The new owners of what was left of Saab – National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) – today re-started limited production of the Saab 9-3.

The petrol-engined Saab 9-3 is back in production
Many thought, after the fiasco that was the demise of Saab after GM’s ownership – that there would never be a new Saab built at Trollhatten again. And, in many ways, they were right.
But as a prelude to starting production of an electric version of the Saab 9-3, NEVS has managed to get the 9-3 production line back up and running, reached agreement with 400 parts suppliers, and the first new 9-3s rolled down the production line today.
But this isn’t proper full-scale production, more a way of proving everything works ahead of production of electric cars in 2014, but there will be real Saab 9-3s for sale, although most of the small number being produced – as few as 10 a week to start with – are heading for China, but a small number will be available to Swedish buyers online at Saab’s website.
Saab even say that the ‘New’ 9-3 Aero will also be available to customers in other markets in time, so perhaps if sales are promising the 9-3 may roll for a while yet with a a petrol engine.
It’s not quite ‘Saab’s Back’. But it’s better than it could have been.



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