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Saab 900 convertible prototype with luggage rack, later available as an accessory Saab 900 convertible In the mid-1980s, the president of Saab-Scania of America (U.S. importer owned by Saab AB), Robert J. Sinclair , suggested a convertible version to increase sales.
Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide. Navigation ... The following is a List of Saab passenger cars indexed by year of ... 900: Compact executive car/Large ...
The 9000 was launched to the motoring press at a conference at Kolmården Game Park on 24 May 1984 [13] and 1985 in the European market. This original model called "Saab 9000 Turbo 16" was a five-door hatchback, only available with a manual gearbox and the 2.0-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with 16 valves, already known from the 900.
The Saab 900 Aero was introduced for the 1984 model year, or as it was known in the U.S. "Special Performance Group" (SPG). The Aero/SPG incorporated (depending on the market and model year) a body skirt; a sport-suspension (1987+) that included shorter, stiffer springs, stiffer shocks, and sway bars; leather seats; premium stereo; and air conditioning.
This was reputedly the first-ever Saab car imported to the UK. The Saab 93 was introduced in December 1955, but both the 92B and 93 were produced at the same time, for a while. The last 92 was assembled in late 1956–early 1957. Two new colours, grey-green and beige, were available. A total of 20,128 Saab 92s were made.
The second type of Saab two stroke engine was a longitudinally placed inline-three cylinder of 748 cc (45.6 cu in) and initially 33 hp (25 kW). It was used in the Saabs 93, 94 (Sonett I, with an engine tuned to 57.5 hp (42.9 kW)), Saab Sonett II, 95, 96, Saab Granturismo, the Saab Formula Junior and the Saab Quantum.
The sheet metal workers at Saab-Valmet in Nystad thus welded together two bodies in the same way and only then was the car shown to Björn Envall, who was then design manager at Saab. That the name was changed from 99 to 90 was because the name would harmonize better with the Saab 900 and the then new Saab 9000. [citation needed]
1991 Saab B212 engine. It is longitudinally mounted in a SAAB 900. In 1991, Saab introduced a 140 hp (103 kW) 2.1-litre naturally aspirated 16 valve version of this engine, with an increased displacement of (2.1 L; 129.3 cu in (2,119 cc)) and a resulting name of B212. The inlet manifold was enlarged and redesigned for better and greater flow ...