Saab Automobile does not build many cars like the Saab 9000: a 4-door saloon (car) / saloon (CD) / 5-door hatchback (CC, CS) with 2.0 , built from 1984 to 1998 in the age of turbocharging and the first electronic engine management. Its designer of record is Björn Envall / Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign.
How it came about
The Saab 9000 is an automobile produced by the Swedish company Saab from 1984 to 1998. Representing the company's foray into the executive car scene, it was developed as a result of the successes of the turbocharged 99 and 900 models. The 9000 remained in production until May 1998 and was replaced by the 9-5 in late 1997, although some final cars were produced into 1998. The Saab 9000 was only available with petrol engines, in two different 5-door hatchback designs or as a 4-door notchback.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 2.0 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1410 –. The gearbox is a 4-speed ZF 4HP18 automatic / 5-speed F25 manual. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2672 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Saab Automobile's history is not in doubt: the Saab 9-5 followed it; it was built at Trollhättan. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Renault Espace, the Ferrari Testarossa, the SEAT Ibiza. Its Saab Automobile stablemates include the Saab 60 and the Saab 600.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Saab 9000 — 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.