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…
Valmet Automotive is a global pioneer in top quality contract manufacturing, but they had their (our) own top quality brand, too - Saab. The picture above is a flashback from the late 1970s with the production line bustling with various Saab...
In the 1960s, new SAABs left the factory with a small Troll sticker on the side panel. This original sticker has its roots in the 60's competition department at Saab. The true enthusiast of course mounts it as on the...
Today, at 12:30 CET, it will be a 7-year anniversary of the last Saab 9-5 first generation rolled off the assembly line in Trollhättan. 02 February 2010 Last first generation Saab 9-5 rolls off Trollhättan production line. The Saab 9-5 was a...
1981 the chairman of Saab-Scania America, Robert J. ‘Bob’ Sinclair, saw the opportunity in the market for Saab to offer a high quality car with soft (open) top. The New version was initially lanelled "Saab 900 Cabroiolet" and launched as a...
Charles W. Pelly, commonly Chuck Pelly, is an American industrial designer. Pelly is best known for founding the global design consultancy DesignworksUSA. Charles Pelly was a young talented designer who designed the Scarab sports cars in the late fifties. After...
Here's an interesting Saab video story from the former Soviet Union. By now, you've probably heard that Saab cars used for special purposes at airports around the world. Usually we see them on the big airports in the West, but Not...
On the top, very rare picture, you can see Designer Geoff Wardle working on a preliminary 1998 Saab 9-3 scale model in 1993, just one year before the launch of the Saab 900 NG. The NG 900 was principally the work...
Known Saab enthusiasts Tom Donney formed a non profit corporation called SAAB HERITAGE MUSUEM USA (Fort Dodge, USA) for the purpose of Education and Preserving these cars as a group for future generations to enjoy. By the way, he has achieved several world speed...
Close-up look at the rare Saab V8 engine, made in Finland in 1989. The Saab V8 engine engineering in Finland in late 1980s - four stroke spark-ignition prototype. Director of the SAAB-Valmet Uusikaupunki car factory, had the idea for a SAAB...
Here's another interesting story from the history of the Saab company. Through history of brand, Saab cars has been used by police units in many countries around the world. Just yesterday we shared the story with readers on the use...
