Saab History

Saab 96 in the Body Shop (1973)

Saab 96 in Valmet Automotive Body Shop (1973)Saab 96 in Valmet Automotive Body Shop (1973)

here’s another great historical photos from the archives of the Valmet Automotive company, which has for many years produced various Saab models.

A wonderful color shot from the Uusikaupunki plant showing the body shop in 1973. The Saab 96 looks absolutely gorgeous:

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On January 8, 1980 the very last Saab 96 was completed at the Uusikaupunki plant.

It’s time for celebration! 47 years ago today, on November 13, the first car – a Saab 96 – was completed at the Uusikaupunki car plant.

the first car - a Saab 96 - was completed at the Uusikaupunki car plant.
the first car – a Saab 96 – was completed at the Uusikaupunki car plant.

 

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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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