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''' | '''Trollhättan Assembly''' is a [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] [[automobile]] factory in [[Trollhättan Municipality|Trollhättan]], [[Sweden]]. The factory opened in 1947 under the ownership of [[Saab]], then passing to [[Saab Automobile]], prior to the GM takeover, in about 1990. | ||
It was founded on the site of Trollhättan airfield, by the aircraft manufacturer Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (SAAB), 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 engine|transverse-engined]] passenger vehicle. | |||
The [[Saab Automobile|SAAB]] company was a small-scale manufacturer of niche automobiles, which have always been front-wheel driven. The first cars were two-stroke, with later use of a [[four-stroke]] engine, from 1967. The company then became famous for its pioneering development of the [[Turbocharger|turbocharged]] engine in family cars and for its continued use of this method of induction. | |||
The Saab 92, [[Saab 93]], more notably the [[Saab 96]] and the [[Saab 99]] attained great success in motor sport, emanating from the tiny Competition Department at Trollhättan. The Saab 96 will be forever linked with that of [[Erik Carlsson]], in this regard. | |||
Production of the next Saab 9-5 will take place at the Opel Russelsheim plant in Germany. The next Saab 9-3, scheduled to be based on the [[Delta II platform]], will remain at Trollhattan. | |||
Products: | |||
* [[Saab 9-3]] Sport Sedan and SportCombi | |||
* [[Saab 9-5]] | |||
* [[Cadillac BLS]] | |||
==References== | |||
* {{cite web|url=http://wardsauto.com/ar/auto_gm_europe_keep/index.htm|title=GM Europe to Keep Sagging Saab Plant in Business|accessdate=January 23|accessyear=2006|work=[[Ward's AutoWorld]]}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of GM factories]] | * [[List of GM factories]] | ||
* [[GM Europe]] | |||
[[Category:General Motors factories]] | [[Category:General Motors factories]] | ||
[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in | [[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Sweden]] | ||
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