VIN: YS3DF5XXXXXXXXXXX
Manufacturer: Saab Automobile AB
Product line: SAAB 9-3
Body type: 5-door Hatchback
Gear box: 5-Speed Manual
Engine type: 2.0 Turbo, 205 hp
Model year: 2000
Assembly plant: Trollhattan, Sweden, line A or B
Serial number: 026750
Control symbol: Passed
SRS: Dual Airbags, 9-3SE

man it doesnt give my engine model!

 

VIN: YS3DP35GXXxxxxxxx
Manufacturer: Saab Automobile AB
Product line: SAAB 9-3
Body type: 3-door Hatchback
Gear box: 5-Speed Manual
Engine type: B235R High Output Turbo
Model year: 1999
Assembly plant: Nystad, Finland
Serial number: 061435
Control symbol: Passed
SRS: Viggen

 

heres a good one, this is the notchback naturally:

VIN: YS3ACxxxxxxxxxxxx
Manufacturer: Saab Automobile AB
Product line: SAAB 900
Body type: 2-door Sedan
Gear box: 3-Speed Automatic
Engine type: B202 16V
Model year: 1986
Assembly plant: Nystad, Finland
Serial number: 026467
Control symbol: Passed
SRS: none

iirc, the finland plant is where all the convertibles were assembled, makes sense they'd make the notchback there.

Paul

 

Every Saab I have ever owned has been from Trollhattan but one. My 99 was a Belgian car. That's why it rusted away. They put the paint on over wet primer on those cars.

Manufacturer: Saab Automobile AB
Product line: SAAB 900
Body type: 3-door Hatchback
Gear box: 5-Speed Manual
Engine type: B202 16V turbo with intercooler
Model year: 1985
Assembly plant: Trollhattan, Sweden, line A or B
Serial number: 032770
Control symbol: Passed
SRS: none

 

Product line: SAAB 9-3
Body type: 5-door Hatchback
Gear box: 4-Speed Automatic
Engine type: 2.0 Turbo, 205 hp
Model year: 2002
Assembly plant: Trollhattan, Sweden, line A or B
Serial number: 013761
Control symbol: Passed
SRS: Dual Airbags, 9-3SE​

 

Product line: SAAB 9-3
Body type: 5-door Hatchback
Gear box: 4-Speed Automatic
Engine type: 2.0 Turbo, 205 hp
Model year: 2002
Assembly plant: Trollhattan, Sweden, line A or B
Serial number: 013761
Control symbol: Passed
SRS: Dual Airbags, 9-3SE
​

You went outa your way to finance a car and you got an automatic? That surprises me.

 

heres a good one, this is the notchback naturally:

VIN: YS3ACxxxxxxxxxxxx
Manufacturer: Saab Automobile AB
Product line: SAAB 900
Body type: 2-door Sedan
Gear box: 3-Speed Automatic
Engine type: B202 16V
Model year: 1986
Assembly plant: Nystad, Finland
Serial number: 026467
Control symbol: Passed
SRS: none

iirc, the finland plant is where all the convertibles were assembled, makes sense they'd make the notchback there.

Paul

yay, we are both Finland brothers!

 

You went outa your way to finance a car and you got an automatic? That surprises me.

it's cheaper to finance the automatic than it is to take a month off work to have my shoulder repaired when the only serious problem I was having was when I was driving.

I could have kept looking, but it was one of those "I need a car NOW and this one is pretty damn good" things...

 

yay, we are both Finland brothers!

im thinkin they must have built all the oddball cars there, the low production ones, know what i mean?

Paul

 

http://www.saabnet.ru/vin.htm

I tried this out on my SPG, here is what I got-

VIN: YS3ATXXXXXXXXXXX
Manufacturer: Saab Automobile AB
Product line: SAAB 900
Body type: 3-door Hatchback
Gear box: 5-Speed Manual
Engine type: B202 16V turbo with intercooler
Model year: 1988
Assembly plant: Arlov, Sweden
Serial number: 016325
Control symbol: Passed
SRS: none

Lame, you can't even read the numbers off the top of your head?

Y is a Northern Europe
S3 - Saab
A - 900
T - 900 Turbo

Now let me guess the rest of your vin...

3 - 3 door
5 - 5-speed manual
L - 16 vT
J - 1988 model year
3 - Arlov Sweden manufacture

so

YS3AT35LxJ3016325

where x is a random check digit which has a mathematical function behind it, I can calculate it but don't feel like it.

 

im thinkin they must have built all the oddball cars there, the low production ones, know what i mean?

Paul

Makes sense to me. Maybe since they were lower volume more time and attention to build quality was paid

 

hmmm.... too bad I'm banned hahaha.... fuckin saabnet.

 

hmmm.... too bad I'm banned hahaha.... fuckin saabnet.

youre banned from saabnet.ru? didnt know you spoke russian!

Paul

 

hahahaha... damn, i didnt even notice. lol... i looked at the link and said, nope... not even worth my time to click....

but i just clicked and it worked... now i have to go look at my vin haha.

 

VIN: YS3ALXXXXXXXXXXXX
Manufacturer: Saab Automobile AB
Product line: SAAB 900
Body type: 3-door Hatchback
Gear box: 5-Speed Manual
Engine type: B202 16V turbo with intercooler
Model year: 1988
Assembly plant: Trollhattan line B or Arlov, Sweden
Serial number: 027449
Control symbol: Passed
SRS: none

 

im thinkin they must have built all the oddball cars there, the low production ones, know what i mean?

Paul

i thought i had heard once that all the spg's and verts were built in the same place, now certainly more cars were also built there, but i thought the spgs and verts were all built in the finland plant. now of course theres already an exception with deloreans spg so who really knows.

and jameson - the viggens were contracted, i guess thats the right word for it, to the same people that make the porsche boxters. just something intersting my father told me about once.

 

i thought i had heard once that all the spg's and verts were built in the same place, now certainly more cars were also built there, but i thought the spgs and verts were all built in the finland plant. now of course theres already an exception with deloreans spg so who really knows.

and jameson - the viggens were contracted, i guess thats the right word for it, to the same people that make the porsche boxters. just something intersting my father told me about once.

Both of my SPGs have been line B.

 

haha where there goes that theory, i totally forget who told me that but if i ever remember i'll be sure to yell at them.

 

and jameson - the viggens were contracted, i guess thats the right word for it, to the same people that make the porsche boxters. just something intersting my father told me about once.

Valmet in Uusisaupunki (or something like that) was a joint venture to build Saabs in Finland in the 96 days. Eventually it shifted to convertibles only, then a few small runs, now makes Boxsters.

 

Finland was convertibles and notchbacks only (because basically it is a convertible with a solid roof)....

 

Finland was convertibles and notchbacks only (because basically it is a convertible with a solid roof)....

Does the notch have the same wept windshield and larger frame rails that a conv. has???? Didn't think so...:-D Really a notch is a 2 door version of a 4 door, the convertibles really had a lot more things that are different compared to any other c900 than what meets the eye, and the notch is certainly NOT a solid top c900 conv.!

Just nit-picking...

 

Does the notch have the same wept windshield and larger frame rails that a conv. has???? Didn't think so...:-D Really a notch is a 2 door version of a 4 door, the convertibles really had a lot more things that are different compared to any other c900 than what meets the eye, and the notch is certainly NOT a solid top c900 conv.!

Just nit-picking...

It's more like a 3 door than a four door. But yeah the drop top has a very stonger floor and a sheet of metal behind the back seat. Paul, that metal behind the back seat might be an idea to throw into the notch rocket. It being a notch back, the behind the seat action, and Scions subframe brace would make it stiff as a monkey in the viagra lab.

 

Nice analogy... I'll have to remember that one.

 

VIN: YS3DF55PXXXXXXXXXX
Manufacturer: Saab Automobile AB
Product line: SAAB 9-3
Body type: 5-door Hatchback
Gear box: 5-Speed Manual
Engine type: B204R - 2.0L high output turbo
Model year: 1999
Assembly plant: Trollhattan, Sweden, line A or B
Control symbol: Passed
SRS: Dual Airbags, 9-3SE

 

COOOL!

VIN: YS3DFxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Manufacturer: Saab Automobile AB
Product line: SAAB 900 2nd generation
Body type: 5-door Hatchback
Gear box: 5-Speed Manual
Engine type: B204L - 2.0L turbo with intercooler
Model year: 1998
Assembly plant: Trollhattan, Sweden, line A or B
Serial number: 018674
Control symbol: Passed
SRS: Dual Airbags, 9-3SE