Saab Car Museum Explained

Saab Car Museum
Native Name:	Saab Bilmuseum
Native Name Lang:	sv
Map Type:	Sweden Västra Götaland
Coordinates:	58.2717°N 12.2761°W
Collection Size:	120 vehicles
Curator:	Peter Bäckström

The Saab Car Museum (Swedish: '''Saab Bilmuseum''') is an automobile museum in Trollhättan, Sweden. It covers the history of the Saab brand of automobiles manufactured by Saab under various owners since 1947.

The museum is housed within one of the old factory buildings at, a science and technology centre on the former NOHAB industrial estate in Trollhättan.

The museum's collection of about 120 vehicles was scheduled to be publicly auctioned off on January 20, 2012 by Swedish law firm, Delphi, to cover Saab's debts following the company's bankruptcy proceedings.^[1] However, the collection was preserved in its entirety by a bid of $4.15 million made by the city of Trollhättan, Saab AB, and the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation.^[2]

The museum is curated by Peter Bäckström, remains open to the public, and hosts festivals regularly.

Cars on display

The vehicles on display in the museum include:^[3]

• UrSaab, Saab's first vehicle, a prototype of the Saab 92.
• Saab 92, the first production vehicle produced by Saab.
• Saab 93, and variants based on this model.
• Saab GT750
• Saab Monster, an experimental variation of the Saab 93.
• Saab Sonett, also known as the Saab 94 or Super Sport
• Saab 95
• Saab 96
• Saab 98
• Saab Catherina
• Saab MFI 13
• Saab 97 Sonett II
• Saab 97 Sonett III
• Saab 99, and several variations of the vehicle.
• Saab 90
• Saab 900, both the original Saab 900 and the NG900.
• Saab 9000, including cars number one and two from "The Long Run" endurance test held in Talladega, Alabama, in October 1986.
• Saab 9-3, various years and body styles.
• Saab Aero-X
• Saab 9-1X Biohybrid
• Saab 9-1X Air
• Saab 9-X

Many newer models are also on display.

See also

• List of automobile museums
• National Electric Vehicle Sweden

References

Bibliography

• Book: Tunberg, Anders. The Cars in the Saab Museum. 1989. Saab-Scania AB. Nyköping, Sweden. 9179705618.

Notes and References

1. News: Saab bankruptcy: Museum car collection to be auctioned off on Friday . January 18, 2012 . November 12, 2014 . ConsumerReports.org . Consumer Reports . Riley . Sharon.
2. Web site: Saab car museum saved: Trollhattan municipality, The Wallenberg Foundation and SAAB AB shell out $4.15 million . January 25, 2012 . November 12, 2014 . RUSHLANE Daily Auto news . RUSHLANE . Singha Roy . Nabanita.
3. Web site: For sale - the cars at the Saab Museum . January 17, 2012 . November 11, 2014 . Swadeology . Wordpress . Swade . Steven.