This engine, designed by Saab Automobile, uses a technique that dynamically alters the volume of the combustion chamber ( V < sub > c </ sub >), which, via the above equation, changes the compression ratio ( CR ).

The Swedish Saab 35 Draken was specifically designed for intercepting aircraft passing Swedish airspace at high altitudes in the event of a war between Soviet and NATO.

Other hardware components were supplied as follows: the beam-combining mirror from REOSC at Saint Pierre du Perray ; the spherical, folding and relay mirrors from Carl Zeiss AG in Oberkochen ; the external straylight baffles from CASA in Madrid ; the modulating grid from CSEM in Neuchatel ; the mechanism control system and the thermal control electronics from Dornier Satellite Systems in Friedrichshafen ; optical filters, the experiment structures and the attitude and orbit control system from Matra Marconi Space in Velizy ; instrument switching mechanisms from Oerlikon-Contraves in Zurich ; the image dissector tube and photomultiplier detectors assembled by the Dutch Space Research Organisation, SRON in The Netherlands ; the refocusing assembly mechanism designed by TNO-TPD in Delft ; the electrical power subsystem from British Aerospace in Bristol ; the structure and reaction control system from Daimler-Benz Aerospace in Bremen ; the solar arrays and thermal control system from Fokker Space System in Leiden ; the data handling and telecommunications system from Saab Ericsson Space in Gothenburg ; and the apogee boost motor from SEP in France.

The 9000's body was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and Saab designer Björn Envall.

This new car became the Saab 99, designed by Sixten Sason and unveiled in Stockholm on November 22, 1967.

In 1969, the Saab 99 appeared, which was a much more modern concept that was designed to replace the 96.

The Saab 96 had a longitudinally mounted engine layout, as first designed, it had a 750 cc, 38 hp ( 28 kW ) three-cylinder Saab two-stroke engine.

In the 1950s, Rolf Mellde — a Saab engine developer and race enthusiast — along with Lars Olov Olsson, Olle Linkdvist, and Gotta Svensson, designed a two-seat roadster prototype in a barn in Åsaka, near Trollhättan ( the site of the main Saab manufacturing facility ).

This new car became the Saab 99, designed by Sixten Sason and unveiled in Stockholm on November 22, 1967.

* The Saab 9-3, a car produced from 1998 – Present, designed to replace the Saab 900.

The original Croma was a five-door notchback liftback penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Ital Design and built on the Type Four platform, which was designed in cooperation between several companies and was also used for the Saab 9000, Lancia Thema and Alfa Romeo 164.

The Saab Catherina is a 1964 prototype automobile, commissioned by the Swedish automaker Saab, designed by Sixten Sason and made at the workshops of the Aktiebolaget Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna ( ASJ-the Swedish Railroad Works ) in Katrineholm, Sweden ( hence the name ).

In addition to Saab, Sason designed consumer products for Electrolux ( most notably the Z 70 vacuum cleaner in 1957 ), Hasselblad ( where he designed their first camera model in 1949 ), Husqvarna ( designing such motorcycles as the Silverpilen ), and Monark ( where he designed the scooter Monarscoot.

Originally designed and manufactured by the Swedish defence firm of Bofors Defence ( now Saab Bofors Dynamics, since 2000 ).

The Saab 9-X concept car was designed by Michael Mauer and Anthony Lo that worked at Saab Automobile.

Cross section to show the different strength of the metal in a Saab 9000.

Cozy Powell died on 5 April 1998 following a car crash while driving his Saab 9000 at in bad weather on the M4 motorway near Bristol.

The Saab 9000 is an automobile that was produced by the Swedish company Saab from 1984 to 1997.

Later in 1988, Saab released a sedan variant of the 9000 known as the " CD ".

Saab Direct Ignition was fitted to the 9000 CD in 1988 on some models and expanded to all turbocharged 9000s in 1990.

From 1988, all 9000 variants were equipped with a Saab Information Display ( SID ) which showed fuel consumption, distance to an empty fuel tank, alternator output voltage, outside temperature, and lowest battery voltage during vehicle start.

Saab 9000 convertible ( prototype )

* Saab 9000 Aero Review at Atlanta

* 1996 Saab press release for the 9000 Aero

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The first generation was introduced in 1997 as the replacement to the Saab 9000 for the 1998 model year.

As part of the military cooperation the U. S. provided much help in the development of the Saab 37 Viggen, as a strong Swedish air force was seen as necessary to keep Soviet anti-submarine aircraft from operating in the missile launch area.

In 1988, Saab commissioned 288 special convertibles, one for each of its United States dealers, as part of the 1988 Dealer Meeting in Sweden.

As part of a 1994 facelift, Saab grafted this slimmer frontal styling to the CD as well.

* In 2006 Lothian and Borders Police in Edinburgh, Scotland, started using three Saab 9-5 Aero 2. 3T patrol cars as part of a fleet of 580 various vehicles.

The 93 was replaced by the Saab 96, although the two models were sold side-by-side for the earlier part of the year.

As part of the military cooperation the U. S. provided much help in the development of the Saab 37 Viggen, as a strong Swedish air force was seen as necessary to keep Soviet anti-submarine aircraft from operating in the missile launch area.

Some foreign entrants for the RAC had also planned to take part in the 1st international rallycross at Lydden Circuit, on Saturday, 25 November 1967, but went home immediately after the rally had been cancelled at the eleventh hour on the evening of 17 November, and was replaced by a single special stage ( won by Swede Erik Carlsson in a Saab 96 V4 ) for the sake of the disappointed television companies.

There were some technologies carried over into the Ecotec line from the Saab H-engine, but for the most part there is very little similarity between the two engine families.