Overview
Saab badged the model as the Saab 95, but consistently advertised it as the Saab 9-5, pronounced "nine five" rather than "ninety-five". This model should not be confused with the Saab 95, produced from 1959 to 1978.
The first generation 9-5 was available with sedan and station wagon body styles. Aerodynamically, the sedan's drag coefficient is 0.29, and the station wagon's is 0.31 (U.S. version 0.33), which was introduced in 1999. It features such innovations as floor tracks to secure cargo and a sliding load floor to make loading easier.
The last 9-5 sedan of the first generation rolled off the Trollhättan production line at the beginning of July 2009, the last wagon was assembled on February 1, 2010. Since the summer of 1997, when the 9-5 production began, 252,236 saloons, and 231,357 wagons were built. The total production 483,593 units, was narrowly beaten by its predecessor, the 9000, of which 503,000 were built.
Production equipment associated with the first-generation 9-5 was sold by General Motors to BAIC of China in 2009. BAIC launched their version of the 9-5 as the BAIC C70G and will be in showrooms at the end of 2012.
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