Saab is celebrating a continuing run of record sales.

A monthly sales total of over 2,000 units in July translated into a year-on-year growth of 40% for Saab Great Britain in July, in a month when overall new car sales in the UK declined by 6.6% compared to the previous year.

For the first seven months of this year, Saab has achieved a 41% sales growth when compared to 2004, selling more than 16,000 units.

Jonathan Nash, managing director of Saab Great Britain, said: "The fact that our growth so far in 2005 has come from every single model across the Saab range is particularly encouraging. With the impending arrival of the important new 9-3 SportWagon and the 2.8 V6 9-3 Aero models, which will be the fastest road-going Saabs ever built, we are confident that 2005 will be a year to remember for us in the UK."