| Saab has long been known as a Swedish car | | | | produced around this time which proved to be a best |
| manufacturer with stylish car designs with a high | | | | selling model with nearly one million produced. |
| priority on safety. Saab is an acronym for Svenska | | | | In 1989 Saab was restructured into an independent |
| Aeroplan Aktiebolaget. Saab is the exclusive | | | | company with General Motors and Investor AB each |
| automobile royal warrant holder as appointed by the | | | | owning half. Saab earned a profit in 1995 for the first |
| King of Sweden. It was originally a division, established | | | | time in seven years with the new 900 launched in 1994 |
| in 1944, of the Swedish Aeroplan company. | | | | thanks to GM's investment. In 2000 General Motors |
| Originally called Project 92, the goal was to create a | | | | purchase the remaining shares of Saab making it a |
| passenger car which resulted in the Saab 92001. The | | | | wholly owned subsidiary of GM. Under GM's direction |
| car showcased the company's roots in aviation with a | | | | the 9-3 and 9-2x were produced though neither |
| drag coefficient of.30, the lowest of any car at the | | | | proved a success in the American market. |
| time. The 92 was completely redesigned and | | | | GM put the Saab brand under review in December |
| engineered in 1955 and was renamed the 93. The first | | | | 2008 due to economic problems with it's entire |
| Saab performance car was produced in that same | | | | business and pulled support away leaving Saab in |
| decade. The Saab 96 was the first car to be | | | | bankruptcy. After many talks and negotiations with a |
| exported out of the country and proved to be very | | | | variety of buyers, Saab was purchased by Spyker in |
| popular. The 1968 Saab 99 was the first new car in 19 | | | | 2010 is now called Saab Spyker Automobiles. |
| years and had many innovations that came to define | | | | Saab introduced many innovations over the years |
| Saabs for decades such as the wraparound | | | | including first car fitted with seatbelts as standard, |
| windshield, self repairing bumpers, side impact door | | | | headlight wipers and swashers, heated front seats, |
| beams and headlight washers. | | | | self repairing bumper, turbo engine with wastegate, |
| In 1969 Saab merged with Scania-Vabis AB to | | | | passenger compartment air filter, split field side mirror, |
| become Saab-Scania AB. The millionth Saab car was | | | | asbestos free brake pads, 16 valve turbocharged |
| produced in 1976. In 1978 Saab came to an agreement | | | | engine, direct ignition, CFC free air conditioning, |
| to jointly develop a new platform which led to the | | | | safeseat rear passenger protection system, active |
| Saab 9000 sister to the Alfa Romeo 164 and became | | | | head restraints and variable compression engine. |
| Saab's first luxury car. The Saab 900 was also | | | | |