Start with what the Saab 900 is: a 2-door convertible (car) / convertible / 2/4-door sedan (car) / sedan / 3/5-door hatchback with 2.0 , built from 1978 to 1997, as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Björn Envall.
Where it came from
The Saab 900 is a compact car (first series) respectively mid-sized (second series) automobile produced by Swedish manufacturer Saab from 1978 until 1998 in two generations: the first from 1978 to 1993, and the second from 1993 to 1998.
Under the skin
The engine is 2.0 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a 4/5-speed Manual transmission / manual / 3-speed Borg-Warner Borg-Warner_35_transmission / T-37 Automatic transmission / automatic. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2517 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
In the GM (General Motors) line-up the Saab 900 has a clear place: it replaced the Saab 99; it handed the line to the Saab 9-3; the factory was Trollhättan. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Mazda RX-7, the Toyota Supra, the Lancia Delta. Nearby in the GM (General Motors) catalogue sit the 1955 Chevrolet and the 1957 Chevrolet.
Owning one today
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Saab 900 has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.