Saab History

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…

Saab 99 was introduced on November 22, 1967, at Teknorama in Stockholm (photo: Atterberg, Magnus, Public Domain)
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Swedish Design Icons

As you probably already heard, last week The Swedish founder of the IKEA furniture chain, Ingvar Kamprad, has died at the age of 91. He was the true icon of Swedish industrialism and Swedish design, just like the Saab company until recently. Exactly because of that, british Classic Cars...

Saab 900 Enduro S
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A Bullet from Sweden – 900 Enduro S

Here's an interesting article from an Australian magazine "Hi-Tech PErformance" about a special Saab 900 model - Saab 900 Enduro - special version for Australian market. The whole article is dedicated to the "super Swede" - 900 Enduro, owned by Mark Kostyrko. The...

Saabs collection
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Bill’s collection of exceptional Saab cars

Wilmington, Delaware, which is located along the Delaware River downstream of Philadelphia, is the home of Bill Jacobson Sports Car Service - Delaware's oldest independent SAAB specialist. Sports Car Service, which is owned and operated by the same family Jacobson...

Saab 99 was introduced on November 22, 1967, at Teknorama in Stockholm (photo: Atterberg, Magnus, Public Domain)
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Saab 99 – The First 50 Years!

50 years ago today the Saab 99 was premiered in Stockholm, Sweden! On This Day, November 22 1967 the all new Saab 99 made it´s first appearance at Teknorama in Stockholm. With the 99, Saab moved up to bigger cars more...

Saab-Valmet - March 1980
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Saab Scrap Metal for the Third World

In the history of Saab cars there are many interesting facts and stories. You probably did not know that metal scrap from the production of Saab cars in the early 1980s ended in Third World countries. Scrap sheet-metal from Saab's...

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