Does Saab make commercial aircraft?
Aircraft production Saab has been making aircraft since the 1930s, and the jet predecessors of the JAS 39 Gripen were the Tunnan, the Lansen, the Draken and the Viggen. The last civilian models made by Saab were the Saab 340 and Saab 2000. Both were mid-range turboprop-powered airliners. In total only 63 Saab 2000 were built and four of these where test aircraft of which three never were delivered to any customer. The main market was in Europe even though it was very close to be certified for passenger traffic in the US when several successful Saab 340 operators considered to buy the Saab 2000.
Who is Saab owned by?
Saab is a now-defunct swedish automotive manufacturer that became known in the 1980s for safety and small turbocharged engines. General motors acquired the brand in 2000 and turned it into another gm division. On 13 june 2012, a press conference was held announcing that the bankruptcy assets of saab automobile ab and its subsidiaries saab automobile powertrain ab and saab automobile tools ab as well as the saab factory had been acquired by a chinese consortium called national electric vehicle sweden (nevs).A Chinese-born Swedish investor with Japanese support has agreed to buy bankrupt automaker Saab Automobile and plans to bring it back to life as a maker of electric cars, with an initial focus on the Chinese market, Reuters reported.