So SAAD

[ainadude]

Shame to see what used to be a cool car company swirling around the drain ...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/44453027

Had a '74 Saab 99LE in college. Not fast by any means but I still remember it fondly -- it handled reasonably well and had great brakes had quirky charm (backwards engine and floor-mounted ignition) and was pretty damn reliable. (Photo isn't my car, but mine was the same model/color/soccer-ball rims.)

[trackjunkie21]

Not surprised at all, Afterall, GM was the one who saved them in the 90's, now that they sold them off to someone else, it's only a matter of time. But on the other hand, they probably would have been gone a few years back if GM still had their hands on them.

[KenC]

I don't know a single person who owns a Saab.

[SkiFree]

^for shame!

I cannot stand that article.

Saab is on rough ground however it is far from being dead. GM kept them afloat but did more harm than good turning Saab into a castrated ghost of what they were. What Spyker's long term goal is going to be bringing Saab back from the edge of Beige (Castriota's 9-3 design alone is reason enough to invest).

- Just a Saab fan

[ill4noreason]

The only good Saab is a dead one.

[slammin.e28]

So.....when SAAB goes under, can we crush all the old ones and pretend they never existed?



This one looks better than anything SAAB ever designed.

[ainadude]

^for shame!

I cannot stand that article.

Saab is on rough ground however it is far from being dead. GM kept them afloat but did more harm than good turning Saab into a castrated ghost of what they were. What Spyker's long term goal is going to be bringing Saab back from the edge of Beige (Castriota's 9-3 design alone is reason enough to invest).

- Just a Saab fan

I hope you're right. Be nice if they came back from the brink with something like they used to build.

[blunttech]

I would rather drive that e30 with the aquarium heater box than own a Saab

[slammin.e28]

I would rather drive that e30 with the aquarium heater box than own a Saab

Do you personally spit on SAAB parts before shipping them out?

I know I do before giving them to the tech. He then takes a dump on them before install. Shitty parts for shitty cars.

[BrettsE30]

Shoulda kept Saturn and dumped Saab. I hate working on them or even looking at them

[freeride53]

I love classic Saabs (secretly. the volvo guys would kill me if they found out)

[SkiFree]

here's a real saab

[blunttech]

here's a real saab

see now thats cool because its quirky and downright weird I like shit like that.. But newer saabs seem like you need a pipe , a monacle and one of those houndstooth hats in order to own it

[priapism]

Saabs aren't awful, they're just weird. They're built for long-distance travel in cold climates. They don't really make sense in places like, say, Los Angeles.

Saab is going under. Naturally, I very much want one right now. Been shopping 9-5 wagons.

[Kershaw]

not that i dont love bouncing on blunt's nuts, but his comments here have been lolworthy. i totally forgot about the aquarium heaterbox e30.

:rofl: