Saab Automobile

Saab Automobile AB (/sɑːb/) is a defunct car manufacturer that 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. In the mid-1980s the new Saab 9000 model also appeared.

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Chapter: enChapter 9: Old Saabs and Old Sods
Comment: enSaab Automobile AB (/sɑːb/) is a defunct car manufacturer that 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. In the mid-1980s the new Saab 9000 model also appeared.
Defunct: 2016
Depiction
Division: Saab Aero
Divisions: Saab Aero
Fate: enBankrupt
Fate: Bankrupt
FoundedBy: Saab AB
Founder: Saab AB
Founding year: 1945
Has abstract: enSaab Automobile AB (/sɑːb/) is a defunct car manufacturer that 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. In the mid-1980s the new Saab 9000 model also appeared. In 1989, the automobile division of Saab-Scania was restructured into an independent company, Saab Automobile AB. The American manufacturer General Motors (GM) took 50 percent ownership. Two well-known models to come out of this period were the Saab 9-3 and the Saab 9-5. Then in 2000, GM exercised its option to acquire the remaining 50 percent. In 2010 GM sold Saab Automobile AB to the Dutch automobile manufacturer Spyker Cars N.V. After many years establishing a sound engineering reputation and ultimately a luxury price tag, Saab failed to build its customer base beyond its niche following. After struggling to avoid insolvency throughout 2011, the company petitioned for bankruptcy following the failure of a Chinese consortium to complete a purchase of the company; the purchase had been blocked by the former owner GM, which opposed the transfer of technology and production rights to a Chinese company. On 13 June 2012, it was announced that a newly formed company called National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) had bought Saab Automobile's bankrupt estate. According to "Saab United", the first NEVS Saab 9-3 drove off its pre-production line on 19 September 2013. Full production restarted on 2 December 2013, initially the same petrol-powered 9-3 Aero sedans that were built before Saab went bankrupt, and intended to get the car manufacturer's supply chain re-established as it attempted development of a new line of NEVS-Saab products. NEVS lost its license to manufacture automobiles under the Saab name (which the namesake aerospace company still owns) in the summer of 2014 and now produces electric cars based on the Saab 9-3 but under its own new car designation "NEVS".
Homepage: %7Csaabparts.com
Homepage: saabparts.com/international/%7Csaabparts.com
Industry: Automotive industry
Industry: Automotive industry
Is primary topic of: Saab Automobile
Label: enSaab Automobile
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LocationCity: Trollhättan
LocationCountry: Sweden
Logo: enSaab_wordmark_grey.svg
Name: enSaab Automobile AB
Name: enSaab Automobile AB
Parent: General Motors; NEVS; Saab AB; Saab-Scania; Spyker N.V.
Parent company: General Motors; NEVS; Saab AB; Saab-Scania; Spyker N.V.
Product: Car
Products: Car
Region served: World
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SeeAlso: National Electric Vehicle Sweden
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Successor: NEVS
Successor: NEVS
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