SAAB Cars Magazine - English digital edition (PDF) 2019 #1

SAAB CARS MAGAZINE - ENGLISH DIGITAL VERSION 2019 #1
– A MAGAZINE DEDICATED TO SAAB. AND NOTHING ELSE!

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Full scale model 92002
The 1947 full scale model proved that Saab was headed in the right direction.

Saab Facett
A Sonett with a twist – the only one in the world!

Steering without a wheel
As early as 1991, Saab planned revolutionary means to steer a car.

Saab 92A 1950
Probably the best unrestored Saab 92A in the world, a tribute to its first owner. We take it out for a spin.

The models that never came to be
Treasuries in clay, plasteline and balsa-wood – we check out the scale models of the Saab styling studios.

Objects The best Saab stuff!
Museum shops can be dull and unimaginative. With its fantastic array of Saab memorabilia, the Saab Museum is not.

The Saab Club A treasury of spares
The Saab Club’s spares inventory in Skattkärr stocks NOS as well as remanufactured spares, all genuine Saab parts.

The Saab Shop
Dressed in a neat Saab badged mechanic’s suit, Graham greets British enthusiasts.

The Trip!
With a Saab 95 in the far north of Ångermanland. We travel to the heart of Swedish Masonite manufacturing in a car that is also an industrial memorial.

Saab Sonett The secret outlines
That Saab was to build a sports car triggered Saab stylists Karlström and GAS. By chance, we discover their sketches.

The Arch Rivals Saab 900 vs Volvo 240
They divided the Swedes and were in many ways the opposites of each other. Still there were similarities.

The Engine Swap
When the four stroke V4 was sneaked in.

Saab 9-5 NG Sport Combi
Perhaps it had the power to change history but it didn’t get ready in time. Michel is the owner of one of only 27 built.

Saab in the USA
The first sales attempts were made in 1956 in what was to become Saab’s most important market. The small car made a great impression on a select but small group of car buyers.

The longest haul! Saab 99CC 1975
Johan Dahl just couldn't believe it. The car he thought had run 80 000 kilometres, had in fact done ten times as much!

Saab 9000 18 pages of ...  praise!
Probably, it was in May of 1984 that Saab was at its pinnacle. Its reputation was better than ever when the brand new 9000T16 was introduced.

The ultra low mileage Saab 96 1980
It was taken twice to work and back. That was all for this 96, one of the last built. It will forever be known as the 159 kilometre car!

Saab 99 EMS Rally
High speed is not enough for Anders Norstedt. The car must look right too, right down to the smallest detail.

Saab Talk by Peter Bäckström
He joined Saab in 1984. For more than 20 years he has been the Saab Museum curator and is our first Saab chronologist.