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Ralph T. Millet
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) Ralph T. Millet, who helped bring the first Saab automobiles to the United States and later became president of the Swedish car maker's U.S. import business, died Friday from lung problems and other ailments. He was 85.
He began the Swedish automaker's U.S. export business in 1956 when the head of Saab urged Millet, who was a Saab purchasing agent, to compete with Volkswagen for sales in the United States.
The first shipment of cars to dealers arrived in late 1956 at Hingham, Mass. Fifteen dealers were signed up the first year, and sales reached 2,200 in 1958.
Saab is now owned by General Motors Corp.
In the late 1960s, Millet became one of the first representatives of the auto industry to be appointed to the Highway Traffic Safety Advisory Council of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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