The first new Saabs in more than two years have rolled off the production line in Sweden.
There's good news for fans of Sweden's most beleaguered car manufacturer as Saab begins producing cars again, more than two years after the last cars left the firm's Trollhattan factory.
Saab, which was declared bankrupt in 2011 and bought by the Chinese-backed National Electric Vehicles Sweden (NEVS) last June, has confirmed that two petrol-powered 9-3s have rolled off the production lines.
However, while the cars are fully functional and identical to the 9-3s being built before the firm's closure, they will not be available to the public and have been produced purely to help calibrate and de-bug the factory's assembly line.
Production of the new 9-3 will, however, resume for good later this year and a new fully-electric model will go into production in 2014. Saab has also confirmed that it will unveil a facelift across the 9-3 range once production is back up to speed.
Mattias Bergman, acting president for NEVS, said: "I am pleased that today we have assembled our first car to verify all the production processes here in Trollhättan.
"Prior to our decision to start production of Saab cars, we need to finalize a few remaining dialogues to build partnerships with suppliers. We now know that the plant is ready for production."
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