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| Manufacturer | Saab Automobile |
| Parent company | General Motors |
| Production | 1997–present |
| Assembly | Trollhattan, Sweden |
| Predecessor | Saab 9000 |
| Class | Executive car |
| Body style(s) | 4-door sedan 5-door station wagon |
| Layout | FF layout |
| Platform | GM2900 platform |
| Engine(s) | 1. The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles Saab Automobile AB, better known as Saab, is a Swedish car manufacturer and currently a wholly-owned Subsidiary of General Motors. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Trollhättan ( is a city (pop 53952 (2007 in Västergötland, Sweden, and the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The 9000, an Executive car made by Saab, was released in 1985 Car classification is subjective since many vehicles fall into multiple categories or do not fit well into any Executive car is a British term that refers to a car's size and is used to describe an Automobile larger than a Large family car. Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. Some are still in production while others are of historical interest only A station wagon (or simply wagon) in American, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand usage and an estate car (or just estate In Automotive design layout specifies where on the car the Engine and Drive wheels are found In Automotive design, a FF, or Front-engine, Front-wheel drive layout places both the engine and driven wheels at the front of An automobile platform is a shared set of common design engineering and production efforts as well as major components over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of General Motors introduced the mid-size Front-wheel drive GM2900 platform in 1988 with the introductions of the Opel Vectra A and the Vauxhall Cavalier 9 L turbodiesel I4 2. Turbodiesel refers to any Diesel engine with a Turbocharger. Turbocharging is the norm rather than the exception in modern car and truck diesel engines The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders 0 L B205 I4 2. The Saab H engine is a redesign of the Saab B engine. Despite the name it is not an H engine, but a slanted Inline-4. The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders 3 L B235 I4 3. The Saab H engine is a redesign of the Saab B engine. Despite the name it is not an H engine, but a slanted Inline-4. The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders 0 L L81 V6 3. General Motors ' Opel division in Europe designed a compact V6 engine with an odd 54° vee angle A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of three cylinders 0 L Isuzu 6DE1 diesel V6 |
| Transmission(s) | 5-speed automatic 5-speed manual 4-speed automatic |
| Wheelbase | 2703 mm (106. ( is a Japanese car commercial vehicle and heavy truck manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo. The DMAX V6 engine is a 30 L (2958 cc Diesel engine It was designed and is produced by Isuzu in Fujisawa, Japan but Diesel or Diesel fuel (ˈdiːzəl in general is any Fuel used in Diesel engines The most common is a specific fractional distillate of petroleum A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of three cylinders An automatic transmission (commonly "AT" or "Auto" is an Automobile Gearbox that can change Gear ratios automatically as the vehicle A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift or just 'stick' 'straight drive' or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in An automatic transmission (commonly "AT" or "Auto" is an Automobile Gearbox that can change Gear ratios automatically as the vehicle In both road and rail Vehicles the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels 4 in) |
| Length | 1997-2000 Sedan: 4805 mm (189. 2 in) 1997-2000 Wagon: 4808 mm (189. 3 in) 2001-05 Sedan: 4825 mm (190 in) 2001-05 Wagon: 4830 mm (190. 2 in) 2006-Present Sedan: 4836 mm (190. 4 in) 2006-Present Wagon: 4841 mm (190. 6 in) |
| Width | 1997-2000 Sedan: 1793 mm (70. 6 in) Wagon & 2001-Present Sedan: 1790 mm (70. 5 in) |
| Height | 1997-2005 Sedan & 2001-05 Wagon: 1448 mm (57 in) 1997-2000 Wagon: 1496 mm (58. 9 in) 2006-Present Sedan: 1453 mm (57. 2 in) 2006-Present Wagon: 1465 mm (57. 7 in) |
| Related | Opel Vectra Saab 9-3 Saturn L-Series |
The Saab 9-5 is an executive car produced by the Swedish automobile maker Saab. The Opel Vectra is a Large family car produced primarily by Adam Opel GmbH (commonly known as "Opel" the German subsidiary of General The Saab 9-3 is a Compact executive car produced by the automaker Saab in Trollhättan, Sweden The Saturn L-Series was a line of Automobiles sold by General Motors ' Saturn Marque. Executive car is a British term that refers to a car's size and is used to describe an Automobile larger than a Large family car. Saab Automobile AB, better known as Saab, is a Swedish car manufacturer and currently a wholly-owned Subsidiary of General Motors. It was introduced in 1997 as the replacement to the Saab 9000. The 9000, an Executive car made by Saab, was released in 1985 The 9-5 replaced the 9000 in the spring of 1997 for the 1998 model year. The model year of a product is a number used to describe approximately when a product was produced At the time, the car represented a great leap forward for Saab. In the US, the 9-5 was introduced in the spring of 1998, for the 1999 model year.
The 9-5 is available with sedan and station wagon body styles. A station wagon (or simply wagon) in American, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand usage and an estate car (or just estate Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. Some are still in production while others are of historical interest only Aerodynamically, the sedan's drag coefficient is 0. The drag coefficient ( Cd, Cx or Cw) is a Dimensionless quantity that describes how streamlined an 29, and the station wagon's is 0. 31, which was introduced in 1999. It features such innovations as tracks to secure cargo down and a sliding load floor to make loading easier.
Badged as a 95, Saab consistently advertises it as the 9-5. The name is pronounced "nine five" rather than "ninety five". This model should not be confused with the Saab 95, produced from 1959 to 1978. This article is about the 1959-1978 Saab station wagon/Estate car for the current Saab model see Saab 9-5 The Saab 95 was a 7-seater 2-door
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Engines
The 9-5 is powered by Saab's B205 and B235 straight-4 engines, and in Europe by Alfa Romeo's 1. The Saab H engine is a redesign of the Saab B engine. Despite the name it is not an H engine, but a slanted Inline-4. The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the Combustion of Fuel and an Oxidizer (typically air occurs in a confined space called a Alfa Romeo Automobiles SpA is an Italian Automaker founded in 1910 9 JTD 16V diesel straight-4. JTD (uniJet Turbo Diesel is Fiat Group 's term for its current Common rail Turbodiesel engine range Diesel or Diesel fuel (ˈdiːzəl in general is any Fuel used in Diesel engines The most common is a specific fractional distillate of petroleum The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders A version of the GM 54° V6 powered by a unique asymmetrical low-pressure turbocharger was available from 1999 to 2003. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. General Motors ' Opel division in Europe designed a compact V6 engine with an odd 54° vee angle A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of three cylinders A turbocharger, or turbo, is an air Compressor used for forced-induction of an Internal combustion engine. This engine was available only with an automatic transmission, and cars with this engine installed are distinguishable by their twin tailpipes. It was only available on Arc, SE, and Griffin models. In 2004, the V6 engine was replaced by a high pressure turbo straight-4 engine producing 220HP. By 2008 this engine was producing 260HP even in the non-Aero model (US model).
Transmissions
The 9-5 was available with an Aisin Warner 4-speed automatic transmission from 1997-2001. A new Aisin Warner unit replaced the dated 4-speed automatic with a 5-speed automatic. A 5-speed manual transmission is fitted as standard to the base models and the Aero.
Alternative propulsion
E85
In 2005, an updated version of the 2. 0 L turbocharged I4 was introduced in the European market together with the 2006 9-5. The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders The engine is sold as 2. 0t BioPower, and it is optimized to run on E85 producing 132 kW (180 hp) at 5500 r/min. E85 is an Alcohol fuel mixture that typically contains a mixture of up to 85% denatured fuel ethanol and Gasoline or other hydrocarbon (HC by The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. There is also a 2. 3t BioPower version sold from 2007.
E100
There is a Saab 9-5 E100 Concept, based on the turbo 2. 0.
BioPower Hybrid
The Saab BioPower Hybrid concept/prototype is based on the Saab 9-5 E100, with three additional electric motors. A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV is a Hybrid vehicle which combines a conventional propulsion system with a Rechargeable energy storage system (RESS An electric motor uses Electrical energy to produce Mechanical energy.
Safety
The 9-5 continued Saab's long-running tradition of offering class leading safety features and pioneered the availability of ventilated seats with Saab Active Head Restraints (SAHR), that moved up and forward to prevent whiplash when the car is struck from the rear. Whiplash and whiplash-associated disorders (WAD represent a range of injuries to the Neck caused by or related to a sudden distortion of the neck This feature won technology and safety awards, in Australia, Denmark and the United Kingdom. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Saab 9-5 also has been one of the first cars to have extensive side-crash protection. In the front seats are torso and head airbags on even the oldest of 9-5s, making it unique in that few other late 1990s vehicles provide the same feature. Even more important is the side structure, which includes a passenger cage and crumple zones. The design has been proven by the IIHS to protect occupants in side crashes, even without the addition of side airbags to the rear seats.
Another Saab feature is the 'Night Panel', which permits dousing of the instrument panel lighting, except for essential information, for less distraction when night driving. The 900 is a car that was made by Saab Automobile from 1978 until 1998 in two generations
In the United States, OnStar is standard. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the OnStar Corporation is a subsidiary of General Motors that provides subscription-based communications, in-vehicle security turn-by-turn navigation and remote [1]
Second generation
Earlier it was said that an all new 9-5 would be presented by the end of 2008, for the 2009 model year. Recent information however suggests that the current 9-5 will be replaced in 2009, for the 2010 model year. The new model will be based on GM's Epsilon 2 platform, shared with the next generation 9-3, and probably built in Ruesselsheim, Germany at the Opel plant. Epsilon is General Motors ' new mid-size Front-wheel drive Automobile platform. The Saab 9-3 is a Compact executive car produced by the automaker Saab in Trollhättan, Sweden Rüsselsheim is the largest town in the Groß-Gerau district in the Rhein-Main region of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Adam Opel GmbH (commonly known as Opel) is a German automaker part of General Motors.
Aero
Saab sells a performance oriented 9-5 called the Aero. The 9-5 Aero was first released in 2000 with a 230hp 2. 3t B235R engine. The 9-5 Aero represents the flagship car and has a long list of standard feautures. The 9-5 Aero is also fitted with a sport tuned suspension and body side moldings. In 2002 a 250hp 2. 3 turbo engine was made standard. The high-powered version of the 9-5 in the current form produces 260 hp ECE (194 kW) and 350 N·m (258 ft·lbf) of torque (370 N·m or 272 ft·lbf with its 20-second overboost function accessible on the manual transmission equipped version). Newton metre is the unit of moment ( Torque) in the SI system The foot-pound force, or simply foot-pound (symbol ft·lbf or ft·lb) is a unit of work or Energy (a scalar A torque (τ in Physics, also called a moment (of force is a pseudo- vector that measures the tendency of a force to rotate an object about Hirsch Performance, Nordic Uhr and BSR AB, all tuners specializing in Saab models, can increase this to a maximum of approximately 300 hp ECE (220 kW). [1]
Currently, the 260hp B235R is the standard engine in the 9-5 in both the 2. 3T and Aero trims. In addition, almost all standard features on the Aero are now standard on the 2. 3T, the exceptions being sport-tuned chassis, two-tone leather upholstery, "anniversary" rims and brushed aluminum interior trim, all of which are standard on Aero and not available on the 2. 3T.
The Aeros 2. 3T engine can carry it from 80 to 120 km/h faster than a porsche 911 carrera 4s
Police car
- The 9-5 is used for patrol and undercover in several parts of its native country, Sweden, alongside the Volvo V70. In Military tactics, a patrol is often a small tactical grouping sent out by land sea or air to perform a specific task Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information The Volvo V70 is a mid-size five-door station wagon / estate manufactured by Volvo Cars since 1996 &mdash and closely related to the S70, S60
- The City of Aspen, Colorado, has been using Saabs as patrol cars from early 1970's until 2005, where the 9-5 was discontinued in favor of Volvo XC90. The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United The Volvo XC90 is a Mid-size luxury Crossover SUV produced by Volvo Cars since it was unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show 2002 [2]
- The town of Vail, Colorado has been using Saabs since 1980, but in 2005, the black 9-5 patrol cars were replaced by Ford Explorers, due to budget reasons. See also Ford Explorer Sport Trac for the spinoff pickup truck SUV Crossover version The Ford Explorer is a mid-size Sport utility vehicle [3]
- Lothian and Borders Police in Edinburgh, Scotland, have started using three Saab 9-5 Aero 2. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. 3t patrol cars as part of a fleet of 580 various vehicles. These 9-5s were customised to police specifications by the Saab, Vauxhall and Chevrolet Special Vehicles Operation (SVO) in Papworth, Cambridgeshire. History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate [4]
References
External links
- Saab 9-5 international page, official website.
- Saab 9-5 BioPower.
- Saab 9-5 Gallery, official website.
- Article about the Saab 9-5 Biopower (in French).
- Other article about the Saab 9-5 Biopower (in French).
- IIHS Saab 9-5 Crash test.