Belgium I am positive about, and Norway I thought was the source of at least some of the bodies. Mid 1970's, model 99. I'll check on the Norway part. I remember that the VIN is structured as 99741012345 for instance, where it's a model 99, from '74, next digit of 1 is Trollhatten, I think Belgium was a 4 in that digit.
Dave Hinz
I misunderstood you then. I thought you meant were the cars were assembled. And you are correct that there were assembled cars in Belgium (Mechelen). But I'm certain than there were no cars assembled here in Norway. But as you mention, parts were (are?) made here. For instance the gas tank to the 9000 which was made by a company in my neigbouring town.
They also built some sedans in Finland.
For example was my 1986 SAAB 90 built in Finland and so was all other model
90s. I know that some 9000s and also the last 99s (1984? -->) were built in Finland.For the moment are all 9-5s and 9-3s (excluding the convertible) built in Trollhättan, Sweden.
/Bengt
SAAB has never produced any cars in Belgium. You're thinking of Volvo that has had an assembly plant there for many years.
And I think you're wrong about Norway also.
/Bengt, in Sweden
From
"1978 The Saab 95 goes out of production in February. The Saab 900 is presented in May and goes on sale as the 1979 model. Assembly in Belgium ceases. In October, Saab concludes a collaboration agreement with Fiat/Lancia on the development of a new car project."
A VIN decoder will show you that the format of, for instance,
9771500900 ...is a model 97, made in '71, in location "5" (1 being Trollhatten, 5 being Arlov, 7 being Belgium), chassis number 00900 in this case.Not sure there. But Belgium is pretty definate, a friend had one and they had a (deserved) reputation for having rust problems.
Dave Hinz
Yes, they HAVE assembled SAABs in Belgium, the 99 from 1973-1978, VIN
99737000001 to 99787001800. Note the second '7' in the VIN. IIRC also a few 93 and 96 were assembled in Uruguay (or was it Paraguay? - I keep mixing those up).-- MH '72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96 '87 900T8
Before I bought my 9000CSE, I had 3 Vauxhalls ( which I much liked ). GM's closed the Luton factory now of course too.
Corporate blandness seems to be the name of their game.
Graham
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