The Saab 900 Turbo was the Tesla of its day | Revelations with Jason Cammisa | Ep. 15

I atill remember the first time one of these went past me on a motorway here in the UK.
I didn't know it at the time, but Saab make jet aeroplanes. The 900 turbo sounded like a jet going past and it looked like one compared to my 1962 Mini Cooper.
I developed a fascination with Saab cars at that point and I always promised myself that I'd own a brand new one some day.
I never got the chance to own a new one, but I did own a second hand Saab 9-3 Griffin. It was a very good car compared to anything else I had owned at the time, better than the non M Series BMW 3 Series I had.

I saw a Saab 900 16s at a petrol station years ago. It looked like a weird mashup of a Ford Escort, Ford Capri, and a Mercedes Benz 190E. Unusual, but oddly attractive.

Why did GM murder Saab?

Jason's test drives give me anxiety. 😂😅

The way you describe the car makes me miss mine.. had a great time with my Saab 900 in Vegas back in 2015!

"How is it that Tesla could be worth so much?" Overvalued due to falsely promoted "carbon credits" that other car companies are forced to pay into Tesla, misled investors who keep dumping money into the company falsely believing that "electric cars are the future". News flash folks: ICE vehicles will be the majority for the next 50 years. The reasons can be listed alphabetically. Wake up.

Beautiful cars.

Now Tesla is dying just like Saab.

dont disgrace the saab by comparing it to a tesla

I bought a Saab 900 Carlsson new in 1993 and at the time with the car having 204bhp and 201 lb-ft it was one of the fastest 2 door family cars you could buy. I still own the car and have really looked after it. I have it serviced every year regardless of mileage and if anything does need doing on the car it's done straight away regardless of cost or anything else. I have owned the car coming up 32 years and in that time it has never let me down not once. The car now has 42,000 original miles on the clock backed up by a full and comprehensive Saab service history. I have owned many other cars and trucks over the past 32 years but none of them drive or make me feel anything like my 900 Carlsson and when the time comes that I can no longer drive then it will be passed to my son who thankfully is just as passionate about the car as I am!!!

Was Saab’s “founder” a Nazi too?

you didn't mention the amazing hydraulic opening and closure of air vents... fucking satisfying

I bought a 1988 900 turbo convertible with 100,000km on it, then put 200,000km on it in the next 10 years. Tyres and regular servicing - it never broke down. Oh, I had to repair the leather on the front seats in 2012 as it had cracked with age. That was it. I would have a coupe over the convertible if given a choice, but would have another pre-GM Saab again in a heartbeat.

My parents had a 1979 Saab 99 GLE and I loved riding in that car

uhhh... no

SAAB 900 Turbo, The Dentist Jet

Modern GM turbo engines are SAAB designs and they are amazing 2.0 liter and higher. I wish SAAB still existed today

We had a SAAB 93 turbo diesel sports wagon (estate) as the family car for 6 years, it had more airbags than you could imagine..which was good as the wife would hit 135mph on the M6 motorway .

We still miss the feeling of safety, and mad cap Swedish thinking

Change a water pump.

So we really need the sexist A hole references for this review?

My first car was a 91 100K mile SAAB 9000 Turbo Hatch with a manual transmission. Bought it for $2300 at just under 10 years old. Still one of the best cars I've ever owned and i wish for the day I could find a good one for sale.

The Beetle was the Tesla of it's day.

who came here by seeing the my summer car polsa
👇👇

Owned a 2.3 95 lovely car spoilt by penny pinching interior and switches felt cheap.

Am I the only one who thinks the steering ratio looks more like a 60s pickup truck than a sports car in the driving vid? 😳

It does look like a cool car to own, but restoring one to that condition wouldn’t be cheap (and there’s plenty of cars I’d rather spend the $$$ on.)

Also the “designed by fighter plane engineers” thing is EXTREMELY over-exaggerated. Different divisions, different places, different people.

2363 Tesla drivers didn't like the saggy tits flapping in the breeze fact...

Speaking of the first turbo cars…. I would love to see one of these episodes on the Chevy Corvair. They too were far ahead of their time.

It would be difficult to find any sag on a cyclist. No judgments.

I swear you can pass for Adam Sandler’s twin brother

The comparison of Saab to Tesla as the choice of the educated Liberals aged like milk.

please change the title of the video. SAAB was so more a friendly company than Tesla's Swasticars.

Gosh, I miss my 1990 900S .

Hmmm. This hasn't aged well.

I wish they wouldn't compare it to a swastikar

Top 10 favorite car of all-time. Totally iconic, especially those 3 spoke wheels. I wish they still made cars like this.

"Sounds a lot like today's Tesla drivers"...aged about as well as the preceeding joke.. :-)

Man, that last part POV driving makes me want another one so bad. I already had four.

well, the tesla comparison is aging well. although I suppose the Two Stroke did come from Auto Union (DKW) ... ugh.

"sounds a lot like today's Tesla drivers, doesn't it"

uh, I guess a lot can change in 3 years

I tought he meant Nikola Tesla.

That’s an insult comparing a Saab to a Tesla!

The SAAB 900 came from a time of cheap fuel and complex designs—minimalism wasn't even a thing. What a great era!

but not wearing a bra is better for ladies boobies, bras make them sag to the floor

Pretty sure Tesla will be worth less than Saab soon.......well let's hope

I owned a 900se convertible, an absolutely awesome car. The handling was out of this world and, the ultimate shop window posing car.

I like the video, just not all the Tesla d*ck riding

Saab was innovative and well engineered, two things Tesla is not.

I've had a couple SAABs and loved them. Please don't besmirch them by comparison to swasticars.

My old 900 had the same issue the glove box. My current 93 has the same airbag warning lights, event though the system work perfectly fine (according to the GM diagnostic compuet)
Its half the reason I love these cars.

Slapping a turbo on a 4-banger to give it a confidently wide and flat torque band for all the speeds the car might be driven at--especially around town--is DEFINITELY a formula that Honda nailed for the L-series that's in my FK7 Civic. My car is SO FUN to commute, and I don't even have to go that fast, but it makes peak torque for 58% of its usable rev band. 😁