A blog dedicated to the unique, crazy, quirky, awesome, different, alternative cars and airplanes made by the Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolag: SAAB.
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My SAAB 99 Turbo on Forza Motorsports 4
My 1995 SAAB 900 SE Turbo turned 70,000 miles today.
To commemorate I took her out for an extended drive. We left Ansbach and spent the next three hours driving around the German country side. No destination, just driving through farm fields, forests and small towns. I made it a point to stay out of the Autobahn: this was a relaxing drive, not a race!
After getting home I had a smile on my face, as each and every mile today was cherished, each village behind me a place touched by my SAAB.
In two years of ownership she has had everything I could ask for in a car: comfort, speed, grunt, reliability, good gas mileage. She is like a favorite pet, loyal and always ready to cheer you up when you’re down. She is mine.
Yes, you can love a car. I love my SAAB!
SAAB 900 Turbo Trackest
Snabb… och snygg
SAAB 9000
Produced from 1984 to 1997, the 9000 was SAAB’s first large car. Based on the Type Four platform, it shared a lot of its design with the Fiat Chroma, Lancia Thema, and the Alfa Romeo 164.
The 9000 featured the same basic engine as the Classic 900, but with higher horsepower due to SAAB’s new Direct Injection system. By 1989 SAAB increased the 9000’s engine to 2.3 liters, and in 1993 launched the 9000 Aero, which had a 225 hp, 2.3 liter engine, that used a larger Mitsubishi TD04 turbo, and an intercooler.
The performance of the Aero version was commendable, with 50-75 mph (80-120 km/h) acceleration times faster than a Porsche Carrera 4 or a Ferrari Testarossa.
SAAB 99
The SAAB 99 was the manufacturer’s first main selling car that was not based on the 92 chassis. It was a major departure from SAAB’s early curvy designs.
The 99 featured a four cylinder, four stroke engine that was designed by Triumph, tilted at 45 degrees on the engine bay. It was one of the first cars to have an electric fan for pushing air through the radiator. Until 1971 the engines were built by Triumph and shipped to Sweden, but due to reliability problems, SAAB started making the engine in Sweden in 1972, naming it the SAAB B engine.
The car had excellent visibility due to the deep wraparound windshield, and the deeply raked A-pillars. While less aerodynamic than its SAAB 96 predecessor, the 99 was still more aerodynamic than its contemporary competition, with a Cx of 0.37, while most other cars of the 1970s had Cx of 0-40 to 0.50.
The 99 only really became famous, however, when SAAB fitted the B engine with a turbo charger, making the SAAB 99 Turbo. Porsche had fitted turbos to its cars before, but they required not only lots of money, but lots of skill to drive. By fitting a turbocharger to the 99 SAAB made the first practical family car that was turbocharged. The 145 horsepower extracted from the turbo 2.0 liter engine impressed many magazines of the time.
SAAB 900 Turbo
My own SAAB: a ‘95 900 SE Turbo
3 DREAM CARS
1985 saab 900 turbo, 1972 Austin Mini Cooper, Pre 70s Volkswagen Beetle. (via bonmerde)
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SAAB 900 (yes, it’s a 900, not a 9-3) on 19” wheels looks sick!!
(Source: dylancroteau)
SAAB 9-3 Viggen heavily tuned engine
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SAAB 9-3 Viggen
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SAAB 900 SE
