1967 Saab 95 Station Wagon
Swedish engineering met practical versatility in this seven-passenger station wagon introduced in 1959 and produced through 1978.
The two-door design featured distinctive extended rear fenders (giving the body its characteristic fins) and an optional rear-facing third-row seat that made it one of the few compact wagons offering genuine seven-passenger capacity.
Beginning in 1967, the 95 became available with a Ford Taunus V4 engine displacing 91 cubic inches (1498 cc), producing 65 horsepower in European specification and 73 horsepower in U.S.-market versions (SAE gross). This four-stroke powerplant replaced the earlier 841 cc three-cylinder two-stroke, marking a significant mechanical evolution for the model.
Period marketing noted the V4 as one of the very few such engine configurations available in the American market at the time, which gave Saab an unusual talking point versus more conventional inline-fours.
The 95 retained Saab’s freewheel feature (originally developed for the two-stroke engine) throughout production, although the greater torque of the V4 was known to stress this component more than the earlier three-cylinder.
Over its nineteen-year production run, approximately 110,527 examples were built, with sales in the United States continuing through 1973 while other markets carried on until 1978.
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