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Saab96

1960–1980 Sweden passenger car 21 production years
Production1960–1980
Recorded originSweden
Classpassenger car
Built547,221 units
Background

The Saab 96 is an automobile manufactured and marketed by Swedish automaker Saab from 1960 to January 1980, replacing the Saab 93. The 96 featured aerodynamic two-door bodywork, four-passenger seating and at first a two-stroke, three-cylinder engine, later a four-stroke V4.

Text adapted from “Saab 96” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1960–1980

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗21 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1960–1979

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗20 years