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Although I loved the styling, speed, and handling of my 1995 Saab 900se turbo convertible I cannot reccommend them as a sound purchase.
They are expensive when new, but do tend to lose their resale value quickly, which means a used one can be had cheaper than the equivalent used other higher end vehicles such as volvos, mbz, or even bmws (which also depreciate quickly.)
But in my area of the East Bay area east of SF in Northern CA there were not a lot of saabs to be found. Therefor there were few independent repair places familiar enough with the saab ways of doing things to work on them competently.(in my case, none that I could find). So whenever something happened to it I ended up having it towed to a saab dealer and paying thousands in repairs that with other vehicles, at independent shops, I'd be paying hundreds.
It got to the point that my saab, with 135,000 miles, was working fine. But I could tell it would need a clutch soon, and the dealer had quoted $2000 for a clutch job. And the power retractable convertible roof, while still working most of the time, had started to have an occasional hiccup. And I had read of other convertible owners having spent up to $5000 on repeated top mechanism repairs before calling it quits and selling.
So my Saab, that I truly loved to drive, and compared well with high end cars ten years newer, went on Craigslist. I had paid $5000 for this originally $40,000+ new car, when it had 100,000 miles and the clutch had been replaced at 90,000. I kept it 3 years, put 35,000 miles on it, and sold it for $400 less than I paid for it. But that doesn't take into account the dealer replaced alternator ($1000) or the broken clutch cable (about $800 with some other work too.)
And now Saab is defunct, so although for now GM dealers will support them, there are no longer any Saab dealers...and I question how much familiarity non-saab service departments will have with their peculiarities as time goes by.
Bottom line: don't buy it. If you have one and it's working well, sell quick before it breaks. If you have a broken one already, I'm sorry for you, hope you have a lot of repair funds put aside.
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When did General Motors or GM buy the Saab Company?
Saab Automobile is a Swedish manufacturer. GM initially bought 50% of Saab in 1999 and bought the rest of the company is 2000. They then sold Saab to Spyker Cars.
When did GM buy Saab?
GM purchased 50% of Saab Automobile AB in 1989 and acquired the remaining 50% in 2000. They sold Saab to Spyker Cars N.V. in 2010.
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Where can I order parts for my Saab online?
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