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unusual facts about Saab



Aarne Lakomaa

He was involved in the development of the fighters Saab 35 Draken and Saab 37 Viggen, and later headed R&D at Saab where he designed a number of prototypes, including a rocket propelled interceptor, nuclear weapon carriers, replacements for the Draken and Viggen, and a supersonic business jet.

Alfa Romeo 164

In October 1978, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia and Saab came to an agreement to develop their own executive cars from the Type Four platform to compete with the likes of the Ford Granada and Opel Rekord (Vauxhall Carlton) as well as premium products from the likes of BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

American Airlines

American's regional airline, American Eagle, was to retire 35 to 40 regional jets as well as its Saab turboprop fleet.

Andrew Nesbitt

On August 11 and 12 2007 at Maasmechelen in Belgium Nesbitt contested his first ever round of the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers with a 550+bhp strong spare Saab 9-3 T16 4x4 of Swede Per Eklund.

ASRAD-R

The effector is the latest version of the Saab Bofors Dynamics RBS 70 surface-to-air missile, called Bolide.

BAE Systems AB

In September 2000 United Defense Industries (UDI) purchased Bofors Weapon Systems from Saab (the tube artillery interests), while Saab retained the missile interests.

Bandini 750 sport internazionale

There are also copies that are running with engines Saab and Ford.

Bangla Bangers

On 6 Sept 2009 the 1988 SAAB 900 Turbo that the Chop Shop team rebuilt into a one-off 'Gangsta Car' for Martin Kemp was demolished by monster truck Podzilla during the VW Action car festival at Santa Pod Raceway, the very same place where the new car first broke down prior to its initial test run.

Barber Pro Series

Len Lonnegren, PR boss at Saab Cars USA, Inc., had heard that Skip Barber was planning to launch an open-wheel "spec car" professional race series, and that it was to run on the same IMSA programs as the GTPs and Camel Lights.

Colorado's Copper Triangle

The Colorado Cyclist Copper Triangle event is sponsored by Saab, Crocs, Copper Mountain Ski Resort, The Village at Copper and numerous others, while the title sponsor is Colorado Cyclist.

Dil, Diya, Dehleez

Moammar Rana of Tehmoor Khan, Sara Chaudary of Naz, Farhan Ali Agha of Yawar Khan, Mustafa Quereshi of Baba Saab, along with many more interesting characters.

Executive car

Some manufacturers seek to differentiate their offerings by making them as estate variants, or with 5-door hatchback bodies—in particular Rover, Saab, Renault and Citroën have been known to prefer such body styles, with Ford also offering such models through the 1990s.

Fulvio Bonavia

Though he has shot ad campaigns for a wide range of international clients, such as Adidas, Heineken, Swatch, Amnesty International, and Alitalia, he is best known for his campaigns for automotive companies including Jaguar, BMW, Saab, Alfa Romeo, Daimler-Chrysler, and Audi.

Galanite

The model almost appears to be a company promotional, but none approach the detail of Finnish Stahlberg Models which were purpose built as promotional models for SAAB and Volvo.

GM Family II engine

It was developed by an international team of engineers and technicians from Opel's International Technical Development Center in Rüsselsheim, Germany, GM Powertrain in Pontiac, Michigan, and Saab in Södertälje, Sweden.

GM2900 platform

The platform was intended to replace both division's J-cars, the Opel Ascona C and the Vauxhall Cavalier Mk.2, although the platform eventually branched out to Holden, Chevrolet's Latin American branch, and even Saab and Saturn.

Göta Canal

After the canal was opened, Motala Verkstad focused on producing equipment, locomotives and rolling stock for the newly constructed railways, beginning a tradition of railway engineering that continues to this day in the form of AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning (ASJA) that was bought by the aeroplane manufacturer SAAB in Linköping.

Halland-class destroyer

They were re-fitted in the 1960s and re-armed with Saab/Nord Aviation Robot 08 anti-shipping missiles (a missile derivative of the Nord Aviation CT20 drone).

Intercooler

Cars such as the Nissan Skyline, Saab, Volvo 200 Series Turbo, Volvo 700 Series (and 900 series) turbo, Dodge SRT-4, 1st gen Mazda MX-6, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and Chevrolet Cobalt SS all use front mounted intercooler(s) mounted near the front bumper, in line with the car's radiator.

Inyokern Airport

Other notable automotive television ads shot here include most spots from Saab's "Born from Jets" campaign, as well as spots for Volkswagen, Volvo, Cadillac, Nissan, Mazda, Toyota, Ford, and Chevrolet, just to name a few.

Jan Jonsson

Jan-Åke Jonsson (born 1951), managing director of Saab Automobile AB

MEKO 200

This upgrade will include Sagem Vampir NG IRST (infra-red search and track) capability, Saab Combat Management System upgrade and CEA Technologies PAR 3D E/F band fixed active phased array radar and illuminator.

Mitsubishi Astron engine

It followed the designs of Frederick Lanchester, whose original patents Mitsubishi had obtained, and proved influential as Fiat/Lancia, Saab and Porsche all licensed this technology.

Nair Saab

P. K. R. Pillai of Shirdi Sai Creations started 2 films together, Chithram and Nair Saab, but as he faced financial issues, he sold Nair Saab to Basheer of Liberty Productions and completed Chithram.

Robert J. Sinclair

Robert J. Sinclair, (March 17, 1932 — May 10, 2009) was a United States automotive industry executive who served as Chief executive officer of Saab-Scania of America from May 1979 until September 1991, where he helped improve the popularity of Saab's cars by convincing the parent company to manufacture cars with high-end options such as turbochargers and a convertible version of its Saab 900 that was designed to appeal to American consumers.

Saab 105

Some were painted in the light green / dark green / tan "splinter" camouflage associated with the SAAB Viggen fighter.

Saab 2000

On 10 July 2002, Crossair Flight 850, a Saab 2000, was forced to make an emergency landing at Werneuchen Airfield, Germany, as a result of severe weather.

Saab 210

During Stockholm's 700 year celebrations on 6 June 1953, the SAAB 210 performed an air show over the centre of the city.

Saab 9-5

On November 24, 2009, the first pre-series Saab 9-5 of the new generation rolled off the Trollhättan production line.

Saab 90

:Saab 90 is also the name of an aeroplane, the Saab 90 Scandia.

Saab 92

Saab's rally history already started two weeks after the 92 was released, when Saab's head engineer Rolf Mellde entered the Swedish Rally and came second in his class.

Saab 95

A film appearance of the Saab 95 is in the 2005 thriller Silence Becomes You.

Saab Automobile bankruptcy

Buskhe said that as long as any potential buyer would continue production and development in Trollhättan Saab AB would grant the use of the name but that it will block any deal with a buyer who had the intent of taking production and development outside Sweden.

Saab Catherina

The Catherina ended up on display in the SAAB museum in Trollhättan, but Sason used some of the design cues previewed in the Catherina in his later design, the mass-market Saab 99.

The Saab Catherina is a 1964 prototype automobile, commissioned by the Swedish automaker Saab, designed by Sixten Sason and made at the workshops of the Aktiebolaget Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna (ASJ - the Swedish Railroad Works) in Katrineholm, Sweden (hence the name).

Simo Lampinen

More recently, he has been Clerk of the Course at the Rally Finland, the event he won three times himself, and he has also assisted Saab in two racing events; their Saab 900 Talladega Challenge in Alabama in 1996 where several speed records were set, and the 2000 Pikes Peak race, when Per Eklund won in a race-prepped Saab 9-3 Viggen.

Straight engine

SAAB initially used the Triumph Slant-4 engine tilted at 45 degrees for the Saab 99, but later versions of the engine were less tilted.

Subaru Tribeca

Saab had withheld its version of Tribeca from the public until a July 2011 prototype release at the Saab museum in Trollhättan.

Transport in Kyrgyzstan

Jalal-Abad Airport is linked to Bishkek by daily flights operated by Kyrgyzstan Air Company, Avia Traffic Company, Air Bishkek and Sky Bishkek on BAe-146 and Saab-340 as well as weekly flights to Aksy District and Toguz-Toro District.

Triumph Slant-4 engine

Ricardo was involved in developing a new engine for Saab, for use in their new 99 model.

Triumph V8

Saab tested the V8 in the Saab 99 mainly for US markets but the oil crisis in 1973 finally caused cancellation of the project in favour of turbocharging.

Zakaria Badat

In July 2006, Molana Zakaria Saab gave a speech at a peace conference organized by Shree Morari Bapu of India in Leicester, and in November 2006 he gave a speech at a world peace conference in Miami.


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