History

One winter in the early 1970's, a district representative of Saab-Scania of America was
looking for a new distributor. He came upon a small garage on Portsmouth Avenue in
Exeter, New Hampshire where a young man was just closing up shop for the evening.
He asked the young mechanic if he was interested in buying a Saab franchise. Full of
skepticism, the young man graciously declined the offer and went home for the
evening. The next night, the representative showed up again and tossed the keys to a
1972 Saab 99 SSE to the young mechanic... "Take this to the mountains for the
weekend, Gary... you'll love it!" The young mechanic was used to the cumbersome
rear-wheel drive configuration of Volkswagen Beetles, so the front-wheel drive Saab
was simply amazing in comparison. It wasn't long until a young Gary Blake opened
what we know today as Gary Blake Saab.

Over the next 30 years, the Saab business took off as people began to realize how
well they were treated at Gary Blake Saab. Today, Gary Blake Saab is one of the top
rated Saab dealerships in the country for customer satisfaction.