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Saab-Scania AB was the name chosen when truck and bus manufacturer Scania-Vabis of Södertälje merged with car and aeroplane manufacturer Saab AB of Trollhättan in 1968,[1] under the Wallenberg family group of companies. The merger meant that Saab no longer had to import the British Triumph Slant-4 engine, and could instead use the engine production facilities of Scania. In 1972 they started manufacturing the 2.0 L B version. In 1977, Saab took advantage of Scania's experience with turbochargers and added one to the engine, thus creating one of the earliest turbocharged automobile engines to be produced in large numbers.
Saab-Scania consisted of following divisions:
Aircraft (traded under the Saab brand) - until 1995
Cars (traded under the Saab brand) - until 1995
Trucks & Buses (traded under the Scania brand) - until 1995
Saab-Scania had following subsidiaries:
AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning (ASJA) - until 1981
Jönköping - until 1983
Nordarmatur - until 1983
Parca Norrahammar - until 1983
MJ[disambiguation needed ] - until 1984
Enertech - to 1988
Combitech - from 1982 to 1995
When the corporation was split in 1995 the name of the truck and bus division changed to Scania AB. Saab Aircraft (Saab AB) and Saab cars were also split, with General Motors buying a major holding in Saab Automobile AB.



Saab — aviation products, including aircraft
Saab Automobile — automobiles
Scania AB — trucks, buses, emergency services and military vehicles
Scania-Vabis — pre-1968 trucks, buses emergency services and military vehicles
Vabis — vehicles before the Scania-Vabis merger, in 1911
See also

Marcus Wallenberg-hallen - Scania Museum in Södertälje, Sweden
Swedish Air Force Museum - aircraft museum in Linköping, Sweden