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Saab stopped development of its Premium automobile in late 2002 ; the Saab models ( the 9X sports car and the replacement for the 9-5 sedan ) would have used an entirely different suspension than the Alfa Romeo vehicles, which would have proved too expensive.
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However Rolf Melldes view that Saab needed to switch to a four-stroke engine was stopped higher up by CEO Tryggve Holm.
Later in the 20th century, Saab stopped manufacturing vehicles featuring suicide doors, and began to use conventional front-hinged doors.
Shortly before Thanksgiving 2004, Chambers was stopped in his Saab for driving with a suspended drivers license in Manhattan on Harlem River Drive at 139th Street.
Saab and development
The company was sold in 1975 to Sperry UNIVAC, while Saab retained its flight computer development.
As part of the military cooperation the U. S. provided much help in the development of the Saab 37 Viggen, as a strong Swedish air force was seen as necessary to keep Soviet anti-submarine aircraft from operating in the missile launch area.
In 1995 Saab Military Aircraft and BAe signed an agreement for the joint development and marketing of the export version of the JAS 39 Gripen.
* Saab Variable Compression engine, a development project of Saab Automobile, for which it won an award both in 2000 and 2001
Lotus ' powertrain department is responsible for the design and development of the 4-cylinder Ecotec engine found in many of GM's Vauxhall, Opel, Saab, Chevrolet and Saturn cars.
In December 2003 MBDA and Saab Bofors Dynamics signed an enabling contract worth 485m kroner covering programme management, system level participation, participation in the development of seeker, guidance, and autopilot algorithms, development of missile software, development of test equipment, system proving activities, and the TBUS.
In the early 1990s, the Dash 8's success sparked off development of a number of similar designs, including the ATR 42 / 72, Saab 340, Embraer Brasilia and Fokker F50.
Initially it was based on the Saab 93 sedan version, but the model's development throughout the years followed closely that of the 96 after the 93 was taken off the market in 1960.
Like the 93 it replaced, the 96 was a development from the old Saab 92 chassis and, on account of its improvements and modernisation, it opened new markets for the company.
Saab Toad, or Paddan in Swedish, was a development car Saab made in 1966 to test out the new chassis, drive train and engine for the Saab 99.
The reason for this project was to preserve secrecy during development of the new model, the Saab 99, which was the company's first radically new body shape since the first cars made in 1947.
Further development was carried out on the Saab ' daihatsu ', a test car with the new body but badged ' daihatsu ', to prevent its identification by journalists as a developmental Saab.
Normally the development would have been handled by the testing workshop, but it was busy with the Saab 91 Safir and the Saab 90 Scandia.
As part of the military cooperation the U. S. provided much help in the development of the Saab 37 Viggen, as a strong Swedish air force was seen as necessary to keep Soviet anti-submarine aircraft from operating in the missile launch area.
When that development proved too expensive and risky to produce, Ricardo, knowing the slant-4 was almost ready for production, brought Saab into contact with Triumph.
Its position in the Saab lineup was eventually to be occupied by the Subaru B9 Tribeca-based Saab 9-6X, however GM divested its Subaru stock, leading to the 9-6X development being cancelled, giving the Tribeca an early face-lift as the 9-6X exterior was less controversial.
The development was done by Saab and cost more than one billion kronor ( approximately $ 140 million ) to design.
Saab and its
* 1947 – Saab produces its first automobile.
By comparison, in 2008 Koenigsegg with its staff of 45 produced 18 cars at an average price of US $ 1 million each ; Saab employed 3, 400 workers and made more than 93, 000 cars.
In May 1965, the company name was changed to Saab AB to reflect its broad range of activities.
From 1998 until 2005 the largest shareholder in Saab was the British aerospace company BAE Systems, following its acquisition of a 35 % stake from Investor AB by its predecessor, British Aerospace.
In June 2011, the British company eventually sold its remaining stake bringing its 16 year involvement in Saab to an end.
Its history dates back to December 1954, when Saab got a license to build its own copy of BESK, an early Swedish computer design using vacuum tubes, from Matematikmaskinnämnden ( the Swedish governmental board for mathematical machinery ).
Until 1985, when the first of twenty-four Saab 35 Draken were delivered, the country had remained essentially without the capacity to contest violations of its airspace.
On February 17, 2009, GM originally proposed the elimination of its Saturn division, the sale of Saab, and either the sale or elimination of Hummer, depending on whether a buyer could be found quickly.
In US Congressional hearings on December 2, 2008, General Motors announced its intentions to focus on four core brands ( Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, GMC ), with the sale, consolidation, or closure of Saturn and the remaining brands ( Pontiac, Hummer, and Saab ).
By the end of 2009, GM closed all of its 46 Saturn dealerships in Canada, even for Saturn dealerships also selling Saab vehicles.
In 1988, Saab commissioned 288 special convertibles, one for each of its United States dealers, as part of the 1988 Dealer Meeting in Sweden.
In contrast to the ' classic ' Saab 900 with its longitudinally mounted engine and front-hinged hood ( bonnet ), the NG900 had a more-common transversely mounted engine with rear-hinged hood ( bonnet ).
* Top Car in its Price Class ( Saab 900 SEV6 )-American Automobile Association ( AAA )
The Saab 9-2 ( or sometimes referred to as Saab 9-1 ) was a car that was proposed in 2010 be added to Saab's production line by 2014, under its then new ownership, Spyker Cars though some commentators considered the project a pipe dream.
The 9-3 is currently Saab's entry-level model ; between 2005 and 2006 in North America, the Subaru Impreza-based Saab 9-2X was its entry-level model.
In 1983 Aer Lingus opened its ' Aer Lingus Commuter ' division which took delivery of Shorts, Saab AB, and Fokker turboprop aircraft to open regular daily domestic services to and from Ireland's smaller regional airports for the first time, as well as to serve existing routes to smaller regional airports in the United Kingdom.
Continuing money problems forced Air Midwest to sell its Nashville hub and Saab 340 aircraft to American in 1987.
In 1993, the " Aero " was introduced, and was the most powerful Saab to date upon its introduction.
Saab AB exited the civil aviation market and wrote its debts off, Daimler-Benz Aerospace " pulled the plug " on Dornier, and British Aerospace ended production of their BAe Jetstream 41 after 100 delivered.
On the business side, Saab Automobile adopted the font for almost all of its advertising and marketing communications.
Saab and automobile
DKW engines were used by Saab as a model for the Saab two-stroke used in their new Saab 92 automobile manufacturing venture, in 1947.
From 1947 to 1990 it was the parent company of automobile manufacturer Saab Automobile, and between 1968 and 1995 the company was in a merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania, known as Saab-Scania.
A number of mainstream automobile manufacturers have used two-stroke engines in the past, including the Swedish Saab and German manufacturers DKW and Auto-Union.
* The name of a special version of a Saab 9-3 automobile
* Saab GT750, a 1958-1960 automobile by Saab
The Saab 9000 is an automobile that was produced by the Swedish company Saab from 1984 to 1997.
The Saab 90 is an automobile from Saab made from 1984 to 1987.
The 99 is an automobile produced by Saab from 1968 to 1984.
The Saab 9-5 was an executive car produced by the Swedish automobile maker Saab.
The Saab 96 is an automobile made by Saab.
The Saab 93, pronounced ninety-three, was an automobile manufactured by Saab that was first presented on December 1, 1955.
Saab 92 is the first production automobile from Saab Automobile.
Saab GT750 ( Gran Turismo 750 ) is an automobile from Saab produced between 1958 and 1960.
The Saab Sonett is an automobile manufactured between 1955 and 1957 and again between 1966 and 1974 by Saab Automobile AB of Sweden.
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