Saab has been at the forefront of developments in the car industry since its earliest days, when 16 of its aircraft technicians were challenged to design an automobile to counteract the diminished aircraft demand in the years that followed the Second World War.
See this interesting documentary about Saab History, filmed twenty years ago and is shown on the History International Channel:
http://youtu.be/nXEi15m0FXI
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