As you may recall, I used to work for Saab-Scania of America, the company that imported to the United States Saab cars, along with (for a short time) Scania trucks. I ended up working for both divisions. It was a fun place, and my experience there even helped me write a few columns of which I’m rather proud. The subject of today’s column is the rare and fun little sports car the company produced for four model years: the Saab Sonett II.
Now you’re probably wondering, was there a Sonett I? Yes, there was, and I wrote about it in this space many years ago. I probably should write about it again some time, but not today. Today is the “II’s” day.
The early Sonetts are rare for the simple reason that the company didn’t build a whole lot of
