Saab Formula Junior
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The Saab Formula Junior was a 1960 car by the Swedish car maker Saab.
In 1960 the Saab 93f was being replaced by the Saab 96 and a new 750 cc engine was developed. The competition and testing departments of Saab did not want to see any series produced sports engines with the new size until they had the chance to try some new ideas. These ideas led to the creation of the Formula Junior race cars with which Saab surprised the motor racing world in the late fall of 1960. The cars first showed up at the Gellerås racetrack at Karlskoga and then at the Djurgårds race in Helsinki (Finland).
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The design was (of course) advanced, instead of using a spaceframe chassis like the others Saab chose to construct an advanced monocoque car.
The fibreglass nose protected an inclined three cylinder two stroke engine developing some 70 hp. The cars did not do very well in races, due to the 70-30 weight distrubution creating very pronounced understeer. Only two were built. The drivers were Gösta Karlsson, Carl-Magnus Skogh and Erik Carlsson.
Source:The Saab Way by Gunnar A. Sjögren.