Ok so for those that do not know Saab started off as an aircraft company(still in the game today) they have made some of the most famous european fighters and planes out there
Saab AB is an aviation and defense company based in
Sweden and founded in
1937 in
Trollhättan. Its name was an acronym for "Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget" (translates to Swedish Aeroplane Limited), thus written as "SAAB". In 1939 Saab merged with the
Linköping based
ASJA and the headquarters moved to Linköping. During changes in company ownership in the 1990s, the company name became Saab AB. Originally manufacturing airplanes, the company sought ways in which to diversify its business and in the late
1940s started to manufacture
Saab Automobiles. The automobile division was based in Trollhättan. The first car was the
Saab 92001 on
June 10,
1947. The company soon developed a reputation for safe and reliable automobiles, with a notable competition history. In the late
1950s Saab ventured into the computer market with
DataSAAB. In
1969 Saab
merged with the
truck maker
Scania-Vabis, and between 1969 and
1995 the company was called
Saab-Scania AB.
General Motors bought 51 percent of the automobile division
Saab Automobile in
1990, and acquired the rest a decade later.
source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab
saab history pt1
