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Saab Sonett - the road fighter from the aircraft factory

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Created on January 25, 2013

Reading time 7min

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Bruno von Rotz

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Saab Sonett II (1967) - hübsche Illustration aus einem Verkaufsprospekt

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Saab Sonett V4 (1968) - ein äusserst seltener Wagen in den Sechzigerjahren

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Saab Sonett Super Sport (1956) - einer der sechs Prototypen

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Saab Sonett II Prototyp (1965) - die Frontgestaltung von Björn Karlström entspricht weitgehend dem Serienfahrzeug

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Saab Sonett II Prototyp (1965) - der frühe Entwurf von Björn Karlström war schon relativ nahe am späteren Serienfahrzeug

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Saab Sonett II Prototyp (1965) - Heckansicht des Entwurfs von Björn Karlström, eingekleidet in Stahlblech

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Saab Sonett II Prototyp (1965) - der zweite der beiden Sonett II Prototypen, etwas gestreckter gestaltet von Sixten Sason

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Saab Sonett II (1966) - auf dem Autosalon von Paris im Jahr 1966

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Saab Sonett II (1966) - einen "neuen extremen Sportwagen" nannte Saab die Schöpfung

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Saab Sonett II (1966) - 660 kg leicht war der Zweitakt-Sportwagen, 12,5 Sekunden sollten für den Spurt von 0 auf 100 km/h reichen

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Saab Sonett II (1966) - die ganze Front konnte aufgeklappt werden

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Saab Sonett II (1966) - längliche Front, gedrungenes Heck

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Saab Sonett V4 (1969) - kostete mehr als ein Triumph TR 6

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Saab Sonett II (1967) - der Frontantriebssportwagen überzeugte mit guten Fahreigenschaften

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Saab Sonett II (1966) - bei einer Slalom-Rennverstanstlatung in der Schweiz

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Saab Sonett II (1966) - Interieur mit zwei Sportsitzen, das Lenkrad ist mit Leder überzogen

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Saab Sonett V4 (1967) - ab 1967 mit Vierzylindermotor erhältlich

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Saab Sonett V4 (1968) - optisch war der Übergang vom Zwei- zum Viertakter fast spurlos an dem Wagen vorübergegangen

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Saab Sonett V4 (1969) - die V4-Version ist am deutlichen Hügel auf der Motorhaube erkenntlich

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Saab Sonett V4 (1968) - sportliche Sitzposition im kleinen Sportcoupé

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Saab Sonett V4 (1968) - das Türinnenfutter mit Fensterkurbel udn Türöffner

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Saab Sonett V4 (1968) - mit Kunststoff-Karosserie und Köln-V4

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Saab Sonett V4 (1970) - im schönen gelben Kunsttstoffkleid

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Saab Sonett II (1970) - die ganze Front konnte aufgeklappt werden

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Saab Sonett II (1970) - sportliches Ambiente im Coupé, aber roter Drehzahlbereich bereits bei 5'000 U/min

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Saab Sonett V4 (1968) - Vorstellung in einem Verkaufsprospekt

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Saab 96 (1967) - das Modell 96 inmitten seiner Geschwister, unter anderem ist auch der berühmte Sonett zu sehen, Abbildung aus Verkaufsprospekt

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Saab Sonett III (1971) - ausgestellt auf dem Genfer Automobilsalon 1971

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Saab Sonett III (1971) - mit von Hand zu bedienenden Klappscheinwerfern

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Saab Sonett III (1971) - die Klappscheinwerfer in Aktion

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Saab Sonett III (1971) - Heckansicht

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Saab Sonett III (1971) - der Luftwiderstandsbeiwert wurde mit 0,31 angegeben

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Saab Sonett III (1971) - die flache Front erforderte einige Umbauarbeiten am Motor

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Saab Sonett 97 (1972) - eine der letzten Versionen

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Saab Sonett III (1971) - die sportlich ausgestalteten Sitze - gesehen am Genfer Automobilsalon 1971

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Summary

The Saab company was founded in 1937 as an aircraft factory. The Saab airplanes became famous, but as early as 1945 Saab engineers designed the first passenger car. The first sports car, called the Sonett, was then presented in 1956 and developed over several generations into a popular, albeit relatively expensive, special model. This vehicle report tells the story of the Saab Sonett and shows it in many historical illustrations, some of which have never been shown before, and in four brochures. There are even press documents and price lists.

This article contains the following chapters

Only six Sonett prototypes in the fifties
The second generation
Start of production for the Sonett II
Transition to the four-stroke engine
Plastic body from Italy for the Sonett III
A rarity today

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Saab company was founded in 1937 as an aircraft factory. The Saab airplanes became famous, but already in 1945 Saab technicians designed the first passenger car. The lines could not deny that the draughtsmen were used to designing airplanes. Based on a design by Sixten Sason, a wooden model was built for aerodynamic tests. The first prototypes flew in 1946. The first Saab was presented to the press on June 10, 1947, but the car was not available until December 1949. It had a transversely mounted 25 hp two-cylinder two-stroke engine that drove the front wheels. During the first twelve months of production, 1,246 Saab 92s were delivered. All were painted a uniform green. On May 6, 1954, the 10,000th Saab 92 left the factory, and from mid-1952 it was even available in other colors.

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