Type designation
| Type designation | 
| General | 
The type designation for manual gearboxes is divided into 4 groups of characters as in the following example:
| R00 | 06 | 013081 | F5 | 
F40 6 WR 335
The three character groups are separated by spaces and contain different information about the gearbox as specified below.
| First group: | 
| R00 | Place of manufacture | ||||||
| Second group: | 
| 06 | Year of manufacture | |
| Third group: | 
| 013081 | Serial number in production | |
| Fourth group: | 
| F5 | Alfa code Saab | |
