Eight Saabs Hit Last Saab Cars Factory Auction in Sweden
Eight of the last Saab cars ever built are headed to the last saab cars factory auction in Sweden, with Klaravik opening bidding on May 21 at the Trollhättan plant. The sale pulls together prototype and pre-production vehicles that spent years at the factory, giving collectors one public shot at the remaining Saab-era stock.
Eight cars are included, and every one will sell without reserve. The lineup includes three 2014 Saab 9-3 prototypes, with odometer readings of 11,000 miles, 23,842 miles and 36,000 miles, plus a 2018 NEVS 9-3 Electric model showing 23,000 miles.
Three other NEVS 9-3 Electric models are also in the auction, including one with early autonomous technology and another prototype fitted with a fuel-powered range extender. The lot also includes the only Hengchi 5 in Sweden, with 28 miles on the odometer. Bidding closes on May 30, when a special event will be held at the Trollhättan facility.
Trollhättan’s final Saab inventory
1947 marked the start of Saab’s era, but the path to this auction runs through the company’s later collapse and the reuse of its home factory. General Motors sold its stake in Saab to Spyker Cars in 2011, and National Electric Vehicle Sweden later operated out of the Trollhättan plant from 2013 to 2019.
NEVS kept the site active long after Saab’s original run ended, building limited runs of gas-powered Saab models and later using the shell of General Motors’ last Saab models to develop battery-electric power. That history is why this sale is more than a normal collector event: it is clearing out the last Saab-linked vehicles that remained at the plant.
NEVS assets and rare parts
2023 brought a sharper break, when NEVS laid off most of its employees and a portion of the Trollhättan factory was transferred to Polestar. By September 2025, NEVS had already begun auctioning off assets from the plant, including rare Saab parts and scale models.
Emmet White described the lot as a rare chance to buy Saab’s final factory survivors, and that is the practical reality for collectors now: the usable window is short, the vehicles are singular, and the bidding starts at zero protection for the seller. The sale compresses the end of Saab’s Trollhättan chapter into one no-reserve auction, with May 30 set to decide where the cars go next.
