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Saab car - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org: Saab is a line of automobiles manufactured by Saab Automobile AB, and is currently a wholly-owned subsidary of the General Motors Corporation. Commencing production in 1947, the company once produced vehicles exclusively in Sweden, [br]but the current Saab Automobile model lineup now includes vehicles [br]produced in the USA and in Germany. Saab is the exclusive automobile Royal Warrant Holder appointed by H.M. the King of Sweden. Saab directly competes with European products from Volvo, Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Japanese products from Lexus, Acura.[br]History: Until 1990, the company was owned by SAAB, [br]an acronym for "Svenska Aeroplan Aktie(B)olaget" (The Swedish Aeroplane [br]Company), and was part of a conglomerate which included SAAB Aerospace [br]and the truck manufacturer Scania. The original Svenska Aeroplan Aktie(B)olaget was established in 1937 [br]with the express purpose of building aircraft for the Swedish Air [br]Force. As World War II was ending, it was apparent that the company's [br]market for military aircraft would decline and after considering other [br]options, SAAB decided to move into the passenger car market, appointing [br]Gunnar Ljungstr�m in charge of design. The company's first car, the Saab 92 was a streamlined steel-bodied 2 door saloon with a two cylinder 2 stroke [br]engine driving the front wheels and with independent suspension all [br]round. The company's aviation roots were evident in the car with the [br]best drag coefficient of any production car in the world (CD= 0.32)at [br]at the time. The car's name was simply the 92nd Saab design project and [br]all previous 91 designs had been aircraft. Three cylinders replaced two with the introduction of the Saab 93 in 1955, and, until the Saab 95 and 96 in 1966, which used a 60 degree V-4 4 stroke made by Ford, the company was renowned for its 2 stroke motors, which continued until emissions regulations ended production in 1973.[br]In February 1970, Saab built their 500,000th car. The company moved to larger cars with the Saab 99 [br]of 1967, which featured an 1709cc inline four cylinder 4 stroke engine [br]designed by Riccardo in the UK, initially shared with the Triumph. Produced by Saab from 1970, the engine grew to 2 litres in 1972 and gained an optional turbocharger in 1977. In 1978, Saab signed an agreement with Fiat to jointly develop a new car platform which saw the light of day in 1984 with the Saab 9000, which shared its structure with the Fiat Croma, Lancia Thema and Alfa Romeo 64. Although turbocharged cars had given Saab a big boost from the end of the 70's, especially with the introduction of the Saab 9000, [br]by the late 80's Saab were producing more cars than they were selling [br]and in 1989 had 40,000 units in stock. The Arl�v plant was closed, but [br]heavy financial losses continued. Talks were opened with Volvo, Fiat, [br]Mazda and Ford and in January 1990 Saab-Scania moved their passenger [br]vehicle operation to a new company Saab Automobile AB. General Motors Corporation bought 50% of Saab Automobile on 15th [br]March 1990 for USD600 million, with an option to acquire the entire [br]company within a decade. David J Herman became President of the new [br]entity with Stig G�ran Larsson as Vice President. Before exercising its [br]option to buy the entire company, GM shared its ownership of Saab [br]Automobile with Investor AB, the main owner of Saab. Losses continued and the Malmo plant was closed in 1991. The 'New Generation' Saab 900 based on the Opel Vectra was launched in 1993 and in 1995, Saab declared a profit for the first time since 1988.[br]In March 2005, it was announced that GM would move the production of the next-generation Saab 9-3 from Trollh�ttan to the Opel plant in Rusenheim, Germany. Current models are the 9-3 and 9-5, both of which are manufactured in Trolhattan, Sweded and the Saab 9-7X SUV, manufactured in Moraine, Ohio. The Saab 9-2X, a rebadged Subaru Impreza and manufactured in Japan, was discontinued after the 2006 model year.

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