VALMET. VALMET in FINLAND

Valmet, P.O. Box 4, 23501 Uusikaupunki, Finland tel. + 3582/84521, fax + 3582/84522009, http://www.valmet-automotive.com

VALMET RACEABOUT 2005

Program: Thunderbird Glass Roof (concept car), Audi A4 Coupe Cabrio (concept car), Raceabout 2005 (concept car).

Valmet was established in 1968 as a joint venture of Finnish capital and Swedish Saab. A year later the production of Saab 96 started in Finland. In 1993 Saab withdrew its investment and since then the Valmet company has been 100% locally owned. At the Geneva 2003 Motor Show, Valmet unveiled the Ford Thunderbird Glass Roof concept car, in Geneva 2004 - Audi A4 Coupe Cabrio, and in Geneva 2005 - the Raceabout 2005 roadster with a 2.0-liter engine. In the years 1969-2004 Valmet produced more than 1,000,000 vehicles of the following makes: Saab (1969-2003), Talbot (1979-87), Opel (1991-97), Lada (1996-98) and Porsche (since 1997). In 2003 the company manufactured a total of 19,226 Porsche and Saab cars.