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Geoff1951

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Saab and Volvo
« on: 21 February 2013, 10:50:29 AM »
This comes under the heading "off-topic chat"...

I occasionally change my avatar, this is the cockpit of a Saab Viggen. Now that IS Aero specification.  :)
But the reason for my post, I've just read that it was powered by a Volvo engine.  :o :'(
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Re: Saab and Volvo
« Reply #1 on: 21 February 2013, 11:17:02 AM »
...although that Volvo Aero engine was a licensed design based on a Pratt and Whitney engine with extra Swedishness added (afterburners!). Volvo Aero itself is located next door to the old Saab assembly plant in Trollhattan but this is because Volvo Aero was originally part of Saab until it got spun out and turned into Volvo Aero some time later on.
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Re: Saab and Volvo
« Reply #2 on: 21 February 2013, 07:56:48 PM »
...and last year Volvo Aero was bought by British company GKN...  !
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Re: Saab and Volvo
« Reply #3 on: 21 February 2013, 08:26:11 PM »
Oooo - this is interesting - so I'm not moving that far away from the marque.

I love aero's - especially the mint one's - yum yum - sorry Geoff :)
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Re: Saab and Volvo
« Reply #4 on: 21 February 2013, 10:42:39 PM »
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