AB Nyköpings Automobilfabrik

AB Nyköpings Automobilfabrik (ANA) founded in 1937[1] was an automobile manufacturer in Nyköping 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
Assembly of Standard Vanguard in 1953
For other uses of "ANA", see Ana.

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]

References
  1. "ANA-utställning i Nyköping". Classic Motor. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. Carlsson, Mårten. "Standard hos ANA 1952". Klassiker. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. "Standard 14 Van in Sweden". STandard Motor Club. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. Lindgren, Martin. "Trollhättans arbetare behövs i Nyköping". Realtid. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. Tunberg, Anders (1987). Saab-Ana de första 50-åren. pp. 19f. ISBN 91-87036-04-5.
  6. Fröberg, Jonas (17 November 2015). Kampen om SAAB. Massolit.
  7. Edward P. Neufeld (15 December 1969). A Global Corporation: A History Of the International Development of Massey Ferguson. ISBN 9781487586553. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  8. "Ana börjar sälja BMW". ttela. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  9. "Ana bygger polisbilar för BMW". ttela. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2020.


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