1967 Saab 96 Rally Car - The 13th Winter Challenge. Why Do Anything Else? MotorTrend Staff Writer Jul 16, 2002. See 1 Photo. It's a distinctive sound, a three-cylinder two-stroke Saab rally car on ...

One such Saab—a 1964 96—is up for auction in its native Sweden, ... The 96 was a competitive rally car well into the ’70s, as ...

The Saab 96’s success in rally came not from brute power, but an ability to retain grip and composure on slippery surfaces like gravel and snow. Because I was driving on perfectly dry tarmac (and ...

Ahead of its time in terms of engineering, the 96 would find great success in rally events around the world. A Saab 96 was driven by Erik Carlsson and netted him firsts in several prestigious ...

A classic 1960 Saab 96 rally car has left its homeland, Sweden, headed for Southern Mexico to compete in the grueling 19th La Carrera Panamericana (The Mexican Road Race), which runs from Veracruz ...

Rally driver and life-long promotor of Saab automobiles, Erik Carlsson has died at 86. Carlsson won 12 rallies for Swedish manufacturer Saab between 1955 and 1970. Included in those wins were wins ...

Saab's Historic Rally Team has managed to bring five members from Southampton to Sheffield. They will take part in a trip up to the small village of Pickering in North Yorkshire, for the start of ...

While it was far from powerful and fast, the Saab 96 had a few notable appearances on the rally scene. It won the RAC Rally three years in a row (1960-1962) and scored two wins at Monte Carlo in ...

You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. Fifty years ago, legendary rally car driver Erik Carlsson romped through his first of three – in a row - British RAC rally titles while ...

Welcome to Found Off The Street, our look at cars usually found on the cape that rust liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we have a "found off the cape" 1971 Saab 96.