Press Release

Saab Announces Best Safety Ratings for Saab 900 and 9000 Models

10/08/96

Saab 9000 and Saab 900 Are Among Safest Cars in U.S. According
To Latest Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Highway Loss
Data Institute Reports

NORCROSS, Ga., Oct. 4 -- The real-world success of Saab's
safety engineering heritage is once again underscored by the latest
reports from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the
Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI). According to the IIHS rating
system, the Saab 9000 had the lowest driver fatality rate among 153
1990-1994 passenger cars, wagons, trucks and sport utility
vehicles. As listed in the Insurance Institute's September, 1996
report, the Saab 9000 scored the lowest driver fatality average --
better than such safety stalwarts as Volvo. Saab's average score of 25
was well below scores posted by every competitor, including the Volvo
940/960 (45) and the BMW 5-series (52). (A score of 100 indicates 2
fatalities per 10,000 registered vehicle years.) Data on the
current-generation Saab 900, which debuted for the 1994 model year,
was not yet available.

Also making headlines is the 1994-1995 model Saab 900 5-door, which
scored best among all mid-size sedans for injury loss in the
September, 1996 HLDI report, Injury, Collision and Theft Losses. Rated
better than the Volvo 8-series and 9-series sedans, the Saab 900
5-door's rate of insurance claims for injuries is 44 percent better
than the industry average for mid-size sedans. The Saab 900's rate of
theft loss was also second lowest among all 222 vehicles listed in the
HLDI report.