This Saab 900 Was Built to Last

On a brisk Utah morning, at the base of a ski resort, we spent some time with a Saab 900 SPG. Owner, Jordan Melville, dives into his love for Saab, detailing how he brought this 900 back from the brink of the wrecking yard to experience the car as if it were brand new.While modern day Saab struggles to keep their cars on the road, Jordan's 900 SPG keeps the flame alive.







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[smd]

My dad absolutely adored this car. He called it the 'ugly duckling' but drove it so often!
RIP DAD

[GaryJoo]

Owning a Saab is not just having a car. It's a lifestyle. A feeling

[MatthewdePaula]

Saab 900 still looks great after all these years. Definitely an iconic shape that will be remembered forever.

[kenny]

My dad bought a brand new 900 (Grey color, four door) in 1990 when I was born. He hoped some day I would be old enough to drive then give it to me. Five ago I got my license and sat behind the wheels. I was the best moment indeed :)
Sadly We lost the 900 because of the earthquake and tsunami that happened two yeas ago in Japan. 
This year he got a 1991 900 ( red, two door coupe) and we love it to death <3 Hopefully I will get to keep it till I get married and my son will be old enough to drive this car!

[killerwar]

R.I.P Saab. Saved my life in a T-bone style crash. Will be the only car I'll ever drive.

[happy_camper]

I'll never forget the feeling of seeing my 900 rolling up on a flatbed after I bought it sight-unseen from half the country away. Gave me chills, and I knew I was entering a new phase of my life; of owning and enjoying this car on a daily basis. I own two 900s, a 1989 Turbo coupe in rose quartz, and a white 1993 Turbo convertible. They're like family to me!

[stevenlynch]

I was 23 when I brought a black 900 turbo with the Inca wheels I’m 62 now and this car is the one that had the biggest impression on me, I absolutely loved this car with its unique looks and bonnet, I’d buy one in a moment if I could find a one . So many fond memories, they was such a cool car .

[HenryPerez_royal_hp]

I have the deepest and most heartfelt love for the old non gm saabs. I owned two 9000S one was a 89 non turbo that got me through school and the other was a 91 turbo. Good god did those cars have TONS of character and they also had this certain....something I can't quite put my finger on it - VERY special cars! They even smelled a certain way that only true saab lovers know what I am talking about.

And those seats WOW! the most comfy seats I have sat in to date! I am not even kidding AMAZING seats!

RIP Saab thanks a ton GM!

[STOLerant]

My first love was a 1984 SAAB 900 T Saloon. Rose quartz with burgundy interior. I had her for about 10 years (mom got it for me when I was young). I had tuned the APC unit, added a lightweight flywheel and kevlar clutch, as well as, a boost controller. If you know SAAB you know they are heavy but with just those minor mods she became a monster. That car saved my life 3 times (mom was a terrible driver) and was finally totaled when a lady after an insurance claim slammed into me. Even totaled I towed her around for a couple years until finally I could no longer keep up with the cost. I am a die hard SAAB fan and intend to buy and forever hold on to a 900 SPG or even an elusive AERO. As said in this video Rest In Peace SAAB. Honestly though, I think GM killed them around 1993 when they bought into SAAB. They just were never the same.

[mikeandrews]

My dad had an '83 Saab 900 Turbo in Amaranth Red Metallic manual and it was unique, drove great and was built like a tank. A real shame that Saab is no longer with us.

[cooksie]

This video gives me the chills every time.

[MiddayCrisisGuitars]

I watched this video when it came out, and I bought my first 900 three days later. I just re-watched the video a few minutes ago, immediately opened Craigslist and searched for a few minutes before remembering that I've been driving a 900 every day since early October...

[Inimbrium]

Respect to him for rescuing such an engineering masterpiece.

[SquillyMon]

Ive owned more than 10 ARE FANTASTIC VEHICLES!!!  Very well built and SOLID.  They are quirky, but what car thats worth your time isnt?  They are all unique, each one I've owned has had its own personality. 
My last one was my 89 900T Cabrio...  I lowered her, put new 17in Wheels that were modeled to look like original newer 900 Viggen wheels....  I modified the Saab APC Turbo Control module....I took out the original RED Box that was in the vehicle and grabbed a "Black" Box from the salvage yard and modified it to produce 18lbs of RELIABLE electronically controlled Boost...and BOOST SHE DID...  WHAT A CAR.  I miss her almost daily.  She was too nice for me to keep however the roads and drivers where i live made each trip out with her a nerve wracking experience.  If you are lucky enough to buy one of these...DO IT....you will learn a lot about cars and enjoy fixing them up....The rewards are easily appreciated by any Die Hard gearhead and easily translate to budding Gear Heads alike.  900's will never die

[MalcolmDesigns]

I always loved the look of the Saab 900.

[supafrancis]

My lord... I had this same car back when I was 17.. Just like this car, I had it totally painted Crimson Blood Metallic, SPG Panels, Pumpers,  Rear Louvers.. All color coded in the most stunning color on earth.  I Bought it from SaabWorks in Essex Mass in 1997.  The entire car had been rebuilt with the engine out /rebuilt, the transmission out/rebuilt, new fuel pump/lines/filter, new CV axles, new wheel bearings, brake disks/pads/4 calipers,  Plus he had the suspension totally removed and every bushing replaced along with Poly ones used on the sway bars. The owner at the shop even did the upper A arm bushings (something that NEVER gets replaced because you need the motor out to replace them on both sides and the KEY to making an classic 900 feel like a new car is to replace these)  These cars have a double a arm front suspension so all these cars that still live, most are still running original inner upper a arm bushings.  Then, the owner tuned the APC chip for me to make the car one of the fastest cars on the road.  I drove 3.5 hours from Vermont to outside North Boston to get the car and since he knew I was coming so far with cash in hand, he took the car on a few hour drive to run an errand in south boston and along the way, dialed in my SPG's APC chip with it's fully rebuilt drivetrain to push maximum boost safely.  When I finally got to the car, it was insanity... a fully rebuilt, essentially brand new driving SPG that was pushing over 265 hp.  The turbo gauge would pin itself at 6 o'clock at 2800 RPM's until 7500.  Roasted just about any car made back in the late 90's and no 4 cyl could touch me.  To top it off, I ran 215/40R16's on super Aero rims with 3/4" spacers which GLUED the car on the road.  With the factory stiffer lowered sport springs, thicker sway bars with poly inner and outer bushings and the widened stance on 9.5" super Aeros wrapped in 215/40' Nitto 505 ZR Performance tires, the thing was on rails.  I would recommend any SPG owner who is running 16" Aero rims to run that size tire.  Still get a comfortable ride, but the road feel, grip ad fit is beyond perfect.  I bought the car at 160k when rebuilt, had it painted a week after buying it and the first day at school with my newly painted Metallic crimson SPG, I parked it right in the front ad the entire school came out to see it.  The French teacher who drive a GTI with rims told me that day that my SPG was the "Most beautiful car she had ever seen".. The only compliment or phrase she ever uttered to me ( I took Spanish).  But when you paint a SPG all one color instead o leaving the side skirts grey, it makes the car look like a Porsche. especially if you run 215/40's.. Once time when I was on vacation in that car in Myrtle Beach SC, I was cruising the strip at 5 mph as a college freshman with a group of my buddies and a group of girls came up t us in the car and they said that they wanted t ride with us in the "Porsche".. with 8 people packed in it another girl saw a saab logo while inside and said out oud " I've never heard of a Porsche Saab,   is this like a  Boxxer? My Daddy has a 911, I'ma tell him all bout Y'all's Porsche."  One of my stupid buddies almost let it slip and attempted to explain that this was a SAAB and there must not be many in south Carolina but we stopped him just in time.  Life lesson #1: When you have 4 cute girls in your car that they think is a Porsche  while on vacation,   for that night you are a Porsche owner.  That was a good night :) Crazy thing though.. the very next night, we had a latino guy walk by and ask the same question' "What is a Porsche Saab?"  it was at that moment that we knew that there must not be a saab dealership within 500 miles of myrtle beach. That car was famous in southern Vermont as well.  It beat Every 8v, 16v VW on the road.  Didn't matter how much head work these fools did to their civics and Gti's.. I would roast them.  I am 36 now and stopped driving that car when I was 24.  I am still known as the guy with the red saab, I'll be an hour away from home, getting fast food and someone from behind me will ask, " Hey, did you used to drive a custom dark red saab?"  haha still to this day.   I drove that car for 8 years, from 160k when rebuilt to 278k when the lower passenger a arm mount rusted out. But I got 110k miles of 265hp rocketship.  BUT! I still have the car in a garage along with a rust free 92 SPG that needs a headgasket and transmission parked right next to it.  It'll be a lot of work, but in the end I'll have my Porsche Saab back again, gleaming in the sun wearing crimson

[TheAmirization]

I've said this before and I'll say it again. Petrolicious makes videos that make the inner petrolhead in us come out. This video for me is perfection since I currently own my first an probably last car, a SAAB 9-3. Please keep making the videos that you make.

[mariodelrio]

RIP SAAB...NOT JUST YET!!!
Hi everyone, my name is Mario Del Rio, I am a proud Owner of a2002 Saab9-3 Aero, I absolutely love it, I am in the process of purchasing a 1988 Saab 900 convertible, and after that a Saab 900 three doos, I've been inviting every Saab owner around the world to write letters to Sweden Car Manufacturers to bring the Saabs back to the Market, Yes, Back to the race, I refuse to see these cars just evaporate and to be forgotten, no this time, I invite you to join, and to put more Videos showing the incredible quality these cars were made, Please join, Let's bring the Saabs back to life, Look forward hearing from you, What an incredible Channel this is!!!! I'm hooked!!!

[fjordking]

I started with a used saab 74 99 drove it 10 years with very little problems then bought another used saab 900 84 then bought a used saab 95 900se turbo and still driving it today with very few issues great video thanks

[eriksimca]

"its like a bugbite, first you get introduced, once you kind of get into them, feel out what theyre kind of like, get sucked into it" amen to that! my first saab was a 9000, never ever again something else