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…
Some time ago, we wrote about the design of the Saab 9-3 (Second Generation) model and How it's Designed, but then we did not mention the design of one interesting detail - Saab 9-3 key fob. At first glance, this little...
Some would say, this is another victim of the GM company... but the thing is a bit more complicated. However, after the shutdown of the Saab Automobile, GM has practically turned off the Holden brand in Australia. In 2017, production of Holden's...
Here's a call for all Saab lovers! Saab film series "Saab Car Museum featuring Peter Bäckström" is nominated for the Swedish Design Prize. Definitely Super cool, but to secure the gold Saab team need help now. September 11th to 17th,...
Saab enthusiast and also Saab 9-5NG owner Henrik Zaar began his quest for production data in April 2016. He quickly found out that this was easier said than done but countless meetings, phone and Skype calls and emails later, the...
Within the SAAB company group, SAAB Automobile AB, which was set up to produce small cars, created its first model - the so-called ‘Ursaab’, which was the prototype of the SAAB 92. The transverse-mounted 2 cylinder water-cooled 2 stroke DKW engine powered...
Björn Envall (1942) was head of the design department at Saab, and we wrote many times about his work for Saab Automobile. He took over Sason's (another great Saab designer) work at Saab, in 1969 and he held this position until 1992....
The Saab automobile has always had a great ergonomic seats, often dressed with the highest quality leather, and also equipped with a heating and cooling system. Front seats designed for total total body support, and of course, both elements (backrest...
SAAB Heritage Museum USA, founded by Saab enthusiasts Tom Donney, has expanded the collection with a new exhibit. The regular readers of this blog probably remember that this museum recently also expanded the collection with the brilliant GM Heritage 1970 Saab 99. The newest addition...
Tony Catignani was a lead designer for the Saab project 640, commonly known as Saab 9-5 we all know today. Now, he is Design Consultant (previously designer with Ford/Saab/Volvo) and program leader of transport design at Umeå Institute of Design, one of the worlds...
Oh, sweet nostalgia... From the factory in Uusikaupunki (Finland), from the production line came a huge number of beautiful Saab car. Today it is a modern factory that no longer produces Saab cars.... Such a gem of a picture from the...
