Saab Tribute Top Gear documentary part 2

[kyleglasgow]

I get teary eyed every-time I watch this. Nearly ten years on and it still breaks me up.

[rjallenbach]

Most people don’t realize how good of cars they really were

[verzekeringsadviseur]

Their latest 95 is still a good looking car in my opinion

[falkkiwiben]

Just bought my first car, a 2000 saab 9-3 2.0t. Ever since being a kid I've always loved Saab, and being an owner of one now I could not be happier

[jakobholgersson]

For a tribute, this is pretty skewed AGAINST Saab, rather than in their favor.
They completely omitted the fact that GM wanted Saab to compete with BMW, Audi and Mercedes. So if that's the task you're given, is it really a surprise they didn't just badge engineer a cramped, poorly engineered Opel? They didn't mention how GM were completely unwilling to broaden the model range or even renew it regularly.
They also didn't mention that GM completely buggered each and every attempt Saab made to create a proper performance image. Of how every Saab model developed under GM was 4WD-ready, but GM didn't want to invest the money to make it available. Of how Saab were supposed to get V8's but GM never were able or willing to arrange for a suitable one (Saab Finland had made one, Saab in Sweden had presented a concept and GM had even approached Porsche to buy V8's from them). Of how both the Opel Speedster and Opel GT initially were being developed as a modern day Saab Sonett.

[norwegianminiranch]

During this video I almost cry, when he talked about the SAAB factory closing down for good. And I laughed when he said "think outside the box" and in the next second a picture of a Volvo shows up!

[terkapak]

I drive a Saab 9-3 Aero from 2004. It is the best car I ever owned. Very comfortable, much better than the BMW 530 I had before. My Saab has higher quallity, better reliabillity, lower repair costs. And the look and feel of my Saab is unbeatable.

[geuros]

2:55 "to think outside the box" - proceeds to show boxy Volvo :D

[Jabber-igiw]

My dad went out one day to buy a new caravan for family holidays, after several hours a silver coupe pulled onto the Drive and my dad got out, on his way to the caravan place he has passed a SAAB dealer, saw a very nice brand new B reg 900 turbo, turned around and bought that instead. Fantastic car, got me lots of kudos in the school playground.

[lightsaberlordp]

The 2010 Saab 9-5 is one of my favourite cars ever because it looks so beautiful and gorgeous and I love it's interior too!!!

[johngoogleuser]

I had a 2000 9-5 and it was so comfortable and quiet, and I love their centre console designs, you felt cocooned inside

[tomtrana]

The rear design of the last Saab series of the 9-5 and 9-4 x has currently been outrageously copied by some manufacturers.

[andrebenitez]

I have a 2005 9-3 and my friends are always astounded to hear that its 15 years old and like the way they did things

[williamegler]

GM executives from OPEL went to Sweden from Germany.
Vauxhall is just a marketing division selling rebadged versions of equivalent Opels and hasn't designed a vehicle since the original Viva.

[moptopbaku]

I had a number of Saabs and loved everyone of them. The only cars I could get out after a long drive and still feel my legs - so comfortable to drive. Also, my wife was in a side-on collision in our Saab and the police actually said she would have been killed in any other car.
Will be buying one soon to keep and savour into my old age.

[adnanalagic]

The last 95 looked really nice. Elegant, clean and stylish.

[berdotube]

The Saab 9-3 vector sedan (2003) was my first car. I have now had new BMW’s, Mercedes’s, Audi’s and yet, the Saab was one of the best I ever had. Genuinely saddening that Saab did not continue producing these top of the line cars. Imagine the cars they would have brought out there with today’s technology...

[Nick-frjg]

I miss Saab. Gm is such a garbage company

[picardenter]

My Uncle has had Saabs since the 70s and still does own a 2007 95 aero and 2009 93 convertible. When me and my brother were kids, he had a black 99 turbo. God it was quick even by today's standards. Such a shame Saab have gone. They made great cars.

[erikkarlsson]

Last, most amazing achievement: The 180 Hp, 400NM Euro 5 diesel that even the German engineers said was impossible to make!