The Saab 9000 is a mid-size luxury car that was produced by the Swedish automaker Saab from 1984 to 1998. It was the first model to be produced after the Saab-Scania merger. The 9000 was available as either a four-door sedan, a five-door combi coupe, or as a five-door station wagon body style. It had a sixteen-valve four-cylinder engine, an all-wheel drive system, and a performance-oriented turbocharged variant. It was also one of the first cars to be fitted with side-impact protection, and featured many innovative features such as the "night panel" dashboard, which dimmed unnecessary instruments at night to reduce driver distraction.