AB Nyköpings Automobilfabrik

AB Nyköpings Automobilfabrik (1937–1960)
SAAB-ANA (1960–1965)

Industry

Automobile manufacturing, import and sales
Aircraft sales
Motorcycle sales
Farm equipment sales

Founded1937; 87 years ago (1937)Headquarters

Nyköping

Sweden

Parent

Nordiska Kompaniet (1937–1960)
SAAB (from 1960)

SubsidiariesAB Farming

AB Nyköpings Automobilfabrik (ANA) founded in 1937^[1] was an automobile manufacturer in Nyköping, Sweden that assembled trucks from Chrysler, DeSoto, Plymouth, Fargo^[1] and later also Škoda^[1] and Standard^[2]^[3] and from the mid-1950s also Simca.^[1]^[4] From 1946 they also sold Piper aircraft.^[5] The company was founded as a daughter company of Nordiska Kompaniet.^[6] During the 1960s the company distributed Massey Ferguson tractors, developing a modified version of the Ferguson hitch called the Swedish Hitch.^[7]

In 1960, the company was bought by SAAB and renamed SAAB-ANA and changed into being a SAAB dealership.^[1] In 2013 ANA started selling BMW and Mini^[8] and they had since a few years also made police versions of BMW cars and motorcycles.^[9] Some production re-emerged when NEVS bought the bankruptcy estate and in 2016 NEVS announced that the brand name Saab would cease. Hedin bil bought Ana motorcentrum AB 2017 on July 2 and car sales and workshop services continued under the name Trollhättan AB and Hedin bil in Lysekil.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "ANA-utställning i Nyköping". Classic Motor (in Swedish). 2014-10-07. Archived from the original on 2021-09-20. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ Carlsson, Mårten. "Standard hos ANA 1952". Klassiker (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ "Standard 14 Van in Sweden". STandard Motor Club. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ Lindgren, Martin. "Trollhättans arbetare behövs i Nyköping". Realtid (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ Tunberg, Anders (1987). Saab-Ana de första 50-åren. pp. 19f. ISBN 91-87036-04-5.
^ Fröberg, Jonas (17 November 2015). Kampen om SAAB. Massolit.
^ Edward P. Neufeld (15 December 1969). A Global Corporation: A History Of the International Development of Massey Ferguson. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4875-8655-3. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ "Ana börjar sälja BMW". ttela (in Swedish). 31 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^ "Ana bygger polisbilar för BMW". ttela (in Swedish). 31 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.