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Pages 3

4 Saab

900 Turbo

Four Doo r

.

Page

5

Introduc

tion

Page s 6

7 T

he

Sa

ab Engine

Pages

Pages 2 2 2 3

Luggage

Space.

Pa

ges 2 4 2 5

Safety.

Pages

2 6 2

7

A

ccessories.

Pages 2

8 3 0

Mode

ls an

d

S

pecification

s.

Page

31

Colo

rs.


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THEUNP

ACHIEVEMENTS OF SAAB WEREN T CREATED

f SAKE OF BEING FIRST.

W SIMPLY

WANTED TO

CREATE

THE.MO

NTELLIGENT

CAR

YOU LL

EVER

OWN.

Something

has finally bridged

the

gap between

the car you

want

and the

car you

have

to have.

The

Saab 900.

t

balances

the

opposing

o r ~ s

ofperformance, fuel

economy,

handling, space

and

luxury

so

well that

there

can be, in fact,

only

one explanation.

lhtelligent engineering.

But, then,

you

would expect

that

from engineers

who,

from

the very beginning ofSaab's

inception in

1949, were

unencum

bered by preconceived

notations

of

how

a car

should

look and act.

The

reason was simple,

and

Saab's

first automotive first .

The engineers came from

our

aircraft division

and applied their

skills to make even the first Saabs

aerodynamically slippery,

poised

and surefooted.

Which, to

a

large

degree,

. resulted from

designing

the Saab

with

front-wheel

drive, a revolu-

~ i o n r y

concept

to which we've

adhered

from the

very

beginning.

And,

as Saab's

popularity

grew, so did

another

intriguing

idea.

Turbocharging.

t promised a quantum

leap in

engine

power without sacrificing

four-cylinder economy.

However,

it took Saab to

make

this

somewhat

radical idea

work

not

only at racetrack speeds, but

at the relatively lower

speeds

encountered

in everyday

driving.

Which is

the

kind of technolo

gy we

think

you'll agree, that

helps to define an

automobile

as

intelligent .

And is probably

what

led

an

editor of ar

nd

Drivermagazine

to

write,

Saab doesn't

build

auto

mobiles-Saab

builds Saabs,

which are

a

highly original and

highly

logical

answer

to

at least

one facet of

the human

transpor

tation problem .


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BO


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TH

REE

W K

S

A

F T E R

THE VE

RY FIR

ST

S B

S

ROLL

ED OFF

T H E P

R O D U C

T I O N L

INE

T H

E Y EN

TERED

A GRU

ELING

WINT

ER UTO

RALL

Y

N

D WON

TYP

ICAL.

thirty-year

string

of

vic

in th

e world's

toughest

er

au

to

ra

llies and

its tr uly

ss ive record

on the

race

ra

ck pose a

couple of fascinati

ng

estio

ns.

First h

ow

to

account for

su

ch

h

andling

in

what

is

tiall

y not a

sports car buta

edan?

And

second,

h

ow

could ny c

ar

off s

uch a string

of accom

ts

wi

th a four-cy

linder

ne?

Handling,

in the

case

of the

aab i

s

an

issue that wa

s basica

lly

lve

d in 1949 w

hen Saab

ar

rived at the conc

lu

that

a car

with front-whe

el

prop

erly d

esigned, will

andle better

on slippery

roads

nd high-

speed turns

than a car

ith rea

r-wheel

driv

e.

Many other automakers

have re

ce

ntly been struck

by th

e

same

ide

a.

B

ut of course ,

they have

n't

h

ad

thirtyyears

to develo

p it.

Ov

er the

course of time,

for

example, it was

discov

ered that

the ide

al weight

distribution

for

the Saab was 6

0/ 40 with

6

per

cen t of

course, ov

er the

f

ront

wh

eels.

T

hat the best way

to susp

end

the c

ar

was

with

independen

t

double-w

ishbones up front, but

with a

light onepiece

ax

le in

th

e

rear

that

keeps both t i r es

firmly

on the road wi

thout affecting

passenge

r comfort

, e

ven

ov

er

bump

s

a

nd

p

otholes.

When combined

withthe

Saab's

precise

rack-and

-p inion steering,

th e

result is a

handling sy

stem

tha t

fe

w

if

any,

automobi

le s

c

an

equal.

But

handling

alone does

n't win

ra

ces. O r for

that

matter, help

you

bu

ild

up

speed on an

acce l

erati

on lane.

Which

is

why

the engineers

at

Saab

developed the

Turbo.

In gen

eral terms, t

he

S

aab

Turbo

can cal l upon

ma

ssive

amo

unts of

on

d

em and power

t h e

equ

ivalent

o

utput of say,

a six

-cylinder engine

or

a

small

VB At al l other

t imes

-from 80

to 85

percent of a ll

driving si tua

tio

ns - theS

aab enginema

intains

four-cylind

er

eff ic

iency.

Of

course, Saab

isn't th

e

only

au t

omaker that

offe

rs a

turbo

charger.

The

genius of the

Saab's

turbo

is th

at it also

performs

at

lower

ri

ving spee s

than

other

tu

rbos.

Speeds you're

mo

re likely to

drive

a

t in

the real world.

Say when

passi

ng a car on

a

n

expressway.

Or

entering that

acc

eleration

lane.


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4.

1.

The

s

teering whee

l rim is

covered with

an energy-

absorbin

g material tha

t also

assu

res a firm

and comfort

ab

le grip . The

hub

p

ad is

designed not to obstru

ct any

ins

truments on

th e dash.

1\v

o type

s of outer rear-

view

mirrors

are

available,

depending

on the mo

del:

mechanica

lly adjustable b

y

means

of

a control insi

de the

do

or

or electrically adjustable

by

me a

ns o

f

two switches

on

th e

dash.

2. The

steering

colu

mn

is

carefully designe

d to protect

the drive

r

in

the

e

vent

of

a

co llision. As far

as we know

no

safer system

exists.

3. In the Saab 9

00 the con-

t

r 0 ls are a

ssembled

in

logical-

ly arranged

groups.

The photo sh

ows the

cen

ter

console in which

all

startin

g

c

ontro ls a

re

assem

bled:

ig n

ition gear lever

and

ha

nd

brake. Rem

oving the

ignition

fr

om the

st

eering

column is

also a safety

measur_e aime

d

at preventingknee

injurie

s .

4. E

lectric w

indow controls

mo

untedin the fron

t

doors

are stand

ard on certain

versions

of he Saab 900.

5. Two loudspea

kers are

built

into th

e top

of

he das

h.

6.

Owing

to

an

exclusive

vac

uum control system th

e

heating

and ventilation

syste

m of he

Saab

900 is

simple

r to

operate

th

an those

ofmost other ca

rs. The

se tt ings

are

programm

ed in

a

ca re

fully studied

sequence.

The centra

lly located

switches

are of he on

-ofl type with

symbols ill

uminated fro

m the

in s

ide.

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20

1 Front

seat

head restraints

are

v

ertically aq

justablc in

steps

and can

thus be

preset t

suit

persons of

wide

ly

diffe

ring stature

s. The head

restraint

has

ex

cellent energy

a

bs orbing capacity inthe

event of a coll

ision. t is lso

designed to

gently stop the

back-seat

passeng

ers

sho

uld

they be t

hrown forward in

acoll ision.

2.

In

the

S series

and

T

urbo

models,

back-seat com

fort

is

enhanced

b

y pl ush-cov

ered

h

eadrests and folding

arm

re s

t.

3. Fron

t-seat

mo untings are

p

laced forw

ard.

So b

ack-seat

passengers ha

ve plenty ofleg

room and c

omfortable

entry

in to the

ca

r.

4. T

heunique cartridge-type

vent

ilation a

ir

filter

arre

st s

all particles

larger

than

0 .005

mm,

li

ke

po

llen

and

dust.

t

also

prevent

s outdoor

mois

ture

from

enter

ing

the

car and

misting up thewin-

do ws

before

the

interi

or

ha

s

war m

ed

up.

Air fi lter not

availabl

e o

n

ca

rs

equip

ped

vvith

air

co

nditioning.)

5.

The se

at

cushio

n of

the

back seat has

between four

and five times as man

v

springs as a seat

u s h i ~ n

of

c

onventionaldesign.

5 .


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O T

H E R

SE

D AN

S G

IVE

Y O

U A

TR

UN

K

T

H I

S S E

D A

N G

IVE

S Y O

U A

ST

AT

IO N

W A

G O

N

Th

e firs

t

S

aab,

in

1949 ,

h

ad no

trunk at all .

Loa

ding

and

unlo

ading

wa

s

a

ccomp

lished b

y

enterin

g

the

car

a

ndrea

ching in

to

th

e trun

k-like

sp

ace

b

ehind

t

herea

r seats.

Natu

rally,

it

was

a situ

ation t

he

engin

eersat

Saab

were

unha

ppy

with

. Bu

t it did

help

ma

ke the

Saab one

of

the

least expensive

autom

obiles

in

t

he

wo

rld, whic

h,

in

pos

twar Swed

en ,

was e

xactly

w

hat wa

s

c

alledfor.

The e

nti re

pro

ductio

n

ru

n

of

12

46 ca rs

was c

omple

tely

sold

ou

tin

a

matter

of mon

ths. T

here

w

ere n

early

four p

rospec

tive

buyer

s

for

ev

ery car.

By

1974,

the ne

eds of the

car

bu

yingpub

lic

had

gro

wn

con

siderably

more

sophisticated.

S

aab, b

y no

w

reco

gnize

d

wor

ldwide

as a

ch

ampio

n of

in

-

22

n

ovativ

e

comm

on sense

inauto

m

ot ive de

sign,

was abo

ut to

launc

h

yet

ano

ther n

ew au t

o

mobil

e.

A

s

Saab's

Tec

hnical D

irecto r

,

Henr

ik Gustav

sson,

annou

nced

th

ec

ar, it

was

app

arent that

the

pas

senger

sed

an,

as

t

he

wor

ld

the

n knew

it

, w

as b

eing ch

anged

forever:

We

recent

ly

exten

ded our

r

ange of

99

mod

els with

a

hatch

backm

odel

. . . a n

ew

car

c

oncep

t

a co m

binat

ion ofa s

edan

and

a

stat

ion

wag

on, in

wh

ich we

replac

ed the

he

avy

re

ar

doo

rof

the c

on ve n

tional

wa

gon

with a

slo pi

ng rear

do

or.

The

res

ult

was

a

n

aerod

ynam

ically favora

ble

des ig n

o

f

the

r

ear sect

ion. This

new

ty pe

of

car

has

already been

copie

d by

ot

her ma

nufac

turers.

But o

ur

Cam b

i

Cou

pe diff

ers by

the

a

bsence

of a high

sill

at the

rea

r o

f

the

car. So

it is

extra e

asy

to

load and

unload

.

Th

e

Sa a

b 99 C

om bi C

oupe

w

as,

o

f

cour

se, th

e

for

erunne

r of

the

Saab

9

00.

Ye

t, in

theeight

ye

ars since

the

introd

uctionof

theSa a

bs

edan /

stati

on w

agon

c

oncept ,

n

o

c

ar of

any

size

has

b

eenabl

e to

eq u

al

i ts

ove

ra ll

loa

d

cap

acity.

I

n

th

e

thre

e-doo

r mode

ls

the

tr

unk

alon

e gives yo

u 21.3

cu

.

ft

SA E

14.9

cu. f

t. oflu

ggage

sp

ace

a

s

much

as the bigg

est

lu

xury

sedans

made

in America.

The r

emova

ble parc

el shelf

, on

thre

e-door

m

odels ,

ca n mak

e

room

for a

full 2

7.

2 cu. ft S

AE

1

9.1

cu. ft.

An

d

by

foldin

gdow

nthe

rear

seat

in three

-door m

odels,

you

ac t

ually cre

atea s

ta tion

wagon

.

W

ith a fu

ll 56 .

5 c

u.

f

t

of cargo

s

pace,

rou

ghly

our tim s

a

s

much

as

sedan

s of

compa

rable

overal l

length.

It

's ob vio

us that

at le

ast

one

thing

h

asn't

chang

ed since 1

949 .

Saa

b is st i

ll giving

pe

opleex

act

ly w

hat'sc

alledfor.


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A

s

tunt

l ike

th is could

easily

wre

ck

a

n

or d

inary ca

r.

B u

t the

S

aab,

as yo u

can

see surv

ived

w

ith

just a few de

nts.

So

did the

g

uy

dr i

ving

it. Withou

t

any

de

nts.

Of course

, w

e don't

recomm

end

th

at

yo

u tr y th is with

your

S a a b . t

was

done

by a profe

ssional stun

t driv

er t

o

de m

on

s

trate a

beau

tiful aspec

tof e

ve ry Saa

b.

E

ngineer

ing.

Inste

ad of

the

dubious

benef

it s

ofgros

s

size

a

nd

weigh

t

to

p

ro tect

yo

u

in

the

eve

nt of a

collisio

n

t

he Saab

off

ers

s

tra

te

gically placed

cross

-m emb

ers in

the

floo

r. Rol le

d s tee l windshi

eld

pillars

and

roofra i

ls. A

nd

p

rotectiv

e ba r

s builtinto

d

oor panels.

2

4

Sa

abs

are de sig n

ed with front

an

d rear

c

ollision zones

an d

rigid

passenger

co

mpartm

en t

wi t

h

ab undan

t

impa c

t

abso

rbing ma terial

.

In

front of t

he pa sse

nger

compar

tment,

s

teel

beamspr o

vide

stiffe

ning elem

ents.

Under

ne ath

it

the

g

as

ta nk has be

en

safel

y

plac

ed out

of ha

rm'sway

, in

the

tu nn

el betwee n

t

herear

w

heels.

Insid

e it

the Saab

ste

er ing wh

eel

is

desig

ned t

o

g

raduall

y colla

pse ont

o its

p

at ented

s

tee l cage

and t

elescopi

ng

steerin

g colum

n, s

ho uld

the driv

er be

throw

n

ag a

inst

it abso

rbing m

ost of he

forc

e

of imp

act.

Both

the

fr

on t

and

rear

e

nd s of

the

S

aab ar

e

divid

ed

into c

rumple zon

es

design

ed to

grad

ually diss

ipatethe

for

ce

of

a collision

before

it

reaches

the pas

se ng e

r area.

Inaddit

ion, the

pass

en gers

are

virtu

a

lly

surro

unded byth

ick pad d

ing.


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Saab

has estab

lished the id eal

mu t

ual

relationshipbetween instruments,

st

ee r

in

g wheel rim

s

teeringwheel

pad.

top

and

bo ttom windshi

eld

e

dges.

etc.

And

consider the way S

aab's brakin g

sys

tem

and h

an dling ch

aracteristics

avoidacciden

ts in th

e f irs t place. Ot her

c

ar maker

s proudlypoint

to their front

discs bu

t

t

he Saab pr

ovides self-adjust

in g

p

ower-assisted

disc

br

akes on

all

four wheels.

And Saab's uniq

ue semi

meta

llicfront linings l

ast

at

leas

t

20%

longer

than ordinary

lin

ings.

The

braki

ng system on

the

Saab

9

00 is

redundant

- in th e

m

ost sensible

way

possible. t

is diagonally

split: The le

f t

fro

nt brake

is paired to the rig

ht

rear

the

rig

ht front t

the left rear. In

the

ev

ent ofa

fai lure

of

one

of the

two

braking

circuits,

the ca r

is

designed to

m

aintain ma

neuve

rability and s

traight line stoppin

g.

Ev

en if both

circuits f

ai l the

Saa

b

is

equi

pped with an

e ffect

iv e

coun

ter-

measure: an em

ergency b

rake that

can actuallyhandl

e

an

em er

gency. Th e

braking

e ffect is

ab

out 50percent o

f ha t

of the

fo o t

br a

kes and works on

the tw o

f

ront whee l

s.

Wher

e

all

emer

gency

brak

es shoul w

ork,

b

ut d

on't.

For a

ll the Saab's bra ki n

g effec ti v e

n ess howe

ve r you'll no doubt

be reas

sured by t

he

S

aab 's r e p

utation for

su

per

ior handli n

g.

If you can't st

op in

f

ront of

t

chan

ces

ar

e

the Saab's fron

t-wheel drive and

ra c

k -a

nd

-

pi n

ion

steering will allow

you

to

g

et

around

it.

Anyone

who's

driv

e n a

Saab

fo r

any

stretch o

f

tim

e will

tell

you

as much.

Thecar's

reputation,

like its

driv

ing

wheels, preced

es

it.

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Saab 900

1982 MO

DEL

RANG

E.

SAAB

900

3 -DOOR

.

Fue l

injectio

nengine

developing

S

AE net 110 hp

81

kW).

5 -speed man

ual transmissio

n

or

automatic

t r n s ~ s s o n

SAAB 900 4-D O

OR .

Fue l injection

engine deve

loping

SAE ne t

110

hp 81 kW).

5-spe

ed

man u

al transmiss

ion

or

au t

omatic transmission.

SAAB 900

S 3

-DOOR.

Fue l

inj

ection en

gine develo

ping

S A E net 11

0 hp 81 kW).

5-sp

eed

ma n

ual transmiss

ion

or

au

tomatic transmission

.

SAAB

900

S 4-DOOR .

Fue l

i

njection

engine deve

loping

SA E

ne

t 110 hp 81

kW).

5 -speed manual

transmission or

automatic transmis

sion.

28

S

AAB

900

TURBO

3 -D OO R

.

T

urbocharged fuel - inje tion

engine

de

veloping SAE ne t1

35

h

p 100kW).

5-speed manual

transmission or

automatic trans

mission.

SAAB

9

00

TURBO

4-D O

OR .

Turbocha

rged

fuel-iajection

eng

ine

developing SA E

net 135 hp 100 kW).

5-

speed

m

anual transmiss

ion

or

autom

atic transmission .

INTERIOR

COLORS

Blue fox

Cashmere

brown

B lu ef

ox

Cashmere l::i

rown

Bok

hara red


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E X T

ERIOR CO

LORS

I

ndigo hlue

metallic

Cirr

us white

dmiral blue

Cameo

beige

labast

er ye ow

Ma roon

Silver m

etallic

d

miral blue

P

ine green met

allic

l

a te

blue m

etallic

Maroon

Walnu

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and 4-door.

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aab900Turbo 3- and 4-door.

engine is inclined at 45and is integrated with the clutch, gearbox and differential; the clutch faces forward. Cast iron engine block.

and crankshaft.

(AKI) by

(R+M)/2

method. Fuel tank capacity 16.6 US gallons (63 litres).

Camshaft and pistons of special type.

Compression ratio 7.2:1.

Horsepower SAE net 135 hp (100 kW) at 4800 rpm.

Peak torque 160 ft lbs (217 Nm) at 3500 rpm.

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urbocharger. Charge pressure control.

Safety system with pressure switch.

olume, incl. heating system, 10.8 US quarts (10 litres). Electric motor driven, thermostatically controlled radiator fan.

Thermostatically controlled air-cooled engine oil cooler.

; primary drive by chain; two permanently lubricated universal joints drive each front wheel.

controlled crush zones. Rust and corrosion protection includes cleaning in an alkaline bath followed by zinc phosphatising, electro-dip in anti-corrosion primer,

into

all

cavities and joints, eg. inside rocker panels, doors, and brackets, and floorpan undercoating. Three year anti-corrosion perforation warranty.

388 sq

in

(2504 cm

2

. Diagonally split dual-circuit hydraulic foot brake system with 9-inch vacuum servo. Sett-adjusting foot brake and handbrake.

one piece tubular rear axle, guided by two leading and two trailing amns and a Panhard rod.

pressurized hydraulic shock absorbers.

. Impact-absorbing, perforated sheet metal cage below the steering wheel. Turning circle diameter 33.8 ft (10 .3

m)

.

alloy wheels, 5

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2Jx 15. 185/65

SR

15 steel belt radial tires (except Turbo 3-door). Turbo 3-door is equipped with high_perfomnance 195/60 HR 15 steel belt radial tires .

99.1

in (2517 mm) . Track front 56.3 in (1430 mm). Track rear 56.7 in (1440 mm). Max. luggage compartment length, back seat folded down,

cu

ft (602 litres). SAE 14.9

cu

ft 421 litres); 4-door models 21.8

cu

ft (617 litres). SAE 14.2

cu

ft (402 litres). Luggage compartment with parcel shett

volume, back seat folded down, 3-door models 56.5 cu ft (1600 litres); 4-door models 53 cu ft (1500 litres).

weight approx. 3-door 2650-2670 lb (1200-1215 kg);

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urb weight approx. 3-door 2770-2800 lb (1255-1270 kg};

2690-2730

(1220-:-1235 kg). 4-door 2810-2850

(1275-1290

kg).

ross vehicle weight rating 3-door

3660-3710

lb (1660-1680 kg); I ross vehicle weight rating 3-door 3730-3750 lb (1690-1700 kg};

3710-3750 lb (1680-1700 kg). 4-door 3770-3810 lb (1710-1730 kg).

reversing lights. Rear light clusters include brake lights, parking lights and reversing lights. Two-speed and interval pulse windshield wipers. Large outer rear-view mirrors

ugs iront and rear.

center pad . Energy absorbing steering column of advanced safety design. Instruments and controls on concave instrument panel. Impact-absorbing shield below

lighting. Full complement of indicating lamps. Trip meter. Quartz crystal electric clock. Tachometer. Day/night interior rear-view mirror.

rake adjustment. Dr iver s seat adjustable in height and tilt. Inertia reel 3-point seat belts. Rear lap belts. Passenger assist handles under instrument panel and above

rear window. Opening rear side windows (3-door models) . Tinted glass all windows. Semi-automatic heating and ventilation system with vacuum control ;12 interior air outlets ;

both windshield and side windows ; Air outlets in the front footwells, close to the front doors, and to the rear footwells ; Highly efficient ventilation air filter

. Luggage compartment lighting. Automatic headlamp control (headlamps automatically switched off with the ignition).

plush velour interior decor. Electrically heated front seats. Folding center armrest in rear seat. Rear seat headrests. Sliding steel sunroof. Central door locking

including trunk (4-door models only).

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Air conditioning. Power windows. front doors (4-door only). AM / FM stereo cassette

radio with 4-speaker system and electric antenna. Boost gage. Digital clock.

Electrically operated exterior rear view mirrors. Halogen headlights. Front and rear

spoilers (3-door only). Black window surround moldings.


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