Good-Bye SAAB -- SAAB files for bankruptcy
 

..liked some of their car designs but never enough to actually buy it.


Saab files for bankruptcy - Dec. 19, 2011

good riddance

About time...nothing but half baked left over parts bin garbage from GM
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GM ruined the marque. The only decent "Saab" in the last decade was the 9-2x, and that was because it was a WRX with pretty sheetmetal.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06...e/saab9-2x.jpg

the only saab that i like back in the days
http://www.analogstereo.com/images/om/saab_9-3.jpg

i actually liked the 9-3's lol

I always thought their ignition being beside the shifter was beyond cool

i almost forgot the existence of SAAB.. they are pretty nice cars, don't mind owning one!

i got just a hunch of a feeling that some chinese auto makers is gonna buy just like rover

I like SAAB, but never enough to consider buying one. It's just a shame that they're likely gone because having a unique, niche company like them is always nice to have. Even though most people would never buy one, it was always that quirky option you could go with if you ever grew bored of the major brands.

^ I agree.

I remember in the 90's my friend's Dad bought a 900 turbo instead of BMW 3 series. I asked him why and he told me that he wanted to be different.

FWD, turbo 4 cylinder, hatchback, distinctive shape in the 90s. I would never buy one, but it was different.

not surprised at all.

Neat looking cars but could never compete at the prices they were selling them at here

Again?

They were awesome cars, pre GM era ones were built and engineered to last many nuclear bombs.

On a serious note, they were extremely comfortable to drive and were tanks through the snow. Almost everything was thought out when they built these cars, such as interior switch design and layout.

They even showed you how to change the belts and perform oil changes in their owner manuals :P

how much do they cost on average?

a 9-2 is around 40 something from what i remembered.

i really liked the old 9000's but i used to always drive by this saab repair shop on clark and it reminded me why there weren't a lot on the road.

http://pda.88000.org/wallpapers/48/A..._Different.jpg


SAAB should have built the Aero-X:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._left_side.jpg

I believe Pang Da was supposed to buy some of Saab, but GM blocked the deal.

Now would that be "Old GM" or "New GM"? Ha ha..

Mitch had a sick SAAB in the movie Paid In Full
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There was a Chinese buyer lined up, but GM is still a stake holder and they didn't allow the deal to go through because they didn't want the competition in the Chinese market.

i always liked saabs but they were priced way too close to bmw/benz/audi. aside from it being rare there was really no real incentive on buying one.

i used to think saab was alright until DANNY

http://www.revscene.net/forums/20933...uy-merged.html