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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T14:03:20.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nThe final remaining cars at a popular brand's factory site have been sold at auction for almost £80,000.\n\nSaab's Trollhättan factory in Sweden has sold the last cars remaining at the site at a ceremonial event that drew large crowds of enthusiasts.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSeveral hundred people attended the conclusion of the auction of seven models from Saab and Nevs, with some enthusiasts travelling from the United States and across Europe.\n\nThe Trollhättan factory sits around 50 miles north of Gothenburg and employed around 10,000 people at its production peak.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIt was first opened at the end of 1949 and produced millions of Saab vehicles until 2011, when Saab declared bankruptcy.\n\nAnother Swedish company, Nevs, bought Saab Automobile's bankrupt estate in June 2012 and released new vehicles based on the classic Saab 9-3 model.\n\nSome of the vehicles up for auction included an electric 9-3 built in China and developed in Trollhättan, and a 9-3 Aero that was used to collect road data for autonomous driving testing.\n\nDuring the auction, a 2018 Nevs electric car sold for 252,000 krona (£20,045), with all seven vehicles selling for a combined 1.035 million SEK (£82,329).\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nCarita Nero, CEO of Klaravik, which hosted the auction, said: \"Given the level of interest we had sensed beforehand, it perhaps came as no great surprise - but it was no less gratifying for that.\n\n\"For us at Klaravik, however, this sale has always been about something bigger: paying tribute to Saab in a manner befitting the industrial institution it has been for so many years.\n\n\"The fact that the cars and the auctions have been covered in 47 countries around the world speaks to the legendary status Saab still holds.\"\n\nShe added that she was \"proud\" to have been able to display the Saab and Nevs vehicles and reach such a large audience.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Drivers turn their backs on EVs as majority refuse to make switch away from petrol and diesel\n  * Emergency vehicles blocked by 'selfish' drivers before teen tragedy as calls for new parking rules tighten\n  * Drivers to see pay and display machines disappear amid dramatic switch to cashless parking\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAll but one of the cars sold for more than 100,000 SEK (£7,954), with a Nevs 9-3 electric prototype with a petrol range extender selling for just 62,000 krona (£4,931).\n\nSwedish private individuals and companies were responsible for all of the cars being purchased, with some of them being based in Western Sweden.\n\nCommenting on the auction, Nina Selander, CEO of Nevs, said: \"It has been a day filled with so much emotion.\n\n\"Above all, it has been wonderful and truly moving to see how much Saab means to so many people.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"Giving people the chance to come here, enjoy themselves and connect with fellow Saab enthusiasts over a memorable day was always our goal - and on that front, we really feel we succeeded.\n\n\"Seeing the final prices reach such heights is, of course, hugely gratifying, and shows that Saab's legacy - through its devoted following - will live on for many, many years to come.\"\n\nThe auction was first launched on May 21 on the Klaravik platform, before coming to a close at the Trollhättan factory on May 30.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Major car brand popular in the 1980s sells final vehicles ever produced in 'emotional' auction​"
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