Saab 900 Speedster

Built in 1984 in collaboration between designer Leif Mellberg (who was also the designer of Saab EV1 prototype) and Swedish car magazine “Teknikens Varld“. It took a 900, shortened the chassis and cleaned up those lines giving it a more custom look.

Saab 9-2x

Now our North America readers may well recognise this, well maybe, but I guarantee that most people reading this in Europe will be squinting at the screen and muttering “that’s got to be a photoshop”. No you’re right in your thinking it is a Subaru Impreza estate with a Saab 9-3 front end grafted on.

Saab Paddan (The Toad)

Car companies use test mules, older cars that are retrofitted with future underpinnings so the company can test then without the opposition or public noticing. In 1965 Saab decided to replace the now dated 96 with a new modern car. As part of this development programme the Toads, as they became known, were built, four in total.