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GM saved them in 1990 and gave us one of the best modern vehicles, the Saab 9000. They're a fantastic leap ahead of the 900 which dates design wise to the 70s. A 1992 900 and 1992 9000 are miles apart engineering wise. The 9000 handles, drives and has better power than a 900. It was a sweet spot in great ergonomics, design, engineering, without too much complexity

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The first year for the 9000 was 1984. It was face-lifted in maybe 1991?

First year of the 9-5, which could be seen as a successor, was 1997. It was not a "rebadged" GM but there might be GM-sourced components.

The 9-5 shared more with GM in both directions. The 9000 F25/F35 transaxle was used in opel and some American cars

Saab 9000 was nice, but also damn expensive. My family had a Saab 93 when I was little. It was a very nice car, but very noisy. The Danish name for it was “fart organ”, literally.

More likely, the car had exhaust system leaks.

(Ah you are referring to the two-stroke Saab 93 from 1950s!)

Sorry it was a Saab 90 from memory. It was Bordeaux red and had these funny looking rear lights in the rear screen. 1980 vintage.

the Tipo Quattro platform deal with Fiat, Lancia, and Alfa Romeo had no GM involvement and it was finalized over five years before GM ever bought controlling interest in SAAB-Scania.

True but saab would have been bankrupted by the time we got the 9000 Aero undoubtedly

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