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Saab 92 1947-1952
 
Saab 92B 1953-1956
On June 10th, 1947, SAAB showed the world the prototype, but the first run of 20 cars did not leave the Trollhättan factory until Summer 1949 and full scale production wasn't until December. The car was available in only one color: green. Directional arrows standard, lights optional!. 6-volt electrical system. Total weight 805 kg. Length 3950 mm, width 1620 mm, height 1450 mm. Wheelbase 2470 mm Track 1180 mm.
The 92 had a two cylinder, two stroke, 764 cm3, 25/28 hp engine based on a DKW design. The aerodynamic shape gave the car a drag coefficient of 0.35 . One odd thing was the absence of a boot lid. Access to the luggage compartment [which also contained the battery] was via the back seat. An improved model, the 92B was introduced in Autumn 1952.
The cost of production was critical to Saab at the time and only 17% of the cost of the 92 was from imported materials. Hence the Henry Ford principle of any colour you like as long as it's… green in Saab's case! It has been said that the reason that the first Saabs were available in this colour only was that they had a surplus of green paint left over from their wartime aircraft production. Substantiated or not, it's an interesting story.
A two-cylinder, two-stroke 764cc 25hp thermo siphon water-cooled engine powered the 92. The maximum speed was around 105km/h. The 92 had three gears, the first being unsynchronised.
In 1953 the Saab 92 was replaced by the 92B, although that designation was never used in any advertising in its first year of its production.
For the first time Saab offered the option of a factory-fitted large textile sunroof, but at a cost option of 600 krona there were few takers.
A further colour, maroon, was now available and the 10,000th Saab rolled off the assembly line on 6 March 1954.
An electric fuel pump and square rear lamps installed in the rear wings were modifications officially for the 1955 model year but were first introduced on chassis no. 11,001. Standard colours were now grey, maroon and a new moss green.
The Saab 93 was introduced in Dec 1955 but production of the 92B continued alongside its successor with the last 92B being assembled as late as Dec 1956/Jan 1957. Two new colours, grey-green and beige were now offered.
A total of 20,128 Saab 92 models were built, of which 14,828 were of type 92B with the external boot lid.
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