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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.
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:
In the late 1940s, Saab began manufacturing cars at its Saab Automobile division, based in Trollhättan. The first car was the Saab 92; full-scale production started 12 December 1949, based on the prototype Ursaab. [6] Around 1950 the style "Saab" started being used instead of the all caps "SAAB". [7]
Saab claimed over 2,000 changes were made to the model year 2008 cars. Introduced at the Saab Festival in Trollhättan, Sweden on 10 June 2007, the 2008 models included new frontal styling inspired by the Saab Aero-X and Saab 9-2X, Saab's first use of LED "signature" lighting in the revised headlamps, new door panels, a new clamshell bonnet ...
Saab decided to outsource the development of the project and two concept cars were built, the Saab MFI13 by Malmö Flygindustri which was designed by Björn Karlström, an aircraft and automotive illustrator, and Walter Kern, [9] an engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Saab Catherina by Sixten Sason in his private design ...
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.
The Saab 99 is a car produced by Swedish manufacturer Saab from 1968 to 1984; their first foray into a larger class than the Saab 96. [1] While considered a large family car in Scandinavia , it was marketed as a niche compact executive car in most other markets.
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.