Saab 94...The First Six Sonetts
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From Gunnar A Sjorgren's The SAAB Way: "Saab Sonett--unofficially Saab 94--was
built in only half a dozen units, all for experimental or competition use. The
Sason-designed body was made of fiberglass reinforced plastic and was both low
and light. The car weighed no more than 500kg (1,000 pounds). It was 3.5 meters
long and 825 mm high. It could make the standing kilometer run in 34 seconds.
The main chassis parts were made of light alloy, while most mechanical components,
although sometimes modified, came from the 93. The engine developed 56 hp.
The first Saab Sonett and the Saab 93B, Birds of a feather.
In the 1954 and 1956 Stockholm, Sweden, hosted major automobile shows. During
the later of these, Saab was responsible for one of the major drawing cards;
a low and racy soprts car called Sonett. The car was developed as an experiment--and
as a possible race car--and its fiberglass body hid a 93 engine tuned to develop
57 horspower. In order to run as it should, though, the engine had to be revved
high and kept as cool as possible. The Sonett was not for streets or highways,
it required race courses and experienced drivers. It has a top speed well over
210 km/h (with four-speed gear box and hard-top) and it could very well have
become a contender in the GT class, if the competition rules hadn't been changed
for the 1958 racing season.
The sonett was built in six complete units. Five of these are still around,and
of those one white and one blue are in Saab's museum in Trollhattan. (The
Saab Way, Gunnar Sjogren)
The original 94's are some of the rarest of Saabs. All of them are still in existence.
With luck you'll see one at a National Convention.
Bullnose, 95/96, 97, Saab
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