I confess to being confused by people not seeing Saab and safety as being intertwined. It becomes obvious when looking at Saab's heritage, as a builder of aircraft, as a car manufacturer, and as a Swedish company.

However, I've seen first hand Saab's emphasis on safety in a couple of incidents. The first was in the mid-80s. A coworker, her son in a safety seat in the back seat, stopped to make a left turn. Before traffic could clear, an older Cadillac, travelling in excess of 60 MPH rear ended her Saab 900. She and her son had no injuries. The driver of the Cadillac did. The Saab did not look pretty, in fact it was totalled, but the passenger cabin did its job.

My second experience involves my nephew who was driving a 2000 Saab 9-3 that I sold him a few months before. He was new to the town where he lived and missed seeing a red light in front of him. Unfortunately, a loaded dump truck did not miss him and hit the 9-3 on the right rear door and rear quarter panel. This spun the 9-3 into another car across the intersection. My nephew had no injuries and amazingly was not sore. I thought the 9-3 was in great shape considering what it had been through, but it was totalled. My nephew felt bad because he knew the memories I had of driving that car in Europe, Hawaii and across the mainland US.

The 9-5 was rated the safest car in Sweden for several years. The same honor given to the Saab 9000 in its time. The German ADAC spoke well of the safety of the 9-5, particularly the seats. I have no doubt the newer designs are better. The stats are there to support Saabs being safe even in the older years.

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• Saab and safety, mikeyb, Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:14:58
  • 2 Safe SAAB stories, Ray L, Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:09:02 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Saab and safety, James, Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:51:43
    • Re: Saab and safety, EGD , Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:29:08
    • You hit the nail on the head re oddball collisions..., AdamB , Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:16:23
      • Re: You hit the nail on the head re oddball collisions..., tsw, Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:43:55
        • closing the gap, James, Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:54:03
          • angles, tsw, Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:51:18
            • read this............(a little bit long), saabjam, Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:58:08
              • do you have a link?, Aero'ed, Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:02:14
              • thanks..., James, Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:03:18
            • Re: angles, James, Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:40:13
              • link, James, Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:00:49
  • Re: Saab and safety, tsw, Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:24:42
  • designing for tests, designing for safety, Aero'ed, Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:32:17
  • Re: Saab and safety, fraero95, Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:29:39

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