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2000 Saab 9-5 sedan

The Saab 9-5 is an executive car produced by the Swedish automaker Saab. It was introduced in 1997 as the replacement to the Saab 9000. The 9-5 eplaced the 9000 in the spring of 1998 for the 1999 model year. At the time, the car represented a great leap forward for Saab.

1 Hybrid powertrains
- 1.1 Compare Saab 9-5 2.0 and 2.0 Bio Power
2 Hybrid version princing
3 Hybrid version fuel consumption
4 CO2 emissions
5 External links

Hybrid powertrains

The high-powered version of the 9-5 is called the Aero, the current form producing 260 hp ECE (194 kW) and 350 N·m (258 ft·lbf) of torque (370 N·m or 272 ft·lbf with its 20-second overboost function accessible on the manual transmission equipped version). Hirsch Performance, a tuner specializing in Saab models, can increase this to a maximum of 305 hp ECE (224 kW). [1]

In 2005, an updated version of the 2.0 L turbocharged I4 was introduced in the European market together with the 2006 9-5. The engine is sold as 2.0t BioPower, and it is optimized to run on E85 producing 132 kW (180 hp) at 5500 r/min. Meanwhile, the only available engine became 2.3 L turbocharged straight-4 was bumped to 260 hp. With this new engine, every new 9-5 available in the US is now faster and more powerful than last year's 250 hp Aero.

Compare Saab 9-5 2.0 and 2.0 Bio Power

Model	Fuel	Engine	Vol, cc	Type	Power, kW (PS) @ rpm	Torque, Nm @ rpm
2.0t	Gasoline	B205	1985	I4, 16v, turbo	110 (150) @ 5500	240 @ 1800
2.0t BioPower	E85/gasoline	B205	1985	I4, 16v, turbo	132 (180) @ 5500	280 @ 1800