Saab 92
The aircraft maker’s first car of 1949 – teardrop-shaped, front-wheel drive and shaped in a wind tunnel.
After the Second World War the aircraft maker Saab needed new products. The engineers drew on aviation experience, and the designer Sixten Sason gave the car a streamlined form tested in a wind tunnel.
Production of the Saab 92 began in December 1949. It laid the foundation for Saab’s cars, which in the following decades became known for rally successes and individual design.
Materials: Sheet steel, unitary body
Manufacture: Made in Trollhättan; the body was unitary and pressed in large sections.
A softly rounded teardrop body without separate wings.
Partly covered rear wheels.
A two-stroke engine and front-wheel drive; the first cars were green.
The engine was a two-stroke twin, mounted transversely at the front and connected to the front wheels. The body was self-supporting, as in an aircraft.
A teardrop shape with no boot lid; the luggage was reached from inside. The first cars were all dark green.
The shape was developed in the Saab 93 from 1955 and the Saab 96 from 1960.