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Executive car manufactured by Saab

Key facts

Manufacturer
Saab Automobile
Production
1997–2012
Assembly
Sweden: Trollhättan ( Trollhättan Assembly )
Class
Executive car ( E )
Body style
4-door sedan 5-door station wagon
Layout
Transverse front-engine, front-wheel drive (1997–2012) Transverse front-engine, four-wheel drive (2010–2012)
Predecessor
Saab 9000

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Encyclopedic overview

The Saab 9-5 is an executive car, manufactured and marketed by Saab from 1997 to 2012, across two generations.

The first generation 9-5 was introduced in 1997 for the 1998 model year, as the replacement of the Saab 9000. At the time, the car represented a significant development for the manufacturer. In the United States, the 9-5 was introduced in the spring of 1998, for the 1999 model year.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saab 9-5” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.