I always love to see vintage editorials relating to Saabs, and these comparisons of the 900 and 9000 from the 1980's are fantastic. 30+ years on and we've all had time to see cars either remembered fondly, or widely forgotten, but not the Saabs, from the endless comments related to each comparison, the Saabs get the widest praise by far.
These where both featured over on a Facebook group named Comparing Cars, it’s a genuine pleasure to see Saabs getting so much love, and not just from us dedicated Saabists.
Autocar Magazine May 1988 Go-faster Executives
“The Saab is the best of this bunch and truly one of the very best of this era”
“Saab 9000. Utterly brilliant cars”
“Back then, Saab. Now? Saab”
“Saab, I've had that generation 9000 and what a car, built well and reliable, very comfortable and bloody fast”
“Saab. You know it'll still be running long after the rest are scrap”
Motor Magazine March 1983 Executive cars with sporty undertones
“Saab. Engineered like nothing else”
“I'd choose the Saab, then the Saab, followed by the Saab”
“Saab. It's probably still on the road”
“Saab. The only car I've missed in 40 years”
“It's always going to be the Saab”