page_title: Saab Toad
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Saab Toad / Description
caption_attribution_description: SAAB Paddan (Toad), disguised vehicle used for testing the SAAB 99 chassis.
context_page_description: The SAAB Toad, or Paddan in Swedish, was a development car SAAB made in 1966 to test out the new chassis, drive train and engine for the Saab 99.
context_section_description: The reason for this project was to preserve secrecy during development of the new model, the SAAB 99, which was the company's first radically new body shape since the first cars made in 1947. The Toad used the body of a SAAB 96, which was long enough for the purpose but had to be widened by 20 centimetres (7.9 in). This was achieved by cutting the body in half lengthwise and inserting 20 cm of steel 'spacer'. The windscreen (windshield) and rear window clearly showed the 'seam'. Of course, the bonnet (hood) and grille required widening in a different way, to prevent changing the appearance of the centrally-placed features, as the picture shows. The Triumph 'in-line four' engine of the future Saab 99 replaced the 'Ford Taunus V4 engine' of the SAAB 96.
caption: SAAB Paddan with in-line four fitted
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