Saab reached a milestone last week when its fourth millionth car came off Trollhättan’s assembly lines in Sweden. The model in question was a just-launched Saab 9-3 SportWagon.
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On 21 June, at 14.35 hours CET, a 9-3 SportWagon 2.0t in fusion blue – one of the first examples of this newly-announced model – rolled off the production line at Saab’s Trollhättan plant in Sweden and was taken straight to the Saab Museum, where it will go on display among a collection of historic Saab exhibits.
Saab’s four million milestone has been reached 55 years and six months after the Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (Swedish Aircraft Company Limited), commonly known as ‘Saab’, produced its first car at the same Trollhättan plant, which was formerly used to build aircraft. That car was the aircraft-inspired, teardrop-shaped 92 model, the beginning of the company’s diversification into the automotive business.
Saab’s best selling model so far is the first generation Saab 900, of which 908,810 were produced between 1978 and 1993. Number two in the list is the Saab 99 (588,643 units), third is the Saab 96 (547,221), fourth the Saab 9000 (503,087) and fifth the current Saab 9-5 series (392,048).
