Over one million cars (vanha teksti)

The car number one million rolled out of the plant of Valmet Automotive on June 10th 2005. It was a red Porsche Boxster S delivered to a customer in the USA. The first car, Saab 96, was delivered on November 13th 1969. 

As the car factory started production in Uusikaupunki in 1969, the aim was to build Saab cars mainly for the Finnish customers. However, the good quality and flexibility of the production opened the doors to export markets. For instance, in 1986, the following models were produced: Saab 90, Saab 900, Saab 900 CD, Saab 900 Convertible and Saab 9000. In the record year 1992, the grand total of Saab and Opel Calibra cars produced was 46,688 units. Saab production terminated in April 2003.

The production of the Porsche Boxster roadsters started in September 1997. According to the long-standing agreement made in 2001, Valmet Automotive started the production of the new Porsche Boxster in the autumn 2004, the production of the new Porsche Cayman S in the autumn 2005 and the production of the new Cayman in the summer 2006.