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Triple Threat

From its earliest days as an offshoot of a national defense firm building aircraft for the Swedish military, the Saab Automobile company earned a reputation for function-over-form design. This rational approach would never earn mass acceptance, and indeed, through its end in 2011, Saab’s cars were an acquired taste. Shifting focus from the whole

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