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You all probably know that the Saab 9000 has sister automobiles in the Fiat Chroma, the Lancia Thema and the Alfa-Romeo 164. Sisters because they were developed together in a joint project with Saab, Lancia and Fiat engineers sharing the engineering and testing of the new platform. The Alfa differs from the others in the group in that it shares only the chassis and some of the interior. The Fiat, Lancia and Saab are similar enough that even specific body parts interchange easily among them. They are sisters in every sense of the word.
saab9000
Model Years 1985 to 1998
Saab had been planning a new model as long ago as 1974, but work did not get fully underway until 1979 and the collaboration with Fiat/Lancia in a project to produce a larger car. The project was known as Type Four.
Styled by Italian Giorgetto Giugiaro, the 9000 ultimately ended up significantly different from its sister cars the Fiat Croma and the Lancia Thema. Of the 155 or so part that made up the body just ten or so were interchangeable.
A front-wheel drive with a transversely mounted engine meant that the interior was more spacious than the Saab 900 despite a slightly shorter external length. The combination of the folding rear seat and the estate/saloon opening rear hatch made for superb load-lugging characteristics. The Saab 9000 was the only imported car, bar the Rolls Royce, to be classifed by the United States authorities as a "large car".
Croma'en
Thema:
Alfa 164:
