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Person99
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Pretty!! But all made in Finland?? |
Valmet Automotive has a plant in Uusikaupunki, Finland. They contract builds for other manufacturers. They have build every SAAB convertible ever made as well as all the Viggens. They also build a good share of the Boxsters built.
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Ile
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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Location: Jyväskylä, Finland
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| Person99 wrote: | | garyfritz wrote: |
Pretty!! But all made in Finland?? |
Valmet Automotive has a plant in Uusikaupunki, Finland. They contract builds for other manufacturers. They have build every SAAB convertible ever made as well as all the Viggens. They also build a good share of the Boxsters built. |
Here is listed all models they have made with pictures.
http://www.valmet-automotive.com/automotive/cms.nsf/pages/C06C13A04D7A8921C2257137004E7292?opendocument
Viggen would be nice to have some day, but thanks to Finnish 42% car tax those was about $80000 when new. So here is only few of those locally and those cost insanely also when used. 
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Person99
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| Ile wrote: |
Viggen would be nice to have some day, but thanks to Finnish 42% car tax those was about $80000 when new. |
Well, if you ever get one, be sure to do the chassis mods. That Opel platform SUCKED. Thankfully, it can be improved.
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garyfritz
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Interesting! I thought all the 80's-era Saabs were made in Trollhatten. Wonder if any of my previous Saabs ('86 900 turbo, '88 900S, '88 9000 turbo) were made in Finland?
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Person99
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| garyfritz wrote: | | Interesting! I thought all the 80's-era Saabs were made in Trollhatten. Wonder if any of my previous Saabs ('86 900 turbo, '88 900S, '88 9000 turbo) were made in Finland? |
Many many were. In 1981 VINs became globally standardized, and the 11th position is used for final assembly plant. To decode the VIN of any SAAB ever made:
http://www.saabnet.ru/org/saab_vin.htm
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Ile
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Nice blonds, but I think they haven't ever been even near Finland. 
Except Geena Davis who was married with Finn.
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