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Lowrider Saab 96 V4 “Helga”

Saab 96 V4 HelgaSaab 96 V4 Helga

Jari Luoma from Finland owner is a very special Classic Saab car – 1976 Saab 96 V4 called “Helga” with a large number of modifications.

Jari has sent us his interesting Saab story about this special car. He bought this Saab many years ago from his friend and the he used it as a hunting car. If you’re wondering why – answer is simple – you can go to bad places without any problems. Finally, it was in very bad condition everywhere that he forgot about it  and  it was left behind his factory for more than 10 years?!

Lowrider Saab 96
Lowrider Saab 96

He had to do something, and he decided to renovate. In the beginning his idea was to do a low rider with air suspension, modified roof,  but all so that you can still use it for normal driving witout being afraid. Also, one of the goals was that people should look at it and ask “what is this car’? Look like something I know but what“…

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Special interior for V4 Saab
Special interior for V4 Saab
Saab ex-96 rebuilt and tuned
Saab ex-96 rebuilt and tuned
It's easy to see how much work and metal has done into Helga
It’s easy to see how much work and metal has done into Helga

Today you can only really see how low it is when you have an original next to it. The result is really remarkable, and it should be noted that in the renovation project involved a lot of Jari’s friends. The V4 has a great engine bit he wanted a bit more power and noise of course, from it. Mr. Erkki Rinta-Kari has done hundreds of rally engines and has all the knowledgeof what of what to do so that it will be easy to drive.

Beautiful Helga
Beautiful Helga
Saab 96 called Helga
Saab 96 called Helga
Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

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