{"id":1934810,"date":"2026-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1934810"},"modified":"2026-05-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:00:00","slug":"the-last-saabs-left-at-its-trollhattan-factory-are-going-up-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1934810","title":{"rendered":"The last Saabs left at its Trollh\u00e4ttan factory are going up for auction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Attention all Saab<\/a> fans: a load of 9-3 prototypes that were left at the factory in Trollh\u00e4ttan are coming up for auction\u2026 and they’ll all be sold with no reserve.<\/p>\n

In total, seven 9-3s currently owned by NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden) will be auctioned by Klaravik, with the online listings opening for bids on 21 May. The hammers will then fall on 30 May with an event at the factory, and we\u2019re told the public can attend free of charge to get one last look. Sad times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The prototypes include an electric 9-3 that was built in China but developed in Trollh\u00e4ttan, and which now has over 20,000 miles on its clock. There\u2019s also a pre-prod all-wheel drive EV with four in-wheel motors \u2013 yep, like the Emily GT<\/a> \u2013 while another (the one pictured with interesting black camouflage) is powered by an electric motor but features a petrol range-extender.<\/p>\n

The final prototype is an EV with a heap of autonomous kit including GPS, lidar and cameras. Could be a self-driving bargain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Three pre-production 9-3s from NEVS\u2019 attempted restart of production in 2014 are also heading up for sale, making them some of the last Saabs ever built.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy allowing the final remaining examples to move on with dignity, we want to pay tribute to Sweden\u2019s proud automotive history,\u201d said NEVS boss Nina Selander.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attention all Saab fans: a load of 9-3 prototypes that were left at the factory in Trollh\u00e4ttan are coming up for auction\u2026 and they’ll all be sold with no reserve. In total, seven 9-3s currently owned by NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden) will be auctioned by Klaravik, with the online listings opening for bids on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-1934810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1934810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1934810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1934810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1934810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}