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The Saab 99 is a European-manufactured compact executive car that was produced by Saab from 1968〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SAAB History )〕 to 1984. == Development == On April 2, 1965, Gudmund's day in Sweden, after several years of planning, the Saab board started ''Project Gudmund''. This was a project to develop a new and larger car to take the manufacturer beyond the market for the smaller Saab 96. This new car became the Saab 99, designed by Sixten Sason and unveiled in Stockholm on November 22, 1967. The first prototypes of the 99 were built by cutting a Saab 96 lengthwise and widening it by ; this created the so-called ''Paddan'' (The toad), which was a disguise for the new project. After that phase, also as a disguise, the first 99 body shell was badged "daihatsu" as that name could be made up out of letters available for other Saab models. The 99 was not only built in Saab's own Trollhättan Assembly, but has also been built by the Finnish Valmet Automotive in Uusikaupunki from 1969 onwards; the last five years of this production (1979-1984) was alongside the Finnish built version of the Talbot Horizon, which shared a similar high quality velour upholstery to the 99.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Talbot of Finland )〕 Although Saab engineers liked the two-stroke engine it was decided that a four-stroke engine was necessary and the choice was a 1.75 L (later 1.85 L) engine from Triumph, the same Triumph Slant-4 engine used in the Triumph Dolomite, but the Saab version was fitted with a Zenith-Stromberg CD carburetor developed specially for Saab. Forty-eight Saab 99s were equipped with a Triumph Stag V8, but the idea to use a V8 was later dropped in favour of a turbocharged engine. A three-door estate version was planned from the start, but never made it into production.〔(saabsportclub.com )〕〔(saabsportclub.com )〕 In 1971 (with thoughts about a combi coupé) the work on an estate was restarted, this time as a five-door.〔(saabsportclub.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saab 99」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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