Awesome Saab..i worked at a Saab dealer when this car came out.. unreal amounts of torque steer but boy was it fun to drive. RIP Saab...and thanks Motorweek for this great look back:)
I was a young twenty something tech when these came out at the dealer. I was just moving over from the Saab side to the Porsche side. Loved these cars. We used to pdi these and the. Tell the customer to come get your friggen’ Viggen….😂
Probably one of the reasons SAAB failed. Didn't offer models customers wanted to buy. By offering a automatic transmission in this model they would have appealed to many more buyers.
When I worked for GM I got to drive a Viggen convertible on the GM Proving Ground. The vehicle was fund to drive but it had Torque steer out the Ying-Yang, it was hard to keep on the road. Saab always made faster cars than most people thought. From 40mph - 70 mph, 2006 9-5 Aero was faster than 2006 Porsche 911 Turbo! Saab was one of the Best cars that GM never how to market. There constant fights between Saab and GM over product development, GM wanted Saab just change the Button and Badges of a current GM model and nothing else and call it a Saab, Saab ignore this and went on to overengineer a vehicle (usually great cars) that lost money on every car they sold. You would think there were some happy medium.
A friend of my father had one and the dealer at the time suggested a quaife differential which all but cured the torque steer and made it amazing out of corners as well. He said it was the best $1,000 installed he ever spent on a mod.
Actually Viggen means like "the thunderstone". In scandinavian viking times people found old axe heads in the soil and thought that these axes had striken down from the gods with the lightning. While in reality they had been laying buried in the ground since the stoneage.
vwmatt33 was part of their bailout sadly, and the buyer unfortunately got forced to back down in court. I do believe a company called NEVS owns Saab now, and they are putting the 9-3 into limited production, here's the catch though... A: only sold in China and Sweden (and I believe also Norway) and B: it will be a fully electric car only
GM killed SAAB because SAAB was told to change the body parts and the badge of some GM cars at the time (Cavalier for example), but they went sooooo far that it costed GM a whole fortune. And they pulled the plug for good. It's sad, really.
No squat or dive, it looks amazing in those high speed braking tests. Saab’s were stealthy and could be easily tuned to run like this Viggen Thunderbolt.
These cars on the motorway???? I mean even today against modern vehicles, absolutely awesome, it's like a fcking rocket, I covered 100s of miles and couldn't stop, it was so addictive, you really have to drive one to see what I mean.................stunning stunning stunning
Holy shit 39k USD in 1999, I thought it was 10k less expensive. With inflation it's the price of a nicely equiped Grand Sport Corvette or a GT350 Mustang.
saabs are more tuner friendly. Its SO easy to make 350 bhp (280ish whp) with them. But both the GTP and saab, the weak point is the transmission. With just a piston swap in the B235 engine, it can handle 600 bhp quite easily with enough fuel/turbo.
I was just enjoying the video until I heard of the Mitsubishi supplied 2.3 Liter turbo with the horsepower rating (which are actually good even by today's standards). Not trying to get side tracked here, but why on Earth do companies like Mitsubishi supply automakers with incredible engines, like the one shown for the Saab, but don't utilize them in their own automobiles? I could only imagine how this engine could of saved automobiles like the Mitsubishi Eclipse.
If only they knew back then what a fine and rare piece of art the viggen is today. In Sweden, this car is pure fucking gold. The love for it cannot be described. I sure wish i had one..
I think the 90s techno music is fitting for the car and review because the car deserves that respect for how ahead this car really was. It looks like SAAB had a hand in this review to me.
Loving this one thank's for sharing very important information giving blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work Saab one of my favorite cars wow throw back 🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💪💪💪
Thank you to General Motors for killing SAAB. SAAB was the coolest car company ever. First to really make turbo gas engines common, safety concious but not boring like a Volvo, cool ignition switch location and night panel. GM couldn't let them do their own thing so sales fell, then GM dumped them for next to nothing but kept shackles on what they could or couldn't do. The end of Saab was a sad day.
GM thought it was a great idea to merge Saab Powertrain into GM Powertrain in Germany, for tax reasons. Saab then had to buy their own engines, for a pretty penny, and thus showed red figures in the books every year. GM as a whole didn't lose money, it was solely because it gave tax benefits for GM. Then came the financial crisis and GM needed US Government money for their bailout... The US Government had one condition: All GM entities showing red figures had to go first. That's what ultimately killed Saab along with Pontiac.
This is so awesome. Curious why you've mentioned before that some recordings are in tricky formats? What kind of formats were used in the 80s ... (Beta?) Thanks in advance!
+WikdSeafood The "GM screwed them over" line is getting old. Saab was an absolute basketcase of a company before GM threw them a lifeline and extended their life expectancy by at least a decade.
GM saved saab for a bit, everytime GM said to go with a more concervative approach they laughed in the executives faces and they did the opposite. GM lost allot of money with saab they killed themselves....
saab was a mess of a car, always broken but premium prices! same goes for Volvo. Ford, GM hold them all alive by making only losses with them till they sold both. saab is gone and Volvo is today Chinese which won´t last very long..
If only GM treated Saab the way the Chinese treat Volvo. Give them funding but don’t meddle with their engineers and designers. Amazing how the fortunes of these two great Swedish marques have turned out.
260 hp at the wheels? Dang.. that’s ~300 bhp You’d think it would run faster than 7.0 0-60, but then again, Motorweek is infamous for its slow acceleration times. I’d bet with some minor mods it would pull 400 hp
TassieLorenzo and they are still worth like 20k ! The SAAB would be safer then all cars mentioned in these comments ! They spent heaps of money in safety before most car companies did !
That's not bad.... Not fast but not bad. Keep in mind 50-80mph was the strong point for any Saab, not much could compete at those speeds. Add some mods? Strong point becomes 50-100+ depending on the mods
+Bailey Nguyen Really good used car buy as they can be had cheap right now. Check for sludge(there were PCV updates that helped) which is less of an issue if regular oil changes were done. Ignition cassettes are common failures and can be had for $200. Otherwise money is well spent on torque steer/handling upgrades and good summer tires.
+thestig572420 sign up for the viggen channel on FB, they post every time there is one for sale around the world, mostly the US. It comes up quite often for very cheap! Im saving up for one =D
Saab live on through NEVS. Also, Volvo supposedly considering to start a new, more youth oriented brand. Speculation is that that's why Saab (the aircraft manufacturer) doesen't want NEVS to use the Saab brand name anymore.
Why were cupholders such a task in the 90's? Every car I had back then (Probe, Laser, LHS, Cherokee Classic) had very few, if any, usable cupholders. Some were so cheap and flimsy with the way they folded (Chrysler LHS) out while others just weren't practical. And the Laser? I remember having to buy one of those plastic holders that you had to hope fit the door frame. I was a teen and sojust remember what a pain in the A that was. Today I have a 12 year old Navigator with more cupholders than I need. Newer cars have lights in the damn holders, and some cars even have coolers for your road sodas. I know driving habits change but cupholders seem pretty basic and an easy enough addition to any car cockpit. It's not like a major technological breakthrough I'm talking about here, either.
+kirbyswarp I was gonna buy one but my bank wouldn't finance it because it was too old. I was super bummed because I found one with 20k miles on it. Ended up getting an 07 Aero Convertible which is still a fantastic car but isn't the same.
kirbyswarp it wasn't cheap and why I was certain my bank would finance it but they have a strict year policy. Sucks cause I'm looking to trade in my current one to get another one but if I want that I'd have to go into the 08+ body style and I don't want that.
Very good looking car with excellent practicality as a coupe hatchback. It reminds me of the Volvo C30 hatchback. I prefer the Saab because it is larger, and it has more daily use. They are extremely hard to find, especially in good shape.
Awesome Saab..i worked at a Saab dealer when this car came out.. unreal amounts of torque steer but boy was it fun to drive. RIP Saab...and thanks Motorweek for this great look back:)
I was a valet when this came out.
You are definitely right on the torque steer.
Which is a real drag because the 900/99 had zero torque steer.
Steer clear, it's slow and too many problems with turbo, electrical and with the irritating voice of that cheesy public tv dude.
I was a young twenty something tech when these came out at the dealer. I was just moving over from the Saab side to the Porsche side. Loved these cars. We used to pdi these and the. Tell the customer to come get your friggen’ Viggen….😂
5:04 It was nice of Shia Labeouf to stop by to demonstrate the seat function for Motorweek.
qmto that’s not Shia. He was born in 1986.
Jorge Santana. Yeah, and Keanu Reeves isnt a centuries old immortal lol
qmto lol would have never thought until you said..
Jorge Santana r/woosh
he looks like Shia Labeouf...but actually its Shia Labeouf who looks like him...he came first before Shia...
I'd love one of these now! That blue color is gorgeous.
Drive my 2001 every day. Still looks contemporary, is plenty fast and is a real pleasurable 'analog' drive.
it comes in manual transmission only ! yes that s a great company!
Probably one of the reasons SAAB failed.
Didn't offer models customers wanted to buy.
By offering a automatic transmission in this model they would have appealed to many more buyers.
@@williamegler8771 check out Regular Car Review’s story of the Life and Death of Saab
Autos are better for turbos. 😂
Forgot to mention. At 100 mph it seems to glide, hard to explain, but amazing
Yeah, 200km/h feels like 90km/h.. Very stable and no drama what so ever.
Yup, my 2006 9-3 Aero is similar. Super planted at very high speeds
When I worked for GM I got to drive a Viggen convertible on the GM Proving Ground. The vehicle was fund to drive but it had Torque steer out the Ying-Yang, it was hard to keep on the road.
Saab always made faster cars than most people thought. From 40mph - 70 mph, 2006 9-5 Aero was faster than 2006 Porsche 911 Turbo!
Saab was one of the Best cars that GM never how to market. There constant fights between Saab and GM over product development, GM wanted Saab just change the Button and Badges of a current GM model and nothing else and call it a Saab, Saab ignore this and went on to overengineer a vehicle (usually great cars) that lost money on every car they sold. You would think there were some happy medium.
A friend of my father had one and the dealer at the time suggested a quaife differential which all but cured the torque steer and made it amazing out of corners as well. He said it was the best $1,000 installed he ever spent on a mod.
Too bad Saab is no longer building cars - they were a really unique company.
There's that club music again lol!
+TJC450 It was the 90s....what can we say?
I always thought that was the best "review" music they had...
I like it. Anyone know what it is, or is it just some custom edited song for the show?
It's makes the the bloody 9-3 Viggen even cooler. What an awesome looking car.
Sounds like a 1980s porn background music!!!😭
Actually Viggen means like "the thunderstone". In scandinavian viking times people found old axe heads in the soil and thought that these axes had striken down from the gods with the lightning. While in reality they had been laying buried in the ground since the stoneage.
Nice Car ! A car before its time , would look good today with current cars.
Thanks
Joe
+TechExplorer only if you compare it to the US makes...Other European cars had the same technology if not more...
If GM had done what Tata has done with Jaguar they could’ve done something special I reckon.
Yes, leave the design to Saab, just pump cash into the company not platform and parts
Lambs love this hot hatch. Plenty of room for us in the cargo area.
Golden Retrievers like to put their heads out the back seat windows.
I miss the Real SAAB!! I'm still pissed at GM for gutting and killing SAAB
vwmatt33 was part of their bailout sadly, and the buyer unfortunately got forced to back down in court. I do believe a company called NEVS owns Saab now, and they are putting the 9-3 into limited production, here's the catch though... A: only sold in China and Sweden (and I believe also Norway) and B: it will be a fully electric car only
Saab only lost money even when Saab was still Saab they made almost no profit and where about to go out of buisness
Saab would've died earlier otherwise, be thankful that at least they got a artificial heart for some years.
GM killed SAAB because SAAB was told to change the body parts and the badge of some GM cars at the time (Cavalier for example), but they went sooooo far that it costed GM a whole fortune. And they pulled the plug for good. It's sad, really.
This was a gm Saab
The poster child for unruly tugging from the steering wheel!
Imagine this same car with today's technology! Beautiful car.
Imagine the price tag... $38k in 1999 dollars adjusted for inflation equates to just over $59K in today’s money! Beautiful Car but Ouch!
Worth it for the safety features alone
I had a 98 900SE a couple years ago. This was the car that brought me to love European engineering.
There are only 2 left and you will have 100 of them. You're a really rich man :-D
I have a '98 900SE. Love that car.
Had a 2000 95 Aero 5 speed and it was so nice and quick. Similar engine but made a little more power. Regret selling that one.
No squat or dive, it looks amazing in those high speed braking tests. Saab’s were stealthy and could be easily tuned to run like this Viggen Thunderbolt.
I had one of these back in the days. Faster than everthing in Sweden at the time.
I fell n love with Saab after driving a 87 9000 turbo doing 135 mph with 3 friends n the car. I think that car was under rated at 160 hp.
Keep in mind though that these Saabs are pretty damn light though.
These cars on the motorway???? I mean even today against modern vehicles, absolutely awesome, it's like a fcking rocket, I covered 100s of miles and couldn't stop, it was so addictive, you really have to drive one to see what I mean.................stunning stunning stunning
They sure are amazing, I love my 92 Saab 9000 turbo
Yes I have a 2002 Saab 93 SE TID and I relate 100% to the motorway driving experience
This car looks beautiful 24 years later. Miss Saab's for sure.
This seemed more like a Saab commercial than actual review.
Back when CD players were luxurious! Most cars had a cassette player or no media whatsoever aside from the radio.
Lol "industrial strength turbo" haha as opposed to regular strength turbos?
+wantapgt lol hurrrrr so funny you should quit your day job!
As opposed to the crappy Garrett GT17 turbo made out of papier maché used in other Saabs.
I love the Motorweek Background Music when they review a fun car lol
they don't build cars like this anymore
What about the Hyundai Elantra?
@@Schlomothebest Hyundai lmfao
Comparing an European car with something made in Asia 😂😂😂
@@Los_Chanchulleros And not any european car 😉
@@PierreColombo900 yes, those Saab can be only compared with another European car, the SEAT Leon cupra with a VR6 and AWD.
Holy shit 39k USD in 1999, I thought it was 10k less expensive. With inflation it's the price of a nicely equiped Grand Sport Corvette or a GT350 Mustang.
I have heard of people getting 300 thousand miles out of 1980s 900s. I know the turbo 900 was very quick and fun to drive.
Chris Cornelius I put 407k on my '84 900, no engine rebuild, just proper maintenance. Bulletproof engine (non turbo).
Shia Labeouf in Motorweek.
Eric Miranda I was just about to type the same thing! lol!!!
In the beouf!
I miss Saab...
A friend of mine had the 1993 turbo coupe and sold it last year....moved up to BMW 2011 I series convertible...loves the upgrade!
Seems unrelated to the SAAB Viggen- but amazing story.
Do you have a review of the 1997-2004 Buick Regal GS? The supercharged 3.8 v6 is a torque monster.
+David S yes..........yes they are
i've owned one of those too. I prefer the saab. Its funny because the L67 was a bit better on fuel lol.
saabs are more tuner friendly. Its SO easy to make 350 bhp (280ish whp) with them. But both the GTP and saab, the weak point is the transmission. With just a piston swap in the B235 engine, it can handle 600 bhp quite easily with enough fuel/turbo.
@@anewzack78 I got 24.8mpg city in my saab when I daily drove it. 32.0MPG on a long trip going 85-90mph. Usually 35 mpg going more reasonable speeds.
@@kirbyswarp sounds about right
The Viggen is my FAV Saab. Too bad Jerry Seinfeld never got to drive this in Seinfeld.
I was just enjoying the video until I heard of the Mitsubishi supplied 2.3 Liter turbo with the horsepower rating (which are actually good even by today's standards). Not trying to get side tracked here, but why on Earth do companies like Mitsubishi supply automakers with incredible engines, like the one shown for the Saab, but don't utilize them in their own automobiles? I could only imagine how this engine could of saved automobiles like the Mitsubishi Eclipse.
I believe he was referring to the manufacturer of the turbo.
The Turbo is a Mitsubishi. Engine is Saab/GM
225hp crank on these cars was a bit low as they often dyno'd 210-225whp.
+Maxwell Castro It's Saab's very own H-series engine. Not much GM there...
+Jameson Neumann That makes sense given a 2.3 running 20psi of boost on probably a moderatly well flowing Mitsu turbo
"racy silver"
what.
Awesome video I just picked up a 2000 9-3 for $1500
What a cool car, looks like a lot of fun. Wish I could say the same about '07 Eclipse GT. Speed isn't everything folks!
Best SAAB ever, used to think the 99 turbo. Aka 900 turbo..
Beautiful esp in that paint!
Great car. Wish I still had mine. Sure don't miss this style of TV presentation though. Yack...
Saab made great cars. I was lucky to own one. Too bad they're gone forever.
Super
saab!!!
If only they knew back then what a fine and rare piece of art the viggen is today. In Sweden, this car is pure fucking gold. The love for it cannot be described. I sure wish i had one..
this was a very advanced car even in 99". not many other manufacturers could beat this car in its class.
Looks like it handles well, I kinda like it
I feel like im clubbin'
5:00 shia lebeefs does road tests?
Was that the sound of the tires screeching when the driver shifted into 2nd @ 2:09? That’s a lot of torque!
Yeah it probably was, the torque output increases from 184 to 243 lb/ft from first to second gear! 😯 You would definitely feel it.
It's so funny, watching all of these Motor Week videos, I can see how Americans really did kill the manual transmission.
I think the 90s techno music is fitting for the car and review because the car deserves that respect for how ahead this car really was. It looks like SAAB had a hand in this review to me.
It was also used in the Pontiac Aztek review
Man, at 48, this video suddenly makes me feel old contemplating that something from 1999 is "retro".
Loving this one thank's for sharing very important information giving blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work Saab one of my favorite cars wow throw back 🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💪💪💪
Thank you to General Motors for killing SAAB. SAAB was the coolest car company ever. First to really make turbo gas engines common, safety concious but not boring like a Volvo, cool ignition switch location and night panel. GM couldn't let them do their own thing so sales fell, then GM dumped them for next to nothing but kept shackles on what they could or couldn't do. The end of Saab was a sad day.
GM thought it was a great idea to merge Saab Powertrain into GM Powertrain in Germany, for tax reasons. Saab then had to buy their own engines, for a pretty penny, and thus showed red figures in the books every year. GM as a whole didn't lose money, it was solely because it gave tax benefits for GM.
Then came the financial crisis and GM needed US Government money for their bailout... The US Government had one condition: All GM entities showing red figures had to go first.
That's what ultimately killed Saab along with Pontiac.
Man I wish I could find a nice example. Seriously underated car.
This Viggen is my personal FAV Saab ever. If the NBC sitcom Seinfeld had existed just one year longer, Jerry Seinfeld would’ve bought one.
This is so awesome. Curious why you've mentioned before that some recordings are in tricky formats? What kind of formats were used in the 80s ... (Beta?) Thanks in advance!
They used Sony U-matic
Poor Saab. GM really screwed them over. Such nice cars. I drove a new 900 Turbo and it was a blast.
+WikdSeafood The "GM screwed them over" line is getting old. Saab was an absolute basketcase of a company before GM threw them a lifeline and extended their life expectancy by at least a decade.
GM saved saab for a bit, everytime GM said to go with a more concervative approach they laughed in the executives faces and they did the opposite. GM lost allot of money with saab they killed themselves....
DroverChicago you watched that Top Gear episode huh lol
DroverChicago exactly
saab was a mess of a car, always broken but premium prices! same goes for Volvo. Ford, GM hold them all alive by making only losses with them till they sold both. saab is gone and Volvo is today Chinese which won´t last very long..
If only GM treated Saab the way the Chinese treat Volvo. Give them funding but don’t meddle with their engineers and designers. Amazing how the fortunes of these two great Swedish marques have turned out.
I want to find one of these! Own a Saab 9-5 wish they still made cars
I remember these when I was in high school I used to like him but I was so wrapped up in Mustang 5.0 s
I have a tuned base model one of these with 200hp (265 soon). I couldnt be happier.
"ecotec 2.3L" WAT lol btw this they under rated the power numbers on purpose with these on purpose. They'd dyno around 260hp or so
260 hp at the wheels? Dang.. that’s ~300 bhp
You’d think it would run faster than 7.0 0-60, but then again, Motorweek is infamous for its slow acceleration times.
I’d bet with some minor mods it would pull 400 hp
Dr. Lyle Evans yep. A gt2871 and larger injectors will make it kiss 400 pretty easily AND spool quite quick still (~3k)
These power specs still keep up with sports sedans today
I can attest to that
@@thedood7471 Just one month ago I bought a 440 hp sports sedan so I actually stand corrected 🤣
$38k in 2000... were Saab of America out of their minds!!?? What an outrageous price!! :/
TassieLorenzo hey the jeep Cherokee in 1994 was 42k.
but a more boring vehicle and not very tuner friendly. Easy to up the power in a SAAB. Its already turbo charged. Free DIY tuner software, etc.
TassieLorenzo and they are still worth like 20k ! The SAAB would be safer then all cars mentioned in these comments ! They spent heaps of money in safety before most car companies did !
@@anewzack78 these spank the USDM M3s. (E36)
1:25 nice old-school GM mass airflow sensor there.
That was a good looking vehicle!
2:39 - did the Saab just run over a cat?? 🤣🤣
This SAAB is Awesome
this car is such a beauty! looking to buy a saab as my first car this summer 😁
Always wanted this car.
Still want one!
Amazing car.
Sweet machine...
John Davis seems excited in this video
Whoops; wrong video. That was meant for the Acura Legend review. LOL
Where can you get one of these?
nice engine but the chassis on these was still the crappy GM Vectra platform.
+alfamonk True, although the (OG)9-3 was much improved over the (NG)900.
+alfamonk Yup. You needed the VRK Viggen Rescue Kit.
The music though, I didn't understand that haha
Also 0-60 was about 6.5 seconds, even though MotorTrend got 6.1.
That's not bad.... Not fast but not bad.
Keep in mind 50-80mph was the strong point for any Saab, not much could compete at those speeds.
Add some mods? Strong point becomes 50-100+ depending on the mods
And its fwd!
@DesertBMW this isnt a 0-60 car but I wouldn't call 6-7 second 0-60 slow, escpecially by 1999 standards.
was that Shia Labeouf showing the interior?
How are these in used condition?
+Bailey Nguyen Really good used car buy as they can be had cheap right now. Check for sludge(there were PCV updates that helped) which is less of an issue if regular oil changes were done. Ignition cassettes are common failures and can be had for $200. Otherwise money is well spent on torque steer/handling upgrades and good summer tires.
Viggins are rare tho
+thestig572420 sign up for the viggen channel on FB, they post every time there is one for sale around the world, mostly the US. It comes up quite often for very cheap! Im saving up for one =D
+Bailey Nguyen You can still find some with low miles, the owners typically baby them.
Thanks everyone!!
Cool music.
I remember this review and episode
Beautiful
this car looks great! too bad SAAB isn't around anymore, these are nice cars.can we get a review of the 2000 Volvo C70 coupe?
Saab live on through NEVS.
Also, Volvo supposedly considering to start a new, more youth oriented brand. Speculation is that that's why Saab (the aircraft manufacturer) doesen't want NEVS to use the Saab brand name anymore.
still don't understand them, what does Volvo have to do with Saab?
Sure it's not outstanding for 2015, but put it in context of other 1999 cars
I'd say those numbers hold up pretty well even to today, and every Saab guy knows those power figures were pretty conservative, too.
+gear9242 It was damp today and I had wheelspin in 3rd gear from a 50 roll...I laughed out loud all the way home.
+weirdshibainu Well, my '05 9-3T still eat much of today's new cars!
+Nicholas R.M. I bet it will! I really love that generation of 9-3
yeah, it was a very advanced car for"99. but even today it holds pretty well
I just wanna know why the soundtrack sounds like I’m the middle of a McDonald’s lololol
Why were cupholders such a task in the 90's? Every car I had back then (Probe, Laser, LHS, Cherokee Classic) had very few, if any, usable cupholders. Some were so cheap and flimsy with the way they folded (Chrysler LHS) out while others just weren't practical. And the Laser? I remember having to buy one of those plastic holders that you had to hope fit the door frame. I was a teen and sojust remember what a pain in the A that was. Today I have a 12 year old Navigator with more cupholders than I need. Newer cars have lights in the damn holders, and some cars even have coolers for your road sodas. I know driving habits change but cupholders seem pretty basic and an easy enough addition to any car cockpit. It's not like a major technological breakthrough I'm talking about here, either.
This engine in that GM crap platform is like throwing pearls for pigs..
Too bad they are gone. Hopefully they will be back soon.
I own a black one :) Super fun car.
+kirbyswarp nice to see you again! I hope your viggen is treating you well.
***** I just got a CEL on my way home on friday. Compressor surge/Turbo flutter. I'm guessing the BPV is out.
+kirbyswarp I was gonna buy one but my bank wouldn't finance it because it was too old. I was super bummed because I found one with 20k miles on it. Ended up getting an 07 Aero Convertible which is still a fantastic car but isn't the same.
Brandon Ottinger 20k miles?? that's unheard of.
kirbyswarp it wasn't cheap and why I was certain my bank would finance it but they have a strict year policy. Sucks cause I'm looking to trade in my current one to get another one but if I want that I'd have to go into the 08+ body style and I don't want that.
They used the same music from the Aztek review but this came before it
Saabs were the hottest shit back when I was in high school.
Rims did it all. Damn those are sexy.
Dream car
Very good looking car with excellent practicality as a coupe hatchback. It reminds me of the Volvo C30 hatchback. I prefer the Saab because it is larger, and it has more daily use.
They are extremely hard to find, especially in good shape.
Man, $ 38,000 back in 1999 was a ton of money
Man...These were expensive! ( especially for the day!)