Ian Cudny, Director
Skokie, IL
Since he was a little kid, Ian has always had a fascination for cars. But, he never knew Saabs existed until coming back from golf practice in high school in 2008. Flying in the other direction was an unidentified gray object he’d never seen before. Ian U-turned and went after it. Thankfully, it pulled into a gas station. While pretending to fill gas, Ian kept looking it over and finally asked the owner what it was. Turned out to be a 1988 SAAB 900 SPG. From that point on, Ian researched and took in as much knowledge of SAABs as he could to learn about the brand because it had sparked something that he’d not felt before. Flash forward to 2014, and that very same SPG became his first SAAB!
Ian is now the President of the Chicago Saab Owners Club and has made this club more active than in previous years. Since 2020, Ian has also been the Service Writer at Petersen Automotive in Skokie, which primarily specializes in SAABs.
Ian also speaks his native language (Polish) fluently and plays jazz and blues saxophone throughout the city of Chicago.
Current Saabs:
- 1988 Saab 900 SPG (Björn)
- 1985 Saab 900 Turbo Sedan (Sven)
- 1994 Saab 900 Turbo C.V. (Elke)
- 2010 Saab 9-3 Aero C.V. (Gray Ghost)
- 2006 Saab 9-3 Aero SportCombi (Jetson)
- 1995 Saab 900 SE Turbo (Evanston)
- 1989 Saab 900 Base (Frozè)
- 1984 Saab 900 8v Turbo (The ‘84)
- 1995 Saab 9000 Aero