The Saab Formula Junior was a car built in 1960 by the Swedish car maker Saab .
12-487: In 1960, the Saab 93 F was being replaced by the Saab 96 and a new 841 cc engine was developed. The competition and testing departments of Saab did not want to see any series produced sports engines with the new size until they had a chance to try some new ideas. These ideas led to the creation of these Formula Junior race cars with which Saab surprised the motor racing world in the late autumn of 1960. The cars first showed up at
24-499: A classic post-war automobile produced between 1945 and 1975 is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saab 93 The Saab 93 (pronounced ninety-three ) is the second production automobile that was manufactured by Swedish automaker Saab . Styled by Sixten Sason , it was first presented on December 1, 1955. The 93 was powered by a longitudinally-mounted three-cylinder 748 cc Saab two-stroke engine giving 33 hp (25 kW). The gearbox had three gears,
36-662: A track record ( Stockholm ) were achieved. The 70%-30% front-rear weight distribution created pronounced understeer . This was only partially overcome by designing the rear suspension to encourage the inside rear wheel to lift during cornering. Only two cars were built, as later regulations made them even less competitive. They were retired at the end of the 1961 racing season. History records them as having fulfilled an important developmental role for Saab's competition department. The cars appeared in typical Swedish livery of blue and yellow. The drivers were Gösta Karlsson , Carl-Magnus Skogh and Erik Carlsson . This article about
48-579: Is known to be very difficult for non-Nordic drivers. The first driver to win the Swedish Rally who wasn't from Sweden or Finland was Frenchman Sébastien Loeb in 2004 ; Frenchman Sébastien Ogier was the second non-Nordic winner (with wins in 2013, 2015 and 2016), with Belgian Thierry Neuville and Estonian Ott Tänak also recording wins in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Spaniard Carlos Sainz finished second four times and third two times. The rally has been cancelled three times; in 1974 due to
60-524: Is located in the town of Torsby , which is actually much closer to the special stages than Karlstad. The competition is spread out over three days with the start of the first part on Friday morning and the finish on Sunday afternoon. In 1973 the rally was introduced to the World Rally Championship and started to get international attention; the Swedish Rally has been also traditionally the only rally held on snow . Like Rally Finland , this rally
72-536: The 93B was introduced. The original two-piece windshield was also replaced with a one-piece windshield. In 1957, Erik Carlsson finished 1st in the Finland Rally in a Saab 93; in 1959, he was 1st in the Swedish Rally , also in a Saab 93. However, Saab was not the first Swedish manufacturer to win the Swedish Rally . Saab's long-standing Swedish rival, Volvo , had beaten them consecutively in 1957 and 1958 with
84-684: The Gelleråsen racetrack at Karlskoga and then at the Eläintarhanajot race in Helsinki ( Finland ), in 1961, finishing 4th and 5th. The body design was unusual. Instead of using a multi-tubular spaceframe chassis like other Formula Junior cars, Saab chose to construct an advanced aluminium monocoque car, with a plastic nose-cone. The fibreglass nose protected a 'bored-out' horizontal 950 cc three cylinder two stroke engine, with two dual Solex carburettors developing some 95 bhp - (one of
96-897: The KAK-Rally , the International Swedish Rally , and later the Uddeholm Swedish Rally , is an automobile rally competition held in February in Värmland , Sweden and relocated to Umeå in 2022. First held in 1950 , as a summer rally called the Rally to the Midnight Sun ( Swedish : Midnattssolsrallyt ) with start and finish at separate locations, seventeen years later both start and finish became located in Karlstad . The main service park
108-571: The PV544 . In late 1959, the 93F was introduced, featuring front-hinged doors from the Saab GT750 . 1960 was the last year of production for the 93. The 93 was replaced by the Saab 96 , although the two models were sold side by side for the earlier part of the year. A total of 52,731 Saab 93s were made. The Saab Sonett I roadster shared many of its components with the 93. Swedish Rally The Rally Sweden ( Swedish : Svenska rallyt ), formerly
120-483: The oil crisis , in 1990 because of the mild weather and in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic . The rally was also not held in 2009 due to the WRC's round rotation system. Weather continues to be a concern, as rising global temperatures reduce the likelihood of appropriately snowy conditions every year. The 2005 event was one of the warmest ever, turning many stages into mud and destroying the special studded snow tires used by
132-437: The carburettors was cut in half, thus providing three chokes — one for each of the three cylinders). There was a cross-flow radiator , for cooling. The suspension was purpose-built, incorporating a unique type of tensile spring. The cars did not do very well in races, due to their cornering ability and their relatively low-powered engine (the later regulations allowed up to 1100 cc engines). Nonetheless, two first places and
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#1732869361291144-499: The first unsynchronised. In order to overcome the problems of oil starvation on overrun (engine braking) for the two-stroke engine, a freewheel device was fitted. In 1957, two-point seatbelts were introduced as an option. The 93 was the first Saab to be exported from Sweden, with most exports going to the United States . A Saxomat clutch and a cabrio coach (large cloth sunroof) were available as options. On September 2, 1957,
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