Saab

Autonaut — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:41:09 +0000

“Svenska Aeroplan AB (aktiebolaget)” (Swedish for “Swedish Aeroplane Limited”) (SAAB) was founded in 1937 in Trollhättan, with the merger of SAAB and Linköping based ASJA. The headquarters moved to Linköping. The style “Saab” replaced “SAAB” around 1950.
Originally manufacturing airplanes, the company sought ways in which to diversify its business and in the late 1940s began manufacturing automobiles. The Saab Automobile division was based in Trollhättan. The first car was the Saab 92001 on 10 June 1947. The company soon developed a reputation for safe and reliable automobiles, with a notable competition history.
In 1955 the SAAB 92 was reworked and became the SAAB 93. The engine was upgraded from two to three cylinders but unusually remained a two stroke. The car received a facelift, including the first Saab with the brand’s trademark trapezoidal grille. A wagon variant, the 95, was added in 1959 and would remain in production for the next twenty years. The decade also saw Saab’s first foray into true performance cars with the Saab 94, the first of four Saab Sonetts.

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