Saab hung onto two-stroke engine far too long

Drive-by musings

In the April edition of Collectible Automobile (2014), Patrick R. Foster noted that Saab was the last European automaker outside Warsaw Pact countries to produce two-stroke engines. The Swedish automaker switched to a modern four-stroke engine in 1967.

That suggests a dysfunctionally insular organizational culture. As discussed further here, by hanging onto the two-stroke so long, Saab missed an opportunity to go head-to-head with the wildly popular Volkswagen with its iconic 92/93/96 series.


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