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Few cars establish your credentials as quickly as the 900 – drive one and people immediately have the measure of you. To be fair, the 900 did the same thing for Saab itself, lifting the company up a notch in terms of premium sophistication and style. It was designed by Björn Envall, the company’s doughty design chief who sat in the chair for 24 years, literally shaping the company’s icons. The 900 became the ultimate Saab, the one that people immediately associate with the Swedish carmaker.
The making of the 900 legend was cemented in 1979, when the Turbo version arrived. It got distinctive three-spoke alloys, discreet badging and some styling tweaks to let other road users know they were dealing with a baller. Turbos are stuck in everything now, so it’s hard to imagine how left-field the tech was when Saab first tried to foist it off on the unsuspecting public – but it was a left-field carmaker and the tech was a good fit – in fact the world is poorer for not having a Saab-style carmaker in it during this current era of technological changeover.