New car you will love or hate it, it a Saab 2.8T (300PS) Aero XWD

zuludawn · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:20

matt_fsr said:
Lovely shaped car, stylish with a hint of an agressive stance - without trying to look like its a supercar or anything OTT.

But ye gods, that interior looks like its straight out of a Skoda

Only thing with Saab is that the interior wraps around the driver so when you in it, it looks a lot better (that cockpit feel) so thats why i guess they like loads of plastic to give that effect who knows, ive seen worse

Ben Cole · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:27

Problem is that even at 25k there is still some brutal depreciation to come if previous experience is anything to go by.

Looks like a nice car, hope you enjoy.

DM · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:31

I think that looks fine, have a look at a new e class, looks like a Vauxhall.

Juggy1985 · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:36

Nice and different, better than getting a generic boring BMW! Never seen one of those in the flesh/metal. How many damn buttons around the radio/heating area!

zuludawn · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:36

Ben Cole said:
Problem is that even at 25k there is still some brutal depreciation to come if previous experience is anything to go by.

Looks like a nice car, hope you enjoy.

This is true about £11,000 in years but this goes for all these cars it gets worse the higher up the ladder you go Mercedes-Benz CL 500 5.5 auto 500 amg £90885 to £36000 3 years for example

Cuchulain · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:38

DM said:
I think that looks fine, have a look at a new e class, looks like a Vauxhall.

At least you won't need to get one serviced at a Vauxhall dealer, unlike the Saab

zuludawn · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:39

Juggy1985 said:
Nice and different, better than getting a generic boring BMW! Never seen one of those in the flesh/metal. How many damn buttons around the radio/heating area!

8" colour touchscreen as well that controls everything, so they could have lost some

Dave85 · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:41

Stunning car and I love saab interiors. The back of it is fantastic

Cosimo · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:42

Nothing wrong with that and it’s a fine looking car.

griffo_001 · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:42

People like the guy who bought this new need to keep doing so. Partly to keep Saab in business, but mainly so I can pick one up in 10 years time for 20p

Very cool car :cool:

all the cooler for not being a BM Merc or Audi, bet you don't see many others about

crunchee · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:43

Lovely looking car.

zuludawn · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:50

Thx guys thought i was going to be blasted with usuall should have had a ......... instead. Makes me even more happier with my motor, other than rightly said in 2 years it will be worth 20p

The car was originally on for £27,000 at Holcrofts Stoke but they doing a car swap and dropped it to £25,000 and i chopped in my 9-3 2004 convertible so i only payed £20,000 less than half price in 10 months i cannot even believe that one. It was a company car but the tax bracket and the emissions, running costs are very high so was part exchanged for a 2 litre version so left me a bargin. You wont see many on the road because of the latter. To buy one private from new then you would need you nuts cutting off, i would say you should have had a BMW lol.

Chris1712 · 8 Jun 2011 at 16:55

It's definitely different! Rear looks great, but I've seen a few on the roads their side profile is proper weird looking! One thing that always strikes me about SAAB interiors is the amount of buttons! Its like a bloody passenger jet in there!

Robbo · 8 Jun 2011 at 17:02

I like it but that is a lot of money for a Saab.

Aha, you didn't pay the 40k. That's not so bad then if you fancied a change.

Aero · 8 Jun 2011 at 17:05

Looks superb, I especially like the dials certainly looks like it has presence. Congrats

Rich1988 · 8 Jun 2011 at 17:11

nearly 2000kilos :eek:

zuludawn · 8 Jun 2011 at 17:14

Rich1988 said:
nearly 2000kilos

Yup it 16 foot long same size as a BMW 7 series bit smaller than Merc s class, no M5 but with Hirsch chip 0 to 60 in 6.1 secs

Rich1988 · 8 Jun 2011 at 17:16

Yea pretty much same weight as others in its class I guess, just shocked at how heavy 'normal' cars are nowadays

matt_fsr · 8 Jun 2011 at 17:20

zuludawn said:
Only thing with Saab is that the interior wraps around the driver so when you in it, it looks a lot better (that cockpit feel) so thats why i guess they like loads of plastic to give that effect who knows, ive seen worse

Thats quite a bit better from the drivers perspective - but still a swathe of grey plastic!

Given that there's a bit of a green theme going on there, couldnt they have stretched to maybe a few green insert strips in the dash, or some green stitching in the steering wheel maybe?

Then again, perhaps in their current financial state, maybe not

Good on you for helping Saab, I've always liked them.

My car support is strictly limited to el-cheapo back street garage purchases....

Maccy · 8 Jun 2011 at 17:20

I like the exterior, just not sure I can get my head around that interior? I guess it would probably grow on me, from seeing that second image posted from the driver's perspective it looks a lot more appealing.