I brought my Saab back in 2009 at 86000 miles. It's a 2.0 Vector Turbo with all the trimmings needed for a comfortable ride, i.e. Leather seats, Cruise control, Climate Control 'enhanced dials'. So far to date I can honestly say out of the many cars that I have owned its my favourite. The reasoning behind this is that the ride is comfortable, it's relatively ecomonical for a petrol car of its size, has good pace and a decent amount of torque.

After the 3 years of traveling up and down the M1 and M6 I can say the only glitch I have (which is a common fault with all SAABs) is the window wipers. Back when general motors brought SAAB the components that they used was not suffice and soon started to fail. At the colder part of the year the wipers on my 9-3 seem to stick upright on the windscreen, to replace the relevant part would cost approximately £250. This issue seems to work in cycles as they eventually wind themselves down into place. This small I don't think is bad for a car owned for 3 years and has only had its tires and brakes changed and do not hinder there operation.

With GM unfortunately no longer making any SAAB's the parts and knowledge needed to maintain these cars will soon die out which is a real shame. If I had my time again I would still buy a 9-3 however if I had the money in this day and age would I buy a 9-3 again.......sadly probably not due to its bleak future.....