Trollhättan Assembly
Partial view of the Trollhättan assembly
Built1947 (1947)
LocationTrollhättan, Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Coordinates58°18′50″N 12°19′23″E / 58.314°N 12.323°E / 58.314; 12.323
IndustryAutomotive
Employees347[1]
AddressSaabvägen 5, SE-461 38 Trollhättan

Trollhättan Assembly is an automobile factory in Trollhättan, Sweden. The factory opened in 1947 under the ownership of Saab AB, then passing to Saab Automobile. From 1989 to 2010, the factory was partially (1989–1999), then completely (2000–2010) owned by General Motors.[2] In 2010, Saab was sold to Spyker Cars. The plant ended production in 2011 and restarted in 2013, after the NEVS purchase of Saab Automobile. The Trollhättan complex, including the assembly, is now the sole site of all Saab engineering and manufacturing activities. After NEVS announced its closure in March 2023,[3] Polestar have shown interest in buying the factory.[4]

It was founded on the site of Trollhättan airfield, by the aircraft manufacturer Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (Saab AB), an aircraft manufacturer since 1937 and based in Linköping, Sweden. The first automobile off the line was the Saab 92, a front-wheel drive, two-stroke, transverse-engined passenger vehicle.

Former products

References

  1. ↑ Warburton, Simon. "SWEDEN: NEVS sticks to autumn Saab 9-3 relaunch date". just-auto. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "GM Europe to Keep Sagging Saab Plant in Business". Ward's AutoWorld. Archived from the original on February 12, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2006.
  3. ↑ Gauthier, Michael (12 March 2023). "Saab's Ghost Comes Back To Haunt Once Again As NEVS Goes Into "Hibernation Mode"". Carscoops.
  4. ↑ Anderson, Brad (24 April 2023). "Polestar To Open New R&D Facility At Former Saab Factory". Carscoops.

See also

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