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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 ...
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 following is a List of Saab passenger cars indexed by year of introduction. Model history. Production: Model Class Image 1940s. 1949–1956: 92: Small family car:
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.
Classic.com’s five-year sales tracker has an average price of $14,556 for a 1977-1986 W123. Toyota Supra As McGuire noted, models from the late 1980s through the early 2000s are gaining in ...
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 B engine is an inline four-cylinder car petrol engine developed by Saab Automobile. A redesign of the Triumph slant-four engine, the B engine displaced 2.0 L and first appeared in 1972. The B engine was used in the Saab 99 and 900 models. Saab began to phase the engine out in 1981.