Introducing the New Saab Wagonback 1974 [OCR]

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Introducing the new Saab

W a

gon

ac

k S

edan



With its hatch

back closed

, the

ne

w

Saab

WagonBack

Sedan looks l ike a

sleek , stylish ,

luxury se dan.

But wi th its hatc

hback ope

n it re -

veals a luxury

sedan

t

hat s part

stat ion

wagon ,

a

s

well. Because i

n

t

he back

of

every

Wa

gonBack you

ll

find

a

trunk

t

hat can ca

rry

more

than mos

t other

sedans in our c

lass.

In

the back of eve

ry

Wag

onBack

you ll find a

rear window shelf

t

hat can

be quickly removed

and a back

seat

that

fo lds dow

n

f lat

.

So

you can ca

rry

th i

ngs l ike bicyc les

, rugs, skis and flo

or

lamps.

You ll find a hatch

back that o

pens

a

ll the way

down

t

o the

bumper. S

o

i t s real ly eas

y

to

load .

And

you ll

find a hatchback ta i lgate

that

swings up ea s

ily, high and sa

fely

ou

t of th

e way, on small g

as pistons .

A

nd because

of the

aero

dynamic

shape of

our

WagonBack

Se dan

you

ll

find that

the rear w

indow tends to

keep itse

l f c lean . Unlike most

s ta t ion

wagons.

We

designed

and

built the Wago

n-

a

c k to give

you

a lo t of

th e

adv

an-

tages onl

y

a station wag

on ca

n give

you. With

all of t

he

adv

antage s only

a

sedan ca n give

you.



So

m

eti

me

s it

s

a

S

ta

tion

W

ag

on

.

S

om

e

tim

es

i

t s

a

Se

da

n

h e n

ew Saab

W

agonB

ack Se

dan.

Is

a s

edan when

you w

an t i

t to

be

a se da

n. But j

ust open

the W

agon

Back, take

ou t

the rem

ovable

rear

w

indow s

helf, fold

down

the re ar

seat,

and

it

become

s a st

tion w

agon. With

mo

re than 53

cu

bic feet of

cargo

space.

And

mo

re

than

6 fe

et of

floor len

gth

for

c rry ing

th ings l ike s kis, bicycles,

rug

s nd fl

oor lam

ps.

But ev

en with

the

r

ear-win

dow

shelf

in, nd

three pe

ople

in the back

sea

t,

o

ur Wagon

Back

will still give

yo

u

m

ore

trunk s

pace than

you ll

find

in

m

ost

othe

r sedans

in ou r c

lass. 2

cubic fe

et,

to

be exac

t.

And

lo ts

of luxury

. Becaus

e

o

ur S

aab

WagonB

ack

has the

sa m e

spaciou

s

head and

leg

room up fron

t and

b

ack

as

our othe

r Sa ab

99 s.

Ou

r W

agonBa

ck a

lso gives

yo

u al

l

of the p

r ctic l

fea

tures that

hav

e

made

Saa

b

o

ne of

the most

se

nsible

ca r

s

o

n the

ro ad

. Becau

se l ike our

oth

er Sa

ab seda

ns, it s bu i

lt with

the

tra

ction

of

front

-wheel

dri

ve,

th

e

pre

c

is ion of

rack and pini

on

steerin

g, the

streng

th and

safe

ty

o

f ro

l l -cage

con

str

uction, n

d the

assura

nce of powe

r

ass

isted di

sc brake

s

o

n all four

wh

eels.

Ou

r

ne

w WagonB

ack

offers yo

u

wha

t

a

lmost

no oth

er car

in the world

o

ffers yo

u: A se

dan

th

at

con

ve rts

to

a st t

ion wa

gon

when yo

u nee

d it,

n

d a st tio

n wago

n

t

hat

converts

to

a luxur

y se

dan w hen

y

ou want

it .

imp

ort

m

otors

inc

S

ales · Par

ts · Serv

ice

168

5 M ento

r Ave .

Ph

:

352

·

6 ~

Painesville,

Ohio

44 77



The door panels

in the

W

agon

Back are

of the

sa me

type

as

those us

ed in th

e

Saab

EMS

moul

ded in one piec

e of imp

act

absorbin

g mater ia l .

ogeth

er

with

b

ui l t - in, sturdy d

oor b e a m s

our new d

oor panels of

fer

exce l len t

side imp

act

prote

ction.

The Saab

WagonBack offer

s the

same spacious

interior areas

for

both

driver and passengers

as

every Sa

ab sedan, as

w ell

as

the same goo

d r id ing comfort.

Yet

our

W

agonBack also offe

rs

some very distin

ctive and

practical

s

tation

wagon char-

acteristics

.

Th

e interior

is

wel l ap

pointed

a

nd elegant. The up

holstery

mater ial in

the

seats and back-

rests

is

a so

ft, p leasant nylon

velour

that

wo

n t

stic

k

to

y our

skin in summer

or f reeze you

in

win te r .

And

in ter

iors are fully

c

olor-coordinated

, of course.

Defroster outlets ar e

located on

ea

ch side of

the

wide

rear

w

indow to spread

the

a

ir over

the entire surface. And

for

even

quic

ker defrost ing

, and to

pre

vent

m

isting

,

the Saab

W

agonBack also offe

rs electr ical

defr

osting as a back-up s

ystem .

The tail l ights

have been de sign

e d

t

o

be c lear ly v

isible, even from

the sides. The ba

ck

-up

l ights

direct their

beams

both

backward

and

downward to m

ake backing

up easier

and safer at

night

.

The lice

nse plate light,

inci-

dentally,

is bu ilt into

the

ta i lgat

e

handle.

The

front

grill

of the

WagonBack

ha s

been specia l ly de

s igned to

com

plement the shape

of

the

car.

It gives

the

Wagon

Back

_

__

_. a dist inct ivene

ss

unto

i tself .

The gas

tank f i l ler c

ap is located

on

the

rig

ht side of the car

an

d

as

with all Saab 9

9 s the

tank is

located in

the

safest position

- b

etween

the

rear w

heels .

The

tank volume

has been

increa

sed to 14

2

gal lon

s on

the Saab Wa

gonBack-to g ive

you a greate

r

dr

iving range.

The luggage sp

ace has been

designed fo r

both function

and e legance. The

flat floor

is

covere

d entirely with

vinyl

reinforce

d textile carpeting.

And

t

he

s

ides, l ike

the

insid

es of

the

front

do

ors

,

are pane l led

with

impact-absorbing

material

s

covered with sturdy

vinyl .

The spare

ti re is p laced ve

rtically

on the

left of the

luggage

com

partment. To

the right i

s the

lu g

gage compartm

ent light.

T

he flow-th

rough

v

entilation

system vents

stale air

th rough

the

round out

lets q

uickly

and

quietly



The WagonBack re g

ular large

luggage

compartment has a

c a p a ci ty

of 1 2

cubic

f

eet

(measured

according

to

SAE

standards).

An additional space

un der a

c

overing

far ba

ck in

the

luggage

c

ompartment

ad ds a

m a

x imu m

volume of 3

cubic

f

eet so even

with th

e

rear

window she lf le

ft in you still have

more luggage

space than

most

other

cars in

our

class

.

The remov

able shelf

is mounted

on

two

t racks - one

on each

side - and can b

e easily and

quick

ly

take

n ou

t. At

t

he

re ar

of

the backre

st

, f

lush with

the

shel

f,

is

a

beam

that

co ncea l

s the

lock mechanism

for t

he

seat

backrest. It also

fun

ctions

as a

point of

at tac

hment

fo r

spec ial

rem

ovable headres ts (

optional .

When you have

to

ca

rry long

and

bulky

i tem

s, simply fo l

d the

rear

seat forward,

and t

he

backrest

down

f lat,

to g ive you

additiona

l

lo d

area

which is

over

6 ft

long.

Interio

r dimensions

Max .

length of loading de c

k 72 .4

Width of loading

deck,

behind the w h

eel we l ls

4 .

3

W

idth

of

loading deck ,

between the wheel w

ells 39.8

Width of lo

ading deck,

i

n

f ront

of

the wheels 5

.

2

The

roof l ine has be en

left

the

sa m e

as

in

other

Sa ab 99 s.

Bu t t

he

bo

dy

to

the rear

of the

center

p i l lar

has been redesig

ned

The

rear side

windows have

been en large

d, as wel l .

Lo ading

deck to roof,

max. di m

ension

Heigh

t

of

tai lgate openin g ,

ve rtical

Leng

th of ordinary luggag

e

co

mpartment (rear s ea

t up)

Distance be

tween the upper

ed

ge of the rear seat ba

ckrest

to the tailga

te

Max . width

of tailgate op enin

g

Min

.

width

of ta ilga

te opening

36 .2

3 .7

46.8

24.4

46.0

37.4



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inc

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Ave

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