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]
 Model of the ANA factory 1948 | |
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| Founded | 1937 |
| Headquarters | , Sweden |
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| Subsidiaries | AB Farming |
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
edit- ^ 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.
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