Awards and Achievements Saab 90001996 Best Bet - The Car Book, USA Top Pick (CSE) - American Automobile Association, USA Top Ten Engines. One of the Top Ten Engines of 1996 (Saab 9000 2.3 LPT) - Ward’s, USA 1995 Top Car in its Price Class (9000 CDE V6) - American Automobile Association (AAA), USA One of the Top Ten Engines of 1995 (Saab 9000 2.3 LPT) - Ward’s, USA Best Bet - The Car Book, USA Luxurious’R’Us Among Top Ten Luxury Cars - Consumer’s Review, USA 1994 Technology of the year (for Saab Trionic) - Automobile magazine, USA Safest Safe Car 1993 - 1994 Award - Folksam insurance company, Sweden Saab vs. The Police. Alternative Law Enforcement Car - Police Magazine, USA One of the Most Reliable Cars - Consumer Report, USA Best import performance car of 1994 (Saab 9000 Aero) - Car News magazine, Taiwan 1993 Innovative. Technological Innovation Award (for Saab Trionic) - Motoring Journalists of Denmark Best Bet - The Car Book, USA "Safest Car in Sweden" - Newspaper Dagens Nyheter confirms folksam findings Economical Saab 9000 Aero Leads EPA Large Car Fuel Economy Ratings 1993/1994 - EPA USA Top 40 Best Car - Consumer Review magazine, USA Top Car in its Price Class - American Automobile Association (AAA), USA Best Crash Index (in its size category) - The Car Book, USA 1992 Class Win, Michelin Downeast Tour Rally - Sports Car Club of America, USA Safe Car 1991-1992 Award - Folksam insurance company, Sweden Saab 9000 Leads EPA Large Car Fuel Economy Ratings - EPA, USA Best Bet - The Car Book, USA Most Environmentally Friendly Car In its Price Class, Saab 9000 CS 2.3 Turbo - Medical Journal STATUS, Germany 1990 Fastest Skagen-Gibraltar-Skagen, 7230 km in 63 hours and 17 minutes with a Saab 9000i - Guinness Book of Records Lowest Overall Injury, Mid-Size Sports and Specialty Cars - Highway Loss Data Institute, USA 1989 Big League Best Buy - Which? Magazine, Great Britain Safe Car 1989-1990 Award - Folksam insurance company, Sweden Ten Best Cars List - Car and Driver, USA Lowest Overall Injury, Mid-Size Sports and Specialty Cars - Highway Loss Data Institute, USA Best Imported Car In Upper/Medium Class - Auto Motor und Sport magazine, Germany 1988 Lowest Overall Injury, Mid-Size Sports and Specialty Cars - Highway Loss Data Institute, USA Best Winter Car - Vi Bilägare magazine, Sweden Best Imported Car in Upper/Medium Class - Auto Motor und Sport magazine, Germany Ten Best Cars List - Car and Driver, USA 1987 Flying Kilometer Speed Record, Saab 9000 Turbo at 282.86 km/h, 2.3 litre class - Sweden Ten Best Cars List - Car and Driver, USA Lowest Overall Injury, Mid-Size Sports and Specialty Cars - Highway Loss Data Institute, USA Best Imported Car in Upper/Medium Class - Auto Motor und Sport magazine, Germany Executive Best Director’s Car - What Car magazine, Great Britain 1986 Best Swedish Car - Teknikens Värld magazine reader’s poll, Sweden Owner’s Manual of the Year - Swedish Automobile Association Lowest Overall Injury, Mid-Size Sports and Specialty Cars - Highway Loss Data Institute, USA One of the 10 Most Significant Cars - Autoweek Editor’s Choice, USA Best Sports Saloon - Canadian Auto Writers The Long Run. Standard Saab 9000 Turbo sets 2 World Records and 21 International Records at the Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, USA. 100,000 km with an average speed of 213.299 km/h and 50,000 miles with an average speed of 213.686 km/h. Best Imported Car - California’s Motoring Press Association (MPA), USA Car of the Year Portugal Journalist’s Jury Design Award - Swedish Society of Crafts and Design 1985 Leads EPA Large Car Fuel Economy Ratings - EPA, USA Ten Best Cars List - Car and Driver, USA 1,000 km Automobile vs. Airline Contest, L’beck, Germany to Salzburg, Austria (6 hrs. 28 min., with Erik Carlsson and Pat Moss -Carlsson flying) - Pirelli and the Royal Automobile Club, Great Britain Best Prestige Car 1985 - L’Action Automobile, France |