Brecks Garage opens Saab Dealership, selling and servicing the renowned Saab 96 range, with front wheel drive.
Despite their success on Liverpool's music scene The Beatles were rejected by recording company Decca, whose experts believed they would never make it to the music charts.
The world's first hovercraft service opened across the River Dee between Rhyl and Wallasey.
Saab achieved major rally successes with the 96.
Stricken oil tanker, The Torrey Canyon pollutes 100 miles of coastline off the South West of England. Over 100,000 tons of crude oil escapes as the tanker hits the Seven Stones Reef between Land's End and the Scilly Isles.
Saab 900 is introduced.
Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female Prime Minister.
New restyled Saab is renamed the Saab 90
Mikhail Gorbachev attained supreme power in the Soviet Union, becoming head of the Communist Party on the death of Konstantin Chernenko.
Saab introduce the 9000 range.
A Pan American jumbo jet crashed onto the town of Lockerbie in the Scottish Borders, killing all 259 passengers on board, as well as 11 people on the ground.
Saab launch 9000 CS
A coalition of 28 nations, including the USA, Britain, France and Egypt fought in the Gulf War against Iraq.
Brecks take over Saab Dealership and the new Saab 900 is launched.
Infamous BBC Soap Eldorado gets axed from British television.
Launch of the all new Saab 95
Tony Blair is elected as Britain's New Labour Prime Minister
Launch of new 95 Estate
World Cup - England lose to Argentina in a match that sees Beckham sent off
Both Brecks and Saab reinvent themselves with new corporate images.
