The Saab 90 is a 2-door coupe from Saab Automobile, built from 1984 to 1987, in the age of turbocharging and the first electronic engine management. Under the bonnet: 2.0 L H I4. Björn Envall drew it.
The background
The Saab 90 is a family car produced by Saab from September 1984 to 1987. It was manufactured at a facility in Uusikaupunki, Finland, at that time owned by a joint venture with Finnish Valmet called Saab-Valmet. The 90 was a continuation of the Saab 99, and it was basically a Saab 99 from the B-pillar forward with the rear of a Saab 900 sedan. The 90, while easier to build than the 99, was still considerably more labour-intensive than the more modern 900.
The engineering
Power comes from 2.0 L H I4. It weighs 1225 kg. It shifts through a 4-speed manual / 5-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Saab 99; assembly was at Uusikaupunki (Saab-Valmet), Finland. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Ferrari Testarossa, the SEAT Ibiza, the Toyota MR2 — show what else the money bought that year. Its Saab Automobile stablemates include the Saab 60 and the Saab 600.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Saab 90 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.