20.8.2004
Saab 9-5 Wagon – the ideal company car

Company car users who value comfort, safety, versatility and driving satisfaction, will find the Saab 9-5 Wagon has all the right qualities to meet their needs as 'the ideal company car'.
The Saab 9-5 Wagon makes a compelling choice for business users with a host of useful features that can ease stress and maintain comfort levels, keeping the driver fresh and focused for work. It also makes a convincing choice for companies who want to safeguard the well-being of employees in their cars, as well as in the workplace.

The benefits of providing excellent in-car ergonomics and driver workload management systems, for example, are reflected in an employee who will not suffer from driving stress or of back-aches. And in the field of safety, excellent crash impact protection can benefit employers as well as employees through fewer working days lost.

Current features that position the Saab 9-5 Wagon as an ideal company car include:

- Saab ComSense. This driving safety strategy minimizes the potential for driver distraction through 'dynamic workload management', momentarily suppressing dashboard warning messages or incoming calls on the integrated phone.
- Neck injury protection system. Unique Saab Active Head Restraints (SAHR) fitted to the front seats help prevent neck injury following rear-end collisions.
- State-of-the-art crash worthiness. The Saab 9-5 has achieved a maximum 5-star EuroNCAP crash test rating for front and side impacts.
- Driving safety. Accident avoidance improved through the standard fitment of electronic stability control (ESP), helping to counteract any driver misjudgements, and bi-xenon headlights, giving illumination twice as much powerful as conventional halogen bulbs.
- Controlled air quality. A combined electrostatically-charged and carbon filter removes airborne particles as small as 4 microns, such as dust, soot and pollen.
- Safe load-carrying. Impressive seat-down capacity.
- Seating comfort. High mileage drivers, in particular, will appreciate the widely-acclaimed comfort and support offered by Saab seats.
- Low-speed impact resistance. Self-repairing molded plastic bumpers typically absorb impacts up to 8 km/h without the need for repairs. In heavier impacts of up to 30 km/h, small load-bearing 'crash boxes' behind the front bumper deform, minimizing damage to the body structure or body panels.
- Parking assistance. A warning alarm is triggered when the car is about to be reversed into a low wall or obstacle unseen by the driver.
- Swift overtaking is safer. High-torque turbo engines allow for quick, decisive overtaking, reducing risk exposure for the driver.