Tfw Saab will never exist again

if bmw bought saab then saab would exist again but they want to design shit like the x7 instead
>tfw you'll never see cheaper bmw's that are sold as saabs

friend of a friend said his would break down frequently, and with the make being out of business that makes me think maintenance would be expensive..

I started looking into the brand briefly when I found a cheap 9-5 near me. I'm gonna be buying my first car in 2-3 months.

>Saab will never exist again
Thank the lord

No more so than a Volvo, but they had that extra pretentious European look to them that made boomers angry and caused rumors to be spread about them

Certain years are kinda unreliable but otherwise they are God machines

Would 2006 be one of years?

Their last models were pretty shit when it comes to reliability. No wonder they no longer exist.

Nah. I used to have a 1985 900 which I had for 6 years with minimal drama.
Fun things I remember from the swedish vehicle:

They had the best transmission noise you've ever heard. Like some whirring clockwork Jules Verne bullshit once you pick up some speed.

The gear gait for reverse had a switch on the side which pushed in when you pulled the stick over. This is still technically neutral, but as you have the switch pushed in your reverse lights come on. You can do this safely at any speed (so long as you don't pull the stick back to engage it).
People backed off real quick when you flash reverses at them for being up your arse.

The "slant 4" engine was a nice thing. A basic looking inline 4 cylinder thing just cocked over roughly 45deg. Fairly modest power output, but fuckhueg amounts of torque.
Quite low revving, reds at ~5000. Very rarely ever needed to go above 2000.
Bonnet/Hood hinge is at the front so the whole thing tilts forward to open. Looks cool but was a pain in the dick to work on.

With the slow but stronk engine, and the giant hydraulicly sprung bumpers it had you could use this thing like a bulldozer if you were so inclined.
Dickhead blocked you in? Not nesessarily a problem with one of these.

Wipers on the headlights and heated seats. These were the saab gimmicks at the time. No other non luxury cars had this so you were a special snowflake. For a while at least.

I fucking loved that thing. Was p. sad when it "found" a pothole one night, shattered the offside ball joint, more or less tore the wheel out of it's mounting, and twisted the steering rack.

maybe, i knew guy with 1999 model and it was literally toyota tier reliable

I didn't even get a check engine light from the time I bought my 9-5 until the time an asian totaled it in a parking lot (about 1.5 years). fast as fuck too.

rip