2008 Saab 9 3 SportCombi 2.0T : Regular Car Reviews
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"Saab tried so hard to hide the GM in this car."
Um.... wouldn't anyone?
Utterly brilliant statement BUT Saab was cash strapped to their greedy bean counter masters just like Volvo during the same time frame....
Just go ahead and, buy a Chevy.
You are 25% to 50 % Chevy already. Go ahead and buy a Chevy. Get it done with.
@Capt Shiny I owned an '01 9-5 Aero Wagon for 14 years. I loved that car. Thankfully the only noticeable stock GM part was the climate control system. It looked like it was lifted right out of a Buick. Everything else at least looked Saab.
@@johnsimun6533 only chevy I'd buy is a holden
The normal intro freaked me out the most
B R O W N
Serious intro makes me fell so uncomfortable
It's just weird
Obviously you missed the shocker...
Yeah, it was a real shocker.
i miss hergle bergle
Still looks modern 13 years later. I miss Saab.
Its just a subaru faceswap thats all
@@Maximus20778 bruh your stupid that's the 9-2x
@@sunkenshelf3137 it's on their wiki dude don't be dumb
@@Maximus20778 he's right. that's the 9-2x you are referring to. This is the 9-3, a very heavily modified Opel Vectra, which made it so it couldn't even be made on the same assembly line as the Opel. Please look up your facts properly.
@@canadiansaabfreak6530 lie to me
Heated side mirrors are so nice when the car is frozen every morning and evening. Aka the 5-7 months of the year for Sweden, Finland, Norway, Canada and Russia.
Lots of gm cars of the 90s had heated mirrors as an option. Of course, it pretty much had to be loaded to have that option included. Never really cared for it in Arizona for obvious reasons.
Yeah this guy doesn't know what he's talking about, at the beginning he also said it's fwd only but it comes with XWD. Halden awd System.
And Minnesota
my audi a4 has heated side mirrors... in socal XD
As a Canadian... yeeeeesss heated mirror niiiiiiiiice
"Stuff like heated outside power mirrors that...when is that ever a selling point?"
I'm guessing it was fairly popular in Sweden.
Can't live without it in northern Europe... :)
Or the Midwest. Nothing like having every surface of your car iced over while you are at work.
Or, you know, you have shift work and regularly have to attend to frozen mirrors and merging into rush hour traffic.
Already have a busted mirror from ill-advised attempts at scraping. Next vehicle will have heated mirrors.
Sometimes the scope in which those two review the cars is a little narrow. Hell, I had a car without heated mirrors and it was a nightmare in the winter, never gonna go without them anymore. And no, I don't live in Alaska.
@@DerCrawlerVomUrAnus I'm thinking the "regular" doesn't apply to regular people.
Busting chops is one thing, but several aspects display an insularity to the day to day pains of how the other half lives.
Cue some literary allusions and appeals to 90s nostalgia, and you have an RCR script.
Come for the review, stay for Roman’s existential time crisis.
"Roman's Existential Time Crisis" - that's a good band name
He borrowed the LS Delorean.
Think he could ask Dr. Who for advice?
@@Skull35 It's a Time Crisis boss attack.
"Tune in Next Week on Roman's Existential Time Crisis. Sponsored by Winston's Cigarettes!"
Roman: "NOOOOOO!!!"
Hi everyone! Dan here. I expected nothing less for the review of my Saab.
It was nice meeting you guys!
Thank you for your sacrifice lol
Your car is still really nice, thank you for taking care of it!
@@PhossAnx No problem! I expected nothing less from this review
@@Fasnfip You're welcome. I'm a big Saab fan, so I try to keep it nice
You've done a nice job keeping a 10+ year old car looking good.
Saab: When you think Volvo owners are too mainstream
Nailed it.
well they are
Nowadays. In the 80's, Saab Turbo were considered "Porsche for adults".
@@jakobholgersson4400 Only in Sweden or Norway yeah.
@@Xtoxinlolinecronomicon Nah. The 900 is a legend worldwide pretty much. But buyouts ruin every good company ever.
Did Roman finally convince Regular that the bag is not a hat?
Do not try and wear the bag as a hat, that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth; there is no bag. Then you'll see that it is not the bag is a hat, the bag is only yourself.
@@SledgeOfHouseHammer …You’re right. Goddammit, you’re right. WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?
B R O W N
The brown is a hat.
A warm, comforting, cosseting hat.
@@ms_enj the brown is a hat
The bag is also the brown
But the brown is also a Chrysler Imperial
So the brown Chrysler hat is also an imperial bag
You can make $120k a year, but unlimited pasta and breadsticks speaks to the affluent and plebs alike
You ain't lying my uncle even in retirement who still makes close to $200k a year with investments, along with his pension funds from both the military(Marines), and his work, owns a 4 story beach house, and a 2 story cabin at the lake, whom gets a new Ford F-150 truck every few years when he feels like it, and my aunt who drives around a new BMW crossover every few years when she feels like it, but they still love their Olive Garden all you can eat lol!
I to am a man of culture
@@CommodoreFan64 dedication to the basics.
Yikes
The great equalizer.
The difference between Saab and Volvo- GM told Saab "we need to sell THESE cars and THESE parts" Ford told Volvo" oh yeah! You guys do whatever you want! What parts did you need? Here you go, anything else we can do for you?"
There is a notable difference in there. Volvo made profit, Saab basically never did.
@@chloedegurechaff1941 almost like forcing a brand known for innovation and good cars to use gm parts has an effect on their reputation
Good cars? That’s strong wording. The Viggen was cool but an Acura TSX would leave it for dead. The only other Saab I’d want a s actually a WRX
@@chloedegurechaff1941 Hard to make profit when Saab didnt quite follow GM´s instruction to use the GM standard vectra based frame. Saab tried hard the first time, and managed to use less than 50% of GM stock. Secon time around, after getting a stern talking to, and being warned it better work this time or..., Saab Got the dissimilarity number up to over 60%. After that GM just said phuck it, yer done. So, great cars, not so great on being team players with GM. Dont know what i will do once my stable runs dry of 9-5´s.
@@chloedegurechaff1941 GM had every opportunity to make Saab profitable though, but they kept on forcing dumb decisions. They wanted Saab to compete with BMW, Mercedes and Audi, but they forced Saab to stick with FWD until the last couple of years. When GM made a deal with Lotus to make sports cars, they arbitrarily sold the resulting car as an Opell. Opel is a bland brand, so no one bought them. It was so bad that GM had to send them all back to Lotus to have every conceivable extra mounted to make the car seem more "Average Joe"-ey. Even then, they remained on showroom floors for years after production ceased. Had they been sold as Saab Sonett, it'd boosted the status of the whole brand AND sold better.
"Heated outside power mirrors - when is that ever a selling point?" - Well, if you live in sweden... or finland.... or norway, they're quite nice to have :^)
Or Canada. Heated mirrors are awesome.
Or Pennsylvania for that matter. Didn't Regular do a vid on PA emphasizing that it has seasons, hence the perpetual road construction?
The mirrors do fog up in winter conditions or you have giant rain drops that turn high beams behind you into disco ball laser beams. Wind can’t get to it so blasting them away with heating coils is great.
Helpful here in NC too when your mirrors are fogged over every morning
Hell, they're useful in Pittsburgh!
Now there’s a car for a Northeastern Liberal Arts College Adjunct Professor. Definitely not tenure track, but trying so hard.
Went to college in Kansas instead of the northeast but I'm pretty sure I had that same type of guy teach one of my English classes lol.
The official car of "I intend to keep teaching even if my book on mulching takes off."
drop a coin for professor.....
they don't give tenure much these days....dying times in academia
I mean, you're not wrong lol
@@ProfPsycDad don't give tenure? There's not even an opening of a tenure track in the first place.. stuck in postdocs for half a decade 😭
For me is beautiful and distinctive. For a 2000s car.
As far as 2000s wagons are concerned this is definitely one of the better looking ones. I mean the only better looking 2000s wagons I can think of are the Alfa Romeo 159 SportWagon and the facelifted 156 SportWagon. This Saab is as good-looking as the Volvo wagons from that time period and that’s high praise.
It does have designed elements
You might also like toyota blit
Yep. Mazda 6 mk1 was good looking as well but not as ahead of time as this 9-3 or Alfa 159.
Last 9-5 was gorgeous and 10 years ahead of its time
@@19ThreeLions97 The last 9-5 is one of the most beautiful 4-door cars out there
Trent Falkenwrath’s ultimate enemy, Jan Boffengeiger
lmfao
*frenemies with benefits
"IS THAT THE CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO?!"
I practically did a spit take.
That what I did as well
I stare at the choo choo sign all day at my desk window. In Chattanooga of course.
I constantly feel like I'm the only person who advocates for wagons that aren't sporty and aren't offroad-y. I want a comfortable, quiet, smooth wagon. Say, an Avalon or Camry or Accord.
Buick Tour X or Roadmaster Wagon
B5 Passat
2009-16 Toyota Venza
A reliable one with an actual good ride (unlike the Venza with the clown shoe rims)
@@shaunrutherford7764 my Subaru loyale rides like a old Cadillac and is at 296k miles
I kinda like the look of it. Back when it was new and even now.
Definitely a good looking car. I had a 2007 9-3 Aero with the turbo V6. With an intake and a tune it was actually pretty quick, but it was a total bore to drive in every other way.
Interesting that Mr. Regular really liked an old Accord wagon, and craps on this. It reminds me of that old Accord more than anything else.
Because he likes Japanese cars and hates European ones, duh.
@@666cemetaryslut Japanese cars that aren’t Nissans/Infinitis that is
I got one of these 9-3 Wagons new as a former dealer demo back in 2010 as my first car, White with Black interior. I have owned it now for over 10yrs and other than scheduled maintenance which is pricy but not unrealistic given the original MSRP; it has been and continues to be my favorite car. I now have an Alfa Giulia and a 124 Abarth Spider also and if I could only take one car with me it would be the Saab. Incredible on the highway, the BEST seats and nothing about it annoys me even after 90K miles and 10+ years. Saabs are fantastic, and if you understand the subtlety and approach they took in the design of how everything works, it really stands out as special. Not saying its perfect, the steering is sloppy in sharp turns and the turbo is slow to spool up, but its a relaxing car with a fun edge, and thats what Saab is all about.
Just in time for my morning brown
On the shitter?
@@f.f.s.d.o.a.7294 feels good man
I’m glad I’m not the only one that duces to RCR Monday morning
Enjoying my Moroccan Hash while watching
Your morning
B R O W N?
Tell me a swedish girl dumped you without telling me a swedish girl dumped you.
Never seen him so butthurt over a car before lol
@@fusobotic same, i've seen him review far worse cars than this and still spin some kind of positive. It's like a saab gapped him and he's mad about it, or a saab owner fucked his girl
@@fusobotic it does seem overly negative. I mean he's driven much worse cars. Still entertaining either way.
And yet you still clicked on the video
It was probably a Swedish guy, and he really doesn't like the Saabs made after 2001 lol
"afraid of the internet going on without him"
perfect description of terminally online people
"Somehow Mazda owns everything, even the birds..." That made me chuckle more than it should've
IMMA TELL YA HOW A STANDARD PARAKEET WORKS.
My dad's 02 Aero and my moms 03 wagon both have some of my favorite seats ever built into a vehicle. I miss my Saab
some of the aero's were just WRX's in drag
Until you sit down too hard and snap the lumbar support
@@KrikZ32 That's the Saab 9-2. The 9-3 (this gen) is based on a GM platform.
the standard 9-3 seats are terrible, with no thigh support, even for normal driving....i have a 08 manual just like the one reviewed and with 50k on it, and the seat feels like a 60's bench seat out of a dodge dart..
@@Fontanamotorsport it was early. We all owned 9-5's. Not 9-3 lol
I love how the cupholder opens up like a flashy butterfly knife.
I have a buddy with one of these, it’s hard not to play with
It looks cool, but also flimsy.
Still looks absolutely goregous. It has aged incredibly well.
I have the 2.8t 9-3 Aero and absolutely love it. I can enjoy a nice drive as normal but also go on some back roads and have some fun. The styling isn't flashy, but I think it stills looks nice today and cops never look my way since it's just an ordinary looking sedan.
This is a really good-looking car. And a safe one too. Probably even safer than most new cars today.
For a couple years it was the only car to get perfect safety ratings in both European and American crash safety tests.
It was so good in fact that it was the benchmark for its class for 6 years if I recall correctly.
One Volvo engineer said "we couldn't figure out why Saabs were so expensive, until we crashed them"
Aww I always thought these things were as timeless a design as the 90s Prelude. Classic good looks imo.
Ah, love me a Prelude, that was my high school Unobtainium car.
My 1st Honda was a 1993 prelude 5sp. Miss it! Rust got it at 210,000. Had it going 110 once. Ran out of road
“Jan Foffengeiger, licensed Architect, American Instutute of Archtecture member since 1989.”
SAAB a car that wants you to think it’s a Swedish fighter jet, yet is driven by professors who teach Architecture at a community college.
There’s an old Top Gear episode where they show various persons and the cars they drive. Housewife has a Honda Jazz, blue-collar workman has a Vauxhall, there’s a guy with his back to the camera who drives something French. Then a clean-shaven man appears dressed in a black turtleneck, black jacket, and steel-rimmed rectangular glasses. This man is an architect - and he likes Saabs.
"that part's on backorder" best official car joke of the entire channel
I'm a 9-5 owner and I felt that on a deep level
Me and my broken Omega feel extremely called out.
Ngl, I like how they designed the car’s exterior. Never seen one till now. Thanks for the video
I feel like I've never seen a lot of any Saab like ever...I know there out there just not around where I live I guess
Well in Europe these 9-3 's are quite a lot often seen
Theres one three blocks from my house and its a horrid pile of shit car
@@jdubskiwright2380 yeah it really depends. i live in california and only know of 1 in my area. i just visited family in maine for a week and saw like 15 saabs
@@jamesprice2163 the latest 93 is a horrid pile of..car? Im sure it looks good but unsure about a car quality.
The owner probably thought the review would've been a little... different lol
I imagine them watching this with half frown and defeated rolled shoulders
probably had to reschedule the 7th face piercing.....
I think that anyone who submits a car for review on this channel knows exactly what they might be in for
He probably expected more than some weird rant about a srt4 farting in a woman's face. This channel has really gone downhill.
@@jurpo6 uh, are you sure you've watched the older videos?
the look of the owner should tell you everything about saab fanboys
"It's like thinking a person with fireworks is considerate." That's a gem of a line.
The owner of this car is pushing the Swedish life so hard, there's even a tub of Snus in the conveniently Snus-tub size compartment next to the cigarette lighter :D 4:49
Sex is only temporary
Snus is eternal
At least that's what the Swedes have told me
Wait. You can buy snus in America? :D
@@swedishgamer01 absolutely.
I keep forgetting that snus are a thing until we have renovations around our buildings. AND THEN THEY COVER THE LANDSCAPE
Good eye! I use that on long road trips to keep me awake, as swallowing snus juice is disgusting.
This is the first video I've seen of this guy and I can't tell if he's serious or not.
Saabs are not as bad as this guy makes out
Ah yes, the Saab that's actually a GMsomethingorother after they finally put a stop to Saab's shenanigans of "you told us to use interchangeable parts with other GM brands, so we didn't".
Reminds me of the brilliant top gear Saab episode 😂 gotta hand it to them, they really did not compromise.
And ironically the interchangeability was what made them worse. The Saabaru was arguably GM & Saab's best parts-bin adventure
@@CrazyIvan1337 Considering how crappy GM cars have been for ages, it's not all that surprising tbh. They pulled brands like Chevrolet out of Europe a few years back because no one was buying them.
@@Eonymia no one was buying them, but if they did, chevy was taking sales from opel. it made no sense for chevy to sell in europe.
@@TNR2K That too. Though they ended up selling Opel to PSA recently, because Opel wasn't doing all that well either.
Architects buy Saabs. They appreciate the artistic proportions and understated Scandinavian simplicity. The cup holder alone is something to behold. I love RegularCars but I am starting to think a guy who gets his haircut at Dollar General may not appreciate aesthetics.
The dude lives in the sticks of Pa. I mean what do want from him? A hillbilly English teacher with a penchant for weird sexual anecdotes
@@davidkozlowski6982 Wow, thats harsh. But true, I guess
I have the same exact car. And I quite like it.
Yeah this guy is a clown
I loved mine too lol granted mine was a sedan but i can’t say I blame him, he drove the car one time lol and didn’t even mention the passive rear steering that these cars have.
@ThePatUltra see your comment was much more on point and entertaining than “Mr. Regular”
@ThePatUltra 👍🏽
Lost it at "Chattanooga Choo-choo".. Thank God I wasn't mid sip o' coffee lol
I hated everything about this - well done.
What you didn’t know was Saab designed the engine for gm. It was exactly based on Saab’s original 2.0 in the OG93. So GM is using that engine in everything now. Gm. Bye Saab and thanks for the engineering.
Uh… no. Its the Ecotec which evolved from the GM Family II engine designed by Opel.
It’s about as far from being a SAAB engine as the LS is.
@@Bartonovich52 9-3s suck anyways. If you're gonna show him a saab the last thing I would bring would be a 9-3 with a Chevy evotec. Only good 9-3 was the viggen and why? Cause it had a 9-5 aero engine in it.
@@Bartonovich52 the GM ecotec/L850 was designed by a group of engineers from chevy, opel, lotus and saab in the 90s. The saab variant of the L850 has saab designed pistons and cylinder head to handle the boost. The b207 also uses saabs own trionic 8 engine management. Its not a "true" saab engine, but still has the swedish touch.
No.. its basically a LSJ from a Cobalt SS Supercharged but with a K04 Turbo instead of the M62 Supercharger. lol
@@MrJimbo666 It really isn't, you cant even get the turbo right genius. It arrived before the LSJ and it uses a TD04 Turbo.
Saab: Combi
Mr Regular: Compi
Now I can breathe again since I have found your comment. Thank you.
"I'd rather play Skyrim again"... no more profound statement has ever been made.
lmao, I'd rather get a root canal than play Skyrim again
I can't believe he's dissing skyrim. Don't lie we all look back on it with love in our hearts.
@@Mr.k3n We all look back on it fondly, but c'mon. The magic just isn't there anymore when you've experienced it 10+ times.
@@austinpetemo Fair and fair and fair enough, but it's the only game from the first two decades of the 21st Century I think I'll want to pick up again 15 years from now. And if I want the feels, I'll listen to the soundtrack, which is more than I can say for 90% of what I've played.
@@austinpetemo I've lived and died a happy man many many times in that universe. Still would pick it over a saaaabaru
You have no heart if you do not like this car company. I’ve had 6 and loved them all. And parts are not a problem. Orio makes the parts and I’ve never had a problem. I have a 2008 9-5 wagon and it’s very charming.
I agree, he's lost touch. People look to him to pick up on hidden charm and nuance and he missed the barn completely.
I do like them, but don't you find Saabs and Volvos too bland? They don't have the design flair of an Italian car, nor the wackiness of a French car, so where's the fun -- you may as well just get a German car...
@@TassieLorenzo When I think Italian car, I think Fiat, and when I think Fiat, I think butt ugly hunk of rust. To each their own, I suppose.
@@TassieLorenzo look up “lagom,” that’s all Swedes need
@@TassieLorenzo If you don't get it then you never will, there is something so subtle and elegant about swedish cars that no other manufacture can do, italian stuff is absolute junk so is french
Heated mirrors are a bit of a selling point in canada. It is pretty nice
Dude, the heated mirrors on my Saab 93 and Corvette are nice here in virigina. I dont know what he's going on about.
America: omg so rare and exclusive manuel sports wagon
Europe: lol nice Vectra m8, couldn't afford a 3 series?
A joke here in Finland goes that what GM was actually trying to do was make Opel but with a swedish O, so it would be Åpel.
Here in the US, finding a decent condition 3 series wagon with a manual is nearly impossible ;(
As a vectra owner, i'm happy to have my shitbox compared to this thing lol
Lol f you man 3 series from the same time look shit next to a pre facelift 9-3 I remember my dad getting new tyres on his 9-3 and there was say 2007 3 series next door it just looked shit in comparison and that's before you look at the dashboard that makes me want to be sick lol rather drive my little 2001 seat arosa lol then any bmw put it this bmw drives soon know that I think their a cunt and have a shit car when they overtake you when your doing the speed limit if I'm honest I'll probably lose it one day once and for all and make it clear to them that they drive an ugly pretentious car their not even nice to many lines makes them ugly and the reliability and the wankers that buy them need a good hiding I believe you have to be a certain kind of person to buy something like that its a status thing only reason anybody buys any of the German brands and comparing a SAAB to vectra get the fuck out of here have you seen the interior it's enough to give you aids jank ergonomics lol but we all bash on SAAB the one company that cared about its customers and nobody built cars like SAAB did rest in peace nobody cared for their customer like them sadly everyone caught on to late now people are realized how good they are take my mate for example he's had 3 series a lot soon as he bought a SAAB 9-5 aero he said he'd never own another 3 series again lol crazy world we live in lol
That's what BMW owners would have said to a latter-day 9-3 owner in this country too, only instead of an Opel the point of comparison would be a Saturn.
3:42 Damn RCR, I haven’t heard someone be so harsh towards black since I watched Django.
You can tell RCR has it out for a car when he criticizes something that dozens of other reviewed vehicles have and is really of little consequence.
prefer Black on black on black on black... to white on white on white on white like the house we bought.
A lot of houses here have white floor tiles, trim and walls here because they were rented out, and no matter how clean you get it when you move out; there will always be something scuffed, some stain somewhere, and you will never get your security deposit back in full.
@@anasevi9456ah yes the classic insane asylum decor
I prefer the blackest possible vehicles, so this is 100% a selling point for me. It might be a little racially questionable, but my daily car’s named Michael Clark Duncan and my weekend truck is Don Cheadle. They’re both like the absence of visible light, inside and out. Black paint (wrap on the car, but it was black before, just shiny instead of semi-gloss), dark tint, black interior, tinted head and taillight covers on the truck, black (dark gunmetal, but that’s essentially light black) wheels, blackwall tires, no badges, blacked-out chrome, and black chrome exhaust tips. I like them BLACK.
@@anasevi9456 Living in Florida, where landlords are not required to give back a security deposit, is why I never pay the last months rent.
The B207R front Vanity plate is Saab's designation for the LSJ engine that the Cobalt SS (SC) used.
When the Cobalt SS came out, a guy in one beat me- in a classic 900 Turbo, on a highway pull. I was disgusted enough with that perversion that I have driven like an old man ever since.
"God this car is dull"
Toyota Corolla with 132 hp: "First time?"
as a corolla owner, i agree
I’m getting ready invested in the time travel subplot.
They should make a comp video and make a b story to the reviews
Roman’s abuse on lsd should be taken seriously round here.
@@COYGunners could be shrooms🤷🏾♂️
i honstley love these cars and thinking of one for my first lol
Me too
You're skunked
Finish, swedish, norwegian?
@@k3kboi665 I’m Polish lol
They are fun, they are fast. But holy fucking fuck you better have some money saved for when the engine decides that it’s…………
Time.
Time to make you suffer at the feet of GM badge engineering.
GM cars of this era already weren’t exactly, shall we say “stellar”, but they gave them to a bunch of very talented engineers that had a lot more brains than the cars had substance.
Saab’s are safe, fast, and good looking, but they will make you cry, they will blow an oil line on the back side of the engine that you only notice when it starts to stink.
Even when the mirrors arent frozen, heated mirrors are still very nice when theres condensation on them :) Here in Norway I love them. I have had it on Ford, Mercedes and Audi I've owned. Also one of the most popular cars in Norway, the VW Golf and Passat also comes with them (probably not as standard though)
There’s something about this car that’s so very close to being appealing, but when I try to figure out what it is I just can’t find it
I KNOW RIGHT? It's like it's right in the middle of everything, which makes it neither cool or boring.
It's the cheapest turbo 4 that isn't run into the ground you can get in Europe.
It's a good modding platform- the engine can make a lot of power with bolt-ons.
i think its the rear, and the beltline
it gets all weird back there
@@edim108 no it can't. You can build the lk9, but you're stuck below 400hp without going forged. The b235 will take double that
Then I suggest you drive one. The seats are insanely comfortable
The last time i was this early my GF was considerably more upset with me
You want the Turbo X version. They actually move pretty good. Also amazed you got those in the states.
We got like 10 of them lol
I’ve seen exactly one manual turboX wagon in my life. I want one.
I offered him a Turbo X wagon manual to review but he didn’t take it
Manual XWD aero owner here. Its a combi too, my buddy has a 2008 9-3 2.0 definitely a different experience.
I too have the manual Aero XWD version of this wagon, I've thought about submitting it but he probably wouldn't bite. Much more interesting than the 2.0t fwd version
I cant get over how good those wheels look on a 9-3.
I'm not an aftermarket wheels guy either. I usually go for OEM+, if anything at all. But these wheels look great on this car.
Hey this is actually a regular where I live, in europe. This thing is awesome.
I think i found your channel looking up saab reviews and was somewhat disappointed that the only saab youve driven was a beat ricers 900, im glad to see more saabs and theyre quite niche and got a bit of a following like with the jdm scene
Saabs over in norway is a semi common sight. Cant imagine how its like to see one in the states.
Not totally uncommon. They're here.
Used to see one daily on the drive to school
In my neck of the US(western SC) not uncommon, but not common either, so when I see one it's usually someone from the northeastern states who's just moved into the area, and has not gotten new plates yet.
In the Southwest states they're like unicorns
They are not so uncommon in liberal/hipster cities
That feeling when RCR hates one of your favorite cars…. 😞
Seriously. I love my 07 9-3 combi Aero. I bought it new and I've put 177k miles on. Still on the original clutch!
@@AeroGuy07 I bought a 2008 new at the end of 2009, and it was crashed in 2010 when my wife was 8 1/2 months pregnant, when a dude ran a red light. Both my wife and baby were fine.
Supposed to believe it's not as cool as a dodge peon srt🤣
@@AeroGuy07 I think he would have liked the Aero better. I haven't driven a 2.0T but my Aero is pretty fun all things considered.
@@SirDankNewton There'a a reason it's called the 2.slow! They can be tuned, but the 2.8T V6 in the Aero is a strong motor. It won some design awards in 2007. Mines been tuned since day one, I did Euro Delivery and the delivering dealer installed a Hirsch Tune, so it put out Turbo X numbers and had the speed limiter raised to 162mph. I tested it on the Autobahn. Above 145mph the rear end feels light! I've got 177K miles on mine, it doesn't leak, it doesn't burn oil and I'm still on the original clutch, turbo, water pump, power steering pump and some other stuff I'm forgetting. I have no intention of selling it.
I drive a SAAB and lost it at "figure out where it goes" 😂
Finally, another Saab review!
I do hope you guys get to do the "Victor Müller" Saab, which isn't really Victor Müller's Saab but it is the last Saab. It's kind of the saddest Saab. How many more times can I say "Saab"?
Its sort of the unfortunate conversation that centres around Saab's
Usually its a whole bunch of half drunk dudes at a BBQ trying to figure out exactly when did Saab die exactly, usually devolving into I'm pretty sure it was 2010 and someone else will come up with a reply that the corpse was still technically twitching in 2014, but the definition of life is fairly loose at that latter stage, so maybe it was 2013. Then no one car remember the last time they actually saw one on the road... uncomfortable silence... people see bigfoot more than they see Saabs
I guess you could call it a saab story
Victor Muller is what we call a "kankergezwel" in the Netherlands
Saab.
Is it Matt Farahs million mile last Saab?
The Cobalt rode on the Delta platform though.
This guy talks out of his ass. I don’t know if he is actually sure of the things he says or is just making it up lol
@@jackdough8164 more here for the commentary than the facts. It's possible he may have gotten it mixed up with the NG Saab 900/9-3 which was build on the Gm2900 platform, which itself was an evolution of the J Body found under Cavaliers and Sunfires.
@@evanandrews or he could just talk out of his ass like all the other bullshit things I’ve heard him say about cars lol. I don’t think he cares though tbh and just wants to make fun of everything
my girlfriends first car was a saab 9-3 aero. we had a lot of fun in that car, she let me drive it a few times and it took us countless places. it was comfortable, but only in the way you’d describe a worn in couch as comfortable. there was no “wow” factor. it was the first turbocharged car i had ever driven, but if there wasn’t a little ‘turbo’ gauge i wouldn’t have noticed. it was a fun car and the exterior styling is a bit nostalgic for me. 17 years old with no real responsibilities, just hopping in the passenger seat and taking off. to her it was her baby. and when it inevitably shit the bed at 140k miles and there was no way to realistically keep it alive, she had to begrudgingly admit it was time for a new car. You will be missed, Saabrina.
By this time GM had fully put the stranglehold on Saab. You don't have to go much further back before you get better and better cars. Looking at 9-5s for instance they peak in 03-05 and go downhill steadily from there with cheaper and cheaper interiors and more bargain bin parts.
Saab's decline and ultimate demise wasn't pretty.
I think the chinese are making electric 9-3´s these days. Or at least did for a while.
The 03 to 06 or so 93s are really cool cars. Then in 07 or so they became part bin cars which sucks.
@@juslitor the parent company ran into financial difficulties and shut down NEVS while putting out a tech demo concept car that almost certainly only exists to make the company look attractive to potential buyers in march 2023
This Saab looks more like an European Accord from the same era.
Saab 93: Exists
RCR: "FIRE FOR EFFECT!"
I’m guessing he really likes this car.
The 2.8 V6 aero was a great sounding and performing 9-3. Had one in my family bought new, a 2008 sedan aero with fwd (awd was available on the aero starting from 2009). Did sneak out a couple of times with it and drove it on unpopulated roads, because back then I was still to young to have a drivers license. This video bought back childhood memories 😁
It was in fact made in all wheel drive. Saab called it XWD. There are also Aero models with a turbo V6, avalable in manual.
Love you guys, started another Monday morning with laughter and a smile.
Oh GM... There's a difference between respecting a chassis' quirks and preserving all the bad things about the original. No wonder they went belly up 3 years later. F
The V6 version of this car is actually my "affordable dream car", so this review was a welcome surprise.
the gasoline powered one is not so affordable when it comes to city driving. 13 MPG during rush hour.
@@juslitor that's weird, my 2.8T gets 22 city and 32 highway. You should look into a tuneup
@@jurpo6 its a 4 speed automatic. On highways it gets a more reasonable 29 mpg at 60, oh and a 3.0l
@@juslitor V6 aero has a 6 speed manual or a 6 speed auto.
@@BWTECH0521 not the -99
Still one of the best looking conventional cars in the last 20 years.
Had this car for about 2-3 years now, absolutely love this car.
What came as standard on these cars was actually the best bits. Loads of extras especially with the Aero. The cup holder, how it opens, it's brilliant. The fighter pilot style dials again are awesome, as it is keeping with its heritage of been an aeroplane manufacturer.
I had an '03 Saab 9-3 for a while, it's the only car I've driven that had heated mirrors. Such a nice feature to have in its urheimat Scandinavia, which I expect also has roads that suit the engine power better too. Also, the gauge cluster that puts the speedometer front and center instead of prioritizing it and the tachometer equally, and the tiny lil A/C vent in the glove compartment that keeps drinks sorta cool in the summer! I loved all the little quirks, even if Saab was ultimately unsustainably quirky.
In a manual transmission, shouldn't the tachometer be in the middle? I've never understood manual transmission dashboards that prioritise speedometer over tachometer. Porsches and Ferraris certainly have the tachometer front and centre, not the speedometer...
Modern Saabs can be had for such little money. Like really nice one's for just $3000
In this market? 🧐
Whenever I want to start doing my own car reviews- this guy comes into my mind and laughs
It's funny to think the guy reviewing this owned a shit box v6 mustang and loved it.
I've got a 08 aero 2.8t v6 with the xwd matched with the 6 speed manual. It's a pretty fun dad car. Loved them and wanted one for 10 years
Sportcombi or sedan ?
That SRT4 visualization tho…😂
I absolutely love the way this car looks. Bring back wagons!
The irony of Mr. Regular is that he has no eye for an actual regular car. That car is as regular as anything.
The low and wheels suits this perfectly. Looks great in the rolling shots
Thank you! That's the look I was going for
@@catmandan93 you've done a good job it's subtle✌️
Saab is so uncommon in South Africa ,never seen a wagon ever. Doesn't look too bad ?
Civilized behavior also seems to have left South Africa these days
@@jr2904 true yes, in Cape Town we're lucky not to be affected by the rioting/looting
Single best car you’ve ever had on this channel period 😍
"the official car of: Unfortunately that parts on back order"
How true, even back in 07 when I was looking for a motor mount on my 1995 Saab...
I stayed up for so long I found an RCR vid 4 mins after upload... jesus. Anyways, SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB
Post-script: want a fast, safe, swedish wagon? No, don't get this. There's a 740 over on Perron Street, and there's a guy in the back alley who sells turbochargers from Ebay.
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB
Oh boy can't wait to sign up for
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Always love the look of those, the vectra base was a good one, i drove a manual 2000 saturn ls, also based on the vectra and it was a nice car....in fact, i discovered your channel from the saturn video, one of your first! To me, this one is coooooool!
Your videos always inspire me in the early meeting at the loo.
Sadly completely understood the 757 reference.
I remember them when new and was like, hey, this is a great plane. Not updating interiors since they were new means they are really, really tired inside. My last time on United with one and it still had pop out tube TVs.
@@Tylerxy Yeah, one of the reasons they’ve kept 757s around for so long is that there’s nothing to directly replace them with. They’re slowly starting to get replaced by A321s but even those are not really a comparable successor.
@@Tylerxy sounds about right. Some of them actually still use floppy disks for their nav data updates, too. Last one I was on was IAD to LAX, and it wasn't too bad. I've been on some tired ones for sure, though.
"More Over Produced than the Green Album."
Way to remind me of the first time I was disappointed in an album purchase.
I was so disappointed I never bought it.
my saab's been incredibly reliable. plenty of people I know with newer cars have been stuck on the road at least once. I've *always* gotten to my destination without issue in my saab.
My buddy owned one of these. It was a sweet car to be a passenger in. Very roomy with convenient storage spots. The seats were comfy, and the interior wasn’t black on black on black on black on black so summer was actually really nice in this thing. Coupled with the sunroof too.
The transmission died before my buddy’s interest in the car.