Saab History

444.000 Saab 900 cars from Valmet

Saab 900 from Valmet AutomotiveSaab 900 from Valmet Automotive

In all its appearances, this is the car Saab 900 Valmet Automotive has manufactured the most and the longest (in Uusikaupunki plan).  In a fact the most produced Saab model was the first generation Saab 900 (OG) including all the fabulous Saab 900 Cabriolet and rare Saab 90.

The production of Saab cars in Finland started in 1969, first for the domestic customers, but soon the high quality opened doors to export markets.

Saab 9-3 Viggen by Valmet Automotive

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From 1978 to 2003, Valmet Automotive made over 444.000 Saab 900 cars.

From 1978 to 1992, they made 238,898 Classic Saab 900. Also,  from 1986 to 2003 they made 198,032 Saab Convertibles (Saab 900 and Saab 9-3).

Saab 900 Convertible

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Will the record be broken, and Valmet can ever reach this production record? In August 2013, Valmet Automotive started the manufacturing of the Mercedes-Benz A-Class in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The plan is to manufacture over 100,000 A-Class vehicles during 2013-2016.

Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

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