The Saab Story: The Jet Maker That Built the World's Weirdest Cars - Then Disappeared

The story of Saab cars: how a Swedish aircraft company founded in 1937 turned to cars after World War II, letting aircraft engineers design the aerodynamic Saab 92 in 1949. We cover the two-stroke engines, Erik Carlsson's rally victories, the Saab 99 Turbo that helped bring turbocharging to everyday cars, the classic Saab 900 with its ignition key between the seats, the focus on safety, General Motors' purchase of the company, the badge-engineered models that frustrated fans, the 2010 sale to Spyker and the bankruptcy in December 2011, and why Saab fans are still devoted today. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:49 Airplanes first 2:03 The first Saab 3:26 Rally heroes 4:26 The turbo revolution 5:52 The Saab 900 7:45 Enter General Motors 9:06 The fall 11:04 Recap Sources: Saab heritage material and published histories of Saab Automobile Contemporary reports on GM's purchase of Saab, the 2010 sale to Spyker and the December 2011 bankruptcy Rally records for Erik Carlsson (RAC Rally, Monte Carlo Rally) Image credits (resized and cropped for video): 111 public-domain / CC0 images (no attribution required). Additional footage: Pixabay (pixabay.com), Pixabay Content License. Additional photos: Pixabay (pixabay.com), Pixabay Content License. --- Voiceover is produced with AI text-to-speech. Images are licensed (public domain or Creative Commons) and credited in each video description. Sources are listed above for every number in the video. #cars #automotive #MitchTannerCar