Nickname: Boko

Review: Saab is having an identity crisis, period! They dunno what niche they wanna be in -- luxury? sports? SUV? GM is jerking Saab around like a Euro-chevy, wrong approach! Saab has large cult following built on the old 900 model -- it had a je ne sais quoi factor which is now missing.

Date reviewed: Mar 24, 2006 4:20 PM

Nickname: matfromGermany

Review: The problem is not the brand. Saab does not deliver, or has not delivered, state-of-the-art cars for a long time. The 9-5 is so old-fashioned that it cannot compete against competitive models. I know that Saab supporters (it's like soccer with cars, isn't it?) would disagree, but if you look at the facts... The comparison with Volvo is interesting, though. Volvo, also just a brand of a mass production line named Ford, has managed to keep a balance and deliver cars with a "Swedish flavour," while leveraging Ford's platform strategy. The one thing Saab needs is new models that are recognized as Saabs but are not too exotic to limit sales only to age-old supporters of the brand.

Date reviewed: Mar 8, 2006 2:30 PM

Nickname: Adrian Snare

Review: Second worse candidate, a Volvo? I have owned maybe 20 Saabs, they are good, but far from perfect. One Saab weakness is lousy dealers, and this is a tough fix. Saab has tried for generations to survive as an independent. This cannot be done anymore as motor vehicles become more and more appliance-like. The Golden Age is no more.

Date reviewed: Mar 4, 2006 11:29 PM

Nickname: candide

Review: The worst car I ever had was a Saab. The second worst was a Volvo. The Swedes cannot make cars.

Date reviewed: Mar 2, 2006 5:47 PM

Nickname: 50svinyl

Review: Would the US really allow Ford and GM both to go out of business? Who would build our tanks?

Date reviewed: Mar 2, 2006 5:13 PM

Nickname: live_oil_free

Review: Rick Wagoner and Bob Lutz need to be fired. They are responsible for many of the bad decisions, and for misleading the board of directors. The board members get $200,000 per year, yet are so detached from the business that they were not aware of the loss of $3 billion on the fiasco at Fiat, did not exercise due diligence on the Nissan issue, allowed the destruction of GM's plug-in EV1, and okay'd the sale to Chevron of the advanced battery technology needed by Toyota's Prius, Ford's Escape, and all other production plug-in and hybrid cars. GM's errors will mount unless there is accountability.

Date reviewed: Mar 2, 2006 4:29 PM