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Saab Automobile AB [1] [2] (/ s ɑː b /) was a car manufacturer that was founded in Sweden in 1945 when its parent company, Saab AB, began a project to design a small automobile. The first production model, the Saab 92 , was launched in 1949.
In 1968 Saab AB merged with the Swedish lorry, bus and heavy-duty diesel engine manufacturer Scania-Vabis, [8] and became Saab-Scania AB. In 1990 General Motors bought 51% of the car division Saab Automobile, and acquired the rest a decade later. In 1991 Investor AB completed a leveraged buyout of Saab-Scania AB. Investor AB acquired all the ...
The following is a List of Saab passenger cars indexed by year of introduction. Model history. Production: Model Class Image 1940s. 1949–1956 ... Code of Conduct;
It was founded on the site of Trollhättan airfield, by the aircraft manufacturer Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget , an aircraft manufacturer since 1937 and based in Linköping, Sweden. The first automobile off the line was the Saab 92 , a front-wheel drive , two-stroke , transverse-engined passenger vehicle.
The Saab 92 was the first production car from Saab. The design was very aerodynamic for its time, with a drag coefficient ( c x or c w ) of 0.30. The entire body was stamped out of one piece of sheet metal and then cut to accommodate doors and windows.
Proto-Saab), also known as 92001 and X9248, was the first of four prototype cars made by Saab AB, which at that time was solely an aeroplane manufacturer, leading to production of the first Saab car, the Saab 92 in 1949. The car is now in the Saab Car Museum in Trollhättan. The name "Ursaab" means "original Saab".
The Saab 96 is an automobile manufactured and marketed by Swedish automaker Saab from 1960 to January 1980, replacing the Saab 93. The 96 featured aerodynamic two-door bodywork, four-passenger seating and at first a two-stroke, three-cylinder engine, later a four-stroke V4.
However, Saab was not the first Swedish manufacturer to win the Swedish Rally. Saab's long-standing Swedish rival, Volvo , had beaten them consecutively in 1957 and 1958 with the PV544 . In late 1959, the 93F was introduced, featuring front-hinged doors from the Saab GT750 . 1960 was the last year of production for the 93.