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[–] 136 points 2 years ago (17 children)

SAAB cars were great, they looked good, had good performance and was fantasticly safe in a crash

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  • [–] 67 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    Yeah in what world are Saab cars shitty? They're generally pretty good as far as I know (which, to be honest, isn't all that far)

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Can confirm that SAAB cars are great! Mine is coming up on 19 years old, and apart from some superficial issues still works as well as when it rolled out of the shop. SAAB was also very innovative with their cars, taking a lot of inspiration from their jets, which is clearly seen in their design.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I was under the impression they were similar to Range Rovers, wonderful until they broke.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I thought that was BMW.

    Fun fact on Range Rovers, at least in the Uk. They’re quite easy to steal, 90 were stolen in one night. As a result the insurance companies are charging crazy prices and thus many people can’t keep the car so the market is blooded and with used ones.

    This is then devaluing the cars and so other people are having trouble selling them as they’ll still owe on the finance.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    The only problem with them braking is trying to find parts, because they've stopped producing them. In terms of having to work on them they're still generally well designed.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Yeah this guy never drived a chad saab car

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    If they're so good, how come there is no SAAB 2?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I really think the mad guys made cars because someone dare it to do it. Like they were doing crazy good jets when someone said: Okay this is a great plane but I bet if you do a car it would be awfull. They did it. After few years they realized it wasnt profitable so they ditched SAAB cars because it was a long running joke.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    And jets! Those canards look so exotic. 🥵

    Saab JAS 39 Gripen jet

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Subaru also claims "Love" is what makes Subaru a Subaru. They also manufacture attack helicopters.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Saab the defense company and Saab the car company were two different companies.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    maybe we’ve been approaching this all wrong – are they really vehicles? or were they actually meant to be mobile anti-tank units?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    The motto was 'Born from Jets' so I always expected a military history for the company.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So what do we call mounting a SAAB on a SAAB?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I dead ass thought these were lightsabers

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    They should have named their weapon division "SOB" #missedopportunities

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Thought those 3 mounted on the wall were lightsabers at first

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  • SAAB 2000, anyone?

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