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==Design== An automobile design project was started in 1945 by [[Saab AB]], a manufacturer of warplanes, with the internal name X9248.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Ce_4UTP97ZIC&pg=PT84 |title=Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything |first=Stephen |last= Bayley |publisher=Hachette UK|date= Feb 2012 |isbn=9781840916065 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hemmings.com/hsx/stories/2008/12/01/hmn_feature19.html |title=Sixten Sason | Hemmings Motor News |first=Jim |last= Donnelly |work=hemmings.com |date=December 2008 |accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref> The design project became formally known as Project 92; the 92 being next in production sequence after the [[Saab 91]], a single engine trainer aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://saabmuseum.com/en/saab-model/ursaab/ |title=Ursaab — The Saab Museum |work=saabmuseum.com |year=2012 |accessdate=3 May 2012 |archive-date=13 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513213600/http://saabmuseum.com/en/saab-model/ursaab/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The aim was to design a car that would compete with small German cars like [[Opel Kadett]], [[VW Beetle]], [[DKW]] and [[Adler (automobile)|Adler]]. The target consumer price was 3200 SEK. Bror Bjurströmer, who was then head of the design department, developed a 1:25 scale sketch and the overall design specifications, which included the following: a [[wheelbase]] of {{convert|2.75|m|in|1}} and total length of {{convert|4.5|m|in|1}}; employment of a [[monocoque]] design; 50% less [[drag (physics)|drag]] than other cars; 800 kilogram maximum weight; power from a [[transverse engine|transverse-mounted]] [[two stroke cycle|two-stroke]] [[internal combustion engine|engine]]; and [[front-wheel drive]]. The choice of rear-hinged doors was made by [[Gunnar Ljungström]] (head of the development team) as he wanted to lessen the risk of damaging doors whilst driving out of a garage.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} The company made four prototypes, 92001 through to 92004, before designing the production model, the [[Saab 92]], in 1949.
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