SAAB AWARDS

9-3 Sport Sedan / SportCombi

         


Awards and Achievements Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan/SportCombi


2006
Second best in its class – Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan. Placed behind the Saab 9-5 Sedan and ranked substantially better than the average car. US Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) study.

2005
Top Safety Pick Gold Award. Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan. Top rating. US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) front, side and rear crash tests, 2005.

Top rating: Substantially better than average. Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan. Ranked 31 percent better than the average car. US Highway Loss Data Institute(HLDI) study, 2005.

Maximum rating: Good. Saab 9-3 SportCombi. For Saab Active Head Restraints (SAHR). Britain’s Thatcham insurance research centre crash tests, 2005.


2004
Best Pick in side-impact crash tests, American IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety), USA. The Sport Sedan repeats the "Best Pick" rating from last year's IIHS frontal offset crash test and is now the first car with standard safety equipment to receive a double "Best Pick" honour.

Received highest rating, "Good" in the IIHS & Thatcham studies into the safety of car seats and head restraints, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety USA, Thatcham, Great Britain.

Awarded Compact Executive Car of the Year, Auto Trader, Great Britain

Voted Top Small Executive Car, Top Gear Magazine's New Car Buyer's Guide, Great Britain

Awarded one of "10 best Cars of the Year", Hong Kong Car and Driver, Hong Kong

Awarded Best European Intermediate/middle sedan, Car Plus Award, Hong Kong

Recommended buy, US Consumer Reports magazine, USA


2002
Awarded maximum five star rating in EuroNCAP collision test, Saab 9-3 Sports Sedan, EuroNCAP

Best Family Sedan, Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan, PBS’s MotorWeek television, USA

Prestige Car of the Year, Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan, Brisbane Courier Mail, Australia

Best Buy, Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan, Expressen, Sweden

Best New Car, Saab 9-3 Arc Sport Sedan ($30,000 - $40,000 range), Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, USA
 
 
9-3 SAAB CONVERTIBLE
 
     
       

Awards and Achievements Saab 9-3 Convertible


2005
Maximum rating: Good. Saab 9-3 Convertible. For Saab Active Head Restraints (SAHR). Britain’s Thatcham insurance research centre crash tests, 2005.


2004
Awarded maximum five star rating in EuroNCAP collision test, Saab 9-3 Convertible, EuroNCAP

Named UK's Most Secure Open-Top Car, British Insurance Car Security Awards, Great Britain

Prestigious Sporting Open Top award, The Institute of Vehicle Engineers (IVehE), Great Britain
 
9-5 Sedan / SportCombi
 

             


Awards and Achievements Saab 9-5 Sedan/SportCombi


2006
Best in its class - Saab 9-5 Sedan. Ranked 42 percent better than the average car in the US Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) study.

2005
“Safest car in Sweden”. Saab 9-5. Ranked more than 30 percent better than the average car. Swedish Insurance Company Folksam report “How Safe is Your Car?”, 2005.

Best in its class. Saab 9-5 SportCombi. Ranked 51 percent better than the average car. US Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) study, 2005.

Maximum rating: Good. Saab 9-5 Sedan. For Saab Active Head Restraints (SAHR). Britain’s Thatcham insurance research centre crash tests, 2005.

Maximum rating: Good. Saab 9-5 SportCombi. For Saab Active Head Restraints (SAHR). Britain’s Thatcham insurance research centre crash tests, 2005.


2004
Best used car, US Consumer Reports magazine, USA

Recommended buy, US Consumer Reports magazine, USA

Saab 9-5 Sedan topped the luxury midsize category, for relative frequency of injury insurance claims in the US. HLDI's study, covering model years 2001-2003, compares cars on the basis of cost of injuries sustained following on-road crashes. The study indicates the relative frequencies of injury compensation claims from an insurance company, per insured vehicle year. Both the 9-5 Sedan and Wagon achieved a rating of "substantially better than average" for injury claims in the luxury midsize category. According to the HLDI formula, the Saab 9-5 Sedan's top ranking for injury claims is 53 percent better than average, and the Saab 9-5 Wagon's ranking is 39 percent better than average.


2003
Awarded maximum five star rating in EuroNCAP collision test, Saab 9-5, EuroNCAP

The Safest Car in Sweden, Saab 9-5, Folksam insurance company, Sweden

2002
The Safest Car in Sweden, Saab 9-5, Folksam insurance company, Sweden

Best of the Best, Saab 9-5, American Consumer Reports magazine, USA

Best in Class, Saab 9-5 Aero (in the USD 30.000-40.000 range), Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, USA

2001
Best Mid Luxury Car 2001 in Initial Quality. J.D. Power and Associates, USA.

Best Car 2001 Saab 9-5 Wagon (in class USD 30,000-35,000). American Automobile Association, USA.

Best Engine Concept 2001, Saab Variable Compression (SVC), International Engine of the year Award

2000
Best Technology / Innovation 2000 (SVC). Autocar Magazine, Great Britain.

Best of the new from Car Technology 2000 (SVC). Popular Science

1999
Best Buy 1999, Saab 9-5 Sedan and Wagon. Consumer Digest, USA.

Estate Car of the Year 1999, Saab 9-5 Wagon. What Car? Magazine, Great Britain.

Excellent Swedish Design Prize 1999, Saab 9-5 Wagon. Swedish Soceity of Crafts and Design

Top Car Saab 9-5 Wagon for its balance of performance, quality and value. American Automobile Association, USA.

1998
Executive Car of the year Diário de Noticias, Portugal

Among Top Ten Luxury / Sports Sedans Consumer's Review, USA

Best estate model Over £20,000 - IBCAM British Steel Awards, Great Britain

Best imported upper middle - segment car Auto Motor und Sport magazine reader's poll, Germany