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How dare we call the new 1981 Saab 
900 one of the most beautiful cars in the 
world, what with its wrap-around wind- 
shield, pointy front end, sloped rear end 
and just plain all-around strange looks? 
Well, if you look at the Saab the way 
we do, yoq’ll call it “beautiful” too. 
For instance, the outside of the Saab is 
designed not to make your heart throb, 
but rather to slice through the wind. 
Consequently, the Saab 900 has a low 
coefficient of drag, which affects perfor- 
mance, handling, and mileage all for the 
better. 
At Saab, that’s what we call “beautiful? 
You may have noticed that Saabs ride a 
little high off the ground. 
That’s because we’ve found that adults 
like to sit upright in chairs, rather than sit 
on the floor. 
So we provide the Saab with vertical 
seats that are up off the ground, to give 
you ample support for your thighs, back, 
shoulders, to make you as conff or table 
as is humanly possible. On some models, 
they’re even heated! 
And that unconventional windshield, 
combined with the height of the seat, 
gives you a phenomenal view of the road. 
At Saab, that's what we call “beautiful? 
Part of what the Saab looks like is a 
function of the safety features built 
into it. 
For example, if you take away the 
sheet metal body, you’ll see a cage of 
thick steel beams, pillars, cross mem- 
bers, floor plates, side panels, and so 
forth. 
We call it the Saab “Safety Cage? 
We designed it to give you and your 
passengers extraordinary protection in 
the event of a collision. 
Function, not form, was the primary 
objective in designing the basic shape 
of the Saab 900. 
