A 'SAAB' Story?

Saab have always been – a little different. For example, in the 1960s their main car, well their only car, had a 2-stroke 850cc engine that meant you had to add oil every time you filled up, and the interior converted into a bed for those remote Swedish road trips. Oh, and their parent company made fighter jets. But did you know you can still buy a Saab today, and why isn’t it called a Saab?

Many thanks to Sven Bornemark for help reviewing the script and with Swedish pronunciations.

#bigcar #Saab #SaabStory

[BigCar]

Erratum: The Griffin logo was blocked by Scania, not Saab.
Thanks everyone for the corrections!

[bh]

This is one car company that I wish could make a comeback. They had unique and elegant cars that was lacking with other brands.

[ericgeorge]

Saab always dared to be different, which is why I loved them.

[holyravioli]

I still consider SAAB to be some of the best commercially sold cars ever.

[MCSE]

GM save Saab from the clutches of Fiat in a last minute deal. That seemed a good thing at the time but sadly Saab was a diamond that GM had no idea how to polish.

[AnalogPlanet]

That was fantastic! I’ve been driving only SAABs since 1972, and even visited the factory. I learned so much from this video! Current car: 2008 9-3 Turbo-X bought new and I will never sell it!

[SA-zoom]

Top gear did a Saab episode a few years ago. They must have spent a fortune on production in typical top gear fashion. Your video is far more impressive in content and information. Bravo

[MAViation]

I used to fly Saabs! Incredible machines! So far ahead of it’s competitors.

[BennysBenz]

Oh and they made Aircraft but you probably knew that because Saab reminded you at every opportunity.

[yanuchiuchihaanimegamesand]

Saab and Volvo, building cars like as if they were tanks... or Nokias :P

[Emppu_T.]

I'll never forget how well a 900 original handles and drives and you can really sense passion and thinking outside the box with their cars.

[FryNOR]

My parents brought me home from the hospital in a SAAB 99 after i was born, brobably the safest car back then besides the Volvo 240 series. 20 years later i bought a well used 1983 SAAB 99 for scraps, what an amazing car that was in the winter conditions of Norway. The SAAB served me well for a few years until the gearbox started to loose some gears, fith, third and reverse went first then the gearbox soon was dead. I still miss that SAAB even tough my daily driver now is a Land Cruiser HJ60 that was made the same year as the SAAB.

[glennrogers]

I have had 12 cars over 42 years, and the Saab 900 Turbo was my best car.It was so strong.

[lucybarney]

Still got my 90 and 95, and I think it’s the only 90 in Spain 🇪🇸

[Cyberwool]

I've been driving a Saab 9-3 2004 for ages now, and my god it never gives up! Even though it's never been fully serviced, it still runs as new. I wish a 9-3 2019/2020 existed, if so, I'd pay loads for it :D

[martiniv]

When I visited the Scania factory in Sweden, they said they had a large party when they sold SAAB to GM Because of losses through SAAB blowing budgets, well I bought a 2008 93 in 2010, what a car, superb, and probably the longest one day drive I’ve ever done in any car of around 1100 miles + , physically fatigue free ( best seats bar none, and 55mpg)
Sad loss SAAB

[torresalex]

That was EXCELLENT. I have to confess I get a bit sad when the videos end, I wish there was more to watch 👍

[alanfunt]

Great cars often overlooked and misunderstood. Own one, you'll never look back.

[Rentta]

Saab is also the reason why in rallying someone invented Scandinavian flick.

[captainhindsight]

Saab was the best car I ever had, such a shame it collapsed under GM