- 4,735
- Kansas City, MO
- FlyingAGasoline
Surprisingly, a search revealed that GTP was missing a Saab fan club. That needs to change.
Svenska aeroplanaktiebolaget was started by a group of aircraft engineers, and the rest is history. They introduced heated front seats in 1972, and jumped on the turbo bandwagon in 1978.
They've seen greatness in the form of the Saab 99, and seen criticism as the 9-7X and 9-2X.
While they have had great sales in Europe, they have only showed profits for two of the ten years GM has been a majority holder.
As of January this year, I've had a 2003 Saab 9-3 (that is really my dad's company car) as my daily since my Lexus had a massive electrical failure. It's the 170 horse model, but it is a very fun car to drive. The turbo doesn't waste time spooling up, and it handles great and gets excellent gas mileage. My only complaint is that it is the noisiest car ever. I can hear the Kansas wind just as well inside with the windows closed as I can outside of the car.
Here's the "Ranting Swede" (I call it the ranting swede because it always finds something to beep at me for)
GTP, show your love for the other Swedish car maker.
Members:
High-Test (President)
powripper (Swedish car lover in chief )
franz
Ashley.
Pink_The_Floyd
George Morley
weiss_komet
Svenska aeroplanaktiebolaget was started by a group of aircraft engineers, and the rest is history. They introduced heated front seats in 1972, and jumped on the turbo bandwagon in 1978.
They've seen greatness in the form of the Saab 99, and seen criticism as the 9-7X and 9-2X.
While they have had great sales in Europe, they have only showed profits for two of the ten years GM has been a majority holder.
As of January this year, I've had a 2003 Saab 9-3 (that is really my dad's company car) as my daily since my Lexus had a massive electrical failure. It's the 170 horse model, but it is a very fun car to drive. The turbo doesn't waste time spooling up, and it handles great and gets excellent gas mileage. My only complaint is that it is the noisiest car ever. I can hear the Kansas wind just as well inside with the windows closed as I can outside of the car.
Here's the "Ranting Swede" (I call it the ranting swede because it always finds something to beep at me for)
GTP, show your love for the other Swedish car maker.
Members:
High-Test (President)
powripper (Swedish car lover in chief )
franz
Ashley.
Pink_The_Floyd
George Morley
weiss_komet