How would you like to own a weird piece of automotive history? In a little over a week, the final 7 Saabs still remaining in the company’s former Trollhättan, Sweden, production facility are headed to auction. It’s a hodgepodge of pre-production cars hailing from as far back as 2014, and despite the brand’s recent semi-revival under the National Electrical Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) banner, some of them even run on old-fashioned gasoline.
There are actually eight cars up for auction later this month, but only seven of them are Saabs. Three of them are 9-3s from 2014; they’re pre-production examples that would have served as the prototypes for the gasoline cars that NEVS planned to sell to bridge the gap while it worked to bring its new electric models online.
Supposedly, the three remaining 2014 prototypes were intended to be used for crash-testing, but were never needed.
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The other models are all electric. One is a pre-production example of the 2019 9-3 EV that was to be built in China; there’s a second with all-wheel drive. NEVS also had a self-driving 9-3 prototype, along with one fitted with a range extender.
The final car in the listing is a Hengchi 5 crossover. The car was built and sold by Evergrande, but this is merely a prototype.
Interested? Well, how do you feel about booking a last-minute trip to Sweden?
I kid, mostly. You don’t actually have to show up in person to participate in the May 21 auction, but you will need to register for an account with Klaravik. If you’re located anywhere but Sweden, this requires being registered as a business, the listing notes. Swedes can register as private entities; no business required.
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