Saab Lancia 600

The Saab Lancia 600 was developed jointly by Saab and Lancia car model based on the Lancia Delta.

Shortly after dam leakage of the production of the Saab 96 in January 1980, the Saab Lancia 600 was introduced in the Nordic countries. Saab had previously worked with Lancia and the small Autobianchi A112 sold the Nordic countries since 1974 as Lancia A112in.

The 600 of the clientele was offered as a "real" Saab, which was only made ​​in Italy. The development of the heating and ventilation system, Saab was involved. The sale started promising, but with the onset of winter, the heating system revealed to be unsuitable for the climate in the north. Thus, the sale collapsed, and it took until 1983 until the vehicles of the vintage were sold off in 1980, which was only possible with high discounts. The car was still available until 1986 in Sweden, where he was advertised but not more than Saab, but as a Lancia.

The Year 1980 was also sold in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. However, he sold even worse than in Sweden because of its high price in Denmark and Norway. Also in Finland was Saab importer for the Saab Lancia 600 Here, however, the car was not advertised, as he stood at the Saab - Valmet produced by Horizon in competition.

There was the vehicle in three versions: the 600 GL with 1300 cc and 55 kW (75 hp), 600 GLS with 1500 cc and 63 kW (85 PS) and the 1500 version as the 600 GLE. The "E" was not for injection, but referred to a luxury standard. From 1983, only the version with 1500 cm ³ and was offered 63 kW. The GLS and GLE versions were intended exclusively for Sweden.