The First Saab 96 from Finland

January 14, 2016Goran AničićNo commentSAAB 9-3 Saab 96 Saab-Scania Valmet Automotive

46 years ago today, on November 13, the first car – a Saab 96 – was completed at the Uusikaupunkicar plant (Valmet Automotive). The Saab 96 is an automobile manufactured from 1960 to January 1980, replacing the Saab 93. From 1969 – 1980 were produced 65,887 units of Saab 96.

From 1969 Saab-Scania at the time has had a presence in Uusikaupunki, Finland until Saab Automobile concluded their collaboration when the last Saab 9-3 was built in 2003 with the Valmet Factory where a number of Saabs were produced.

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Another interesting photo from Finland – marking anniversaries – Saa 96 – First 30 Years!

Saab 96 | Matti Varjus / Uusikaupunki Looks like Eric Carlson standing by the open door. — Saab 96 | Matti Varjus / Uusikaupunki \ Eric Carlson standing by the open door.

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Goran AničićJanuary 14, 2016

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.