1958 Saab 93 of Princess Beatrix - The Netherlands

[nordwulf]

This 1958 Saab 93 was given as a gift to Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (prinses Beatrix van Nederland/Holland) in 1959. The license plate is AA-18. All license plates of cars owned by Dutch royalty start with AA.



The current owner is Tommy Mattson (sp?). I assume he lives in Sweden. He received an award for the car at the Saab Festival Dinner in 2010.



If anyone has any more information about the history of this car and how it eventually returned to Sweden, please share here or use Contact US at the bottom of this page.

See the award video here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SaabCars...19/9OB1gDqtLeg

[nordwulf]

It appears the two cars in the picture are not the same. TenFourNL from Twitter comments:
I see 2 different cars. A 1957 Saab 93(A) with Princess Irene and a Swedish Saab 93(B) 750GT.

Peter Backstrom also mentioned it was 750GT at the awards and the split front window seems unique to the 93(A), no?

So... either the 93(A) in the first picture was not the one given to Beatrix and belongs to her sister Irene? Or the royal family had more than one Saab. Or perhaps the 93 from the awards dinner was never owned by Beatrix.

Help solve the mystery!

[nordwulf]

I wish Mr. Backstrom would visit this forum. He probably could tell us every little detail about both cars.