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Milestones
1937 - 1952 | 1953 - 1963 | 1964 - 1969 | 1970 - 1975 | 1976 - 1984 | 1985 - 1991 | 1992 - 1997 | 1998 - 2000 | 2001 - 2003 | 2004 - 2005
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1998 The Saab 9-3, an upgraded version of the Saab 900, has its premiere at the motor exhibition in Detroit in January and goes on sale as the 1998 model. | ||
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1998 The Saab 9-5 SportWagon , Saab's first wagon model in thirty years, is presented at a preview in May. It goes on sale as the 1999 model. Among its unique refinements are load-securing rails and, as an optional extra, a sliding load floor. | ||
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1999 The high-performance variant of the Saab 9-3 Viggen premieres at the motor show in New York at the end of March and is test-driven by the assembled world press at the launch in Monte Carlo a month later. | ||
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1999 Saab's new Paint Shop is brought into full production during the spring. The Saab 9-5 Aero is shown for the first time at the Frankfurt motor show in September. | ||
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| 2000 General Motors and Investor come to an agreement whereby the GM Group is to take over Saab Automobile AB. As from January 28, Saab is wholly owned by GM. Saab Variable Compression (SVC), a new engine concept that renders possible a radical reduction in fuel consumption without any impairment of engine performance, is presented at the motor salon in Geneva. Yet another engine concept, Saab Combustion Control (SCC), is shown for the first time at the motor show in Paris. | |||
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