Complex sentence: The Saab 96 had a longitudinally mounted engine layout, as first designed, it had a 750 cc, 38 hp (28 kW) three-cylinder Saab two-stroke engine.
Split into simpler sentences: The Saab 96 had a longitudinally mounted engine layout. As first designed, it had a 750 cc, 38 hp (28 kW) three-cylinder Saab two-stroke engine.