Saab planning a comeback?

Mmmmm..... Maybe.

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/saab-is-planning-a-comeback-but-not-in-the-way-we-hoped/

That's a pretty old story (about 6 months). Seems like once a year Saab says they're coming back but nothing ever happens. At this point it seems more likely for Peugeot/Citroen to make a comeback (seriously).

Somebody just drive a stake through their heart, for chrissakes. All 8 people left who care already have a backyard full of Saabs.

And I'm not trolling. I mean it.

Caught my eye, had an '86 for 200,000 miles; hope springs eternal.

Dan

My good friend, who is/was a SAAB master tech hated the build quality of the last generation 9-5 soo much that he said they should just die, rather then put out crap like that with the SAAB name on it.

Sadly, I think he was right.

When SAAB was at their best, they were built to a quality point, not a price point.(I've heard the same thing about Volvo, Porsche and MB) I don't think there is a place for that in the market anymore, at least not for cars made for the masses.

Look at the other brands that I just mentioned, Volvo is struggling, Porsche doesn't care about the masses anymore, and modern MBs aren't built go further than the first owner's lease period with out major headaches.

And I shamefully admit that I haven't touched my c900 turbo project in over a year.

So it sounds like you're saying I shouldn't go look at this then?

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/5569692170.html

In reply to Armitage:

I had a 9-5 like that and rather enjoyed it. He very well could have been talking about the FINAL 9-5 that we barely saw for a model year.

In reply to pointofdeparture:

Yes, the very last restyle, 2011 I think. Although earlier 9-5s certainly had some issues too, not say that they were all bad. A 9-5 aero with good maintenance records from a rust free state could definitely get my attention.