Saab Factory Specs.

Our Goal...

To enjoy practicing our Trade, providing the best comprehensive service possible as Saab Specialists, at an affordable price.  For the many hundreds of Saab customers and families we have served over the years, we have always striven to serve as the “family doctor” for their Saabs, providing a full line of service and repair.  Over the last 3 years we have served nearly 500 families and their Saabs.

Our Ethic...

True Professionalism is holding a client’s needs and well-being ahead of one’s own. We continually strive to live up to this high goal.

Our Methods... Competence through continual Training; Honesty and Forthrightness in all matters;  Total disclosure of a Saab’s needs and priorities; continual improvement of repair & maintenance strategies, using the best parts.  We continually look for and test Improved Lubricants to increase service life and reliability.  We keep meticulous records for life-of-the-car Preventive Maintenance. 

Company Profile...  Swedish Motorcar Service was founded by John Lippis and his oldest sons, Dan and Mike Lippis, in 1991.  John has been servicing Saabs exclusively for over 40 years.

We specialize in full Saab Care, not simply repair and servicing.  Our Maintenance Program is far beyond Saab factory specs and is modeled after the component maintenance programs used in aviation maintenance.  Our 5000 mile Oil & Inspection Service is used as the basis for periodic inspections, and our advanced computer tracking system (nothing like it in the industry) is used to monitor the service life of the many components found on each individual model of Saab.  All work done on your Saab will either be done by John or Brad, experienced Technicians.  We have no "lube" or lesser trained personnel working on your Saab.  Please note that any of our articles, past and present, may have information, opinions and specs. that have changed without notice due to new information we have learned, but not reflected this in our past articles.  If any question, write us.

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