SAAB Automobile 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 the parent company merged with Scania-Vabis, and ten years later the Saab 900 was launched, in time becoming Saab’s best-selling model…
After the first episode of the series that presents the history of Saab – Cars and people, here are new episodes dedicated to Turbo integration in Saab cars. Saab Automobile AB featured a completely unique era in Sweden's industrial history. A...
10 years ago Saab USA had a special offer for all owners of the Saab Aero cars - Saab Aero Academy - a special two-day course of advanced driving techniques. It was a unique opportunity for all Saab car owners and Saab...
Love Scandinavian design? Saab cars have devotees all over the world; and for a good reason – a Scandinavian design, a strict, unique (some say "quirky") but elegant interior, perfect engineering, and, of course, an unmatched safety, those are features of...
Pia Åkesson, employed at SAAB in Trollhättan between 1988 and 1998 in production and later also trade union at SAAB, explains how she, at the age of 16, began working on SAAB. As a citizen of the city of Trollhättan, Pia Åkesson...
Saab's sporty saloon wasn't just a great car, it brought Turbos into the mainstream as a dependable, practical, durable proposition... Launched in 1978, the Saab 900 was to run for an amazing 40 years, though most consider the first-generation model,...
It's SAAB-history time! Innovatum in Trollhättan's work with industrial history continues with the documentation of the careers of SAAB-employees in Trollhättan, Sweden. From a wide range of careers at SAAB, you get to hear short passages from the people who...
Here's one-of-a-kind Saab, but with a twist... In 1995, Valmet Automotive participated in Geneva Motor Show for the first time. On the stand they had a Softop roof system concept set on a mockup chassis. Next year, the same items were...
All We know that Saab carries the legacy of aviation, and one of the projects related to that is Saab 9000 drive-by-wire from 1992. 1992. SAAB is experineting with a drive-by-wire system similar to fly-by-wire aircraft control systems. The test car SAAB 9000, even has side-mounted...
Bertil Roos ought to know how to drive on slippery roads. Former Swedish racing driver Bertil Roos, teaches American drivers how to handle skids with the aid of a Saab 900 which he rebuilt whit a swivelling rear axle to...
On April 2, 1965, Gudmund's day in Sweden, after several years of planning, the SAAB board started Project Gudmund. This was a project to develop a new and larger car to replace the Saab 96. This new car became the...
