SAAB ... So brilliant and forward thinking... Breaks my heart to know what you ended up as. In 1978 so far ahead of the game... You saw the future and a future that with current emission control has now become manifest exactly as you predicted... I still love your cars so much... At least via the purity of excellence of SCANIA, in some way, you live on. Gone but NEVER Forgotten

I had 1978 SAAB 99 Turbo. Most fun to drive car I ever owned .

@jasonironside4546

3 жыл бұрын

I had one also, and it was my most favourite car ever, i wish i still had it

I fell in love with this Car from the first time I saw it. Being 14 when it appeared, I obviously had to wait for the day I could own one. 20 years later the day finally arrived. Dad was a Car collector and he acquired a 1978 99 turbo combi, and a parts car, and gave it to me as a birthday present. What a wonderful feeling when the Turbo kicked in....hoo-ah The best car in my life. Thanks Dad

Proof that Saab were far ahead of their time. Its all gone back to turbo charging now due to the increasing demand for fuel economy but also the never ending quest for more power.

beautiful! A car I would to have in the future for sure! Saab rules!

Saab 99 is my favorite Saab car! It was innovative, nice looking and good quality. After that it went downhill..

"kompressor Joonit". gotta love the swedish accent. still ive always driven saab and probably will as long as possible. fantastic cars. hopefully koenigssegg will hopefully turn everything around.

Yeah, those were great cars!!! i LLLLLLLove Saabs!

Mine is my 1975 silver w/sunroof 99 EMS milled, ported and polished with header pipes. Man I miss that car!

The worst thing that ever haoppened to SAAB was GM. I hope they survive this crisis.

Beautiful! It really became "the power of the future" in Saab timeline. And only in the few last years we have seen other brands making turbo engines for the fuel eficiency goal. Some brands used to make a "sport" version of a car, or in highest performance cars....

Saab such humble genius, and character. I had 4 at different times and they were all interesting. GM among all its many dud efforts must place their destruction of Saab as a pinnacle of their stupidity. When Bob Lutz said it was ok for a Subaru and a GMC to be a Saab he might as well been named Klutz... what a tool. Saab RIP

In love! *.* I like :"That is to power of the future!" And it is ;)

I wonder if the late, great Raymond Baxter put his money where his mouth was and bought a 99 Turbo? I for one hope that he did and that he really enjoyed owning/driving it :)

SAAB didn't make the first turbocharged engine in the world. Pretty sure Chevrolet, BMW and Porsche all sold turbocharged cars before SAAB turbo'd the 99. SAAB made the first mass produced turbocharged car. I love my 900 Turbo S :)

Thanks for posting this! It is interesting to see these old videos.

"Born from jets"

70mph 29 gal that good even today my volvo dream of that. wow

"How important do you think is this arrangement for the future" Nice question, so Saab built the first working turbo engine in the world in the seventies. What they did nearly 40 years ago isn´t really reached by most other car makers today. Saab is the turbo-pioneer, there is no other car in the world which is so close in conjuction with the word TURBO than Saab - really no other car. Probably the most underestimated car in the world.

extremely interesting. and everyone thought audi, mercedes, and bmw were always top of the class.

its strange as I had no idea when I would drive my 2001 9-3 and there would be a BMW 325 i around on the road, it seemed to me that the BMW always got a little friskier or agitated if driven by an young chap, if i say so, as if trying to prove something to me. It took me a long time to realize what it was. And now i miss my car after selling it end 2014! It was fine and not a lot of mileage, and well taken care of.

@fredrik999z no the 900 was not too bad. but the 99 is there very best. i mean the thing is hell

Saab Turbo nr one !!

Such a pity about the gearbox issues that these and it's successor the 900 suffer

those terms are used interchangeably

Enjien!

Just listen to that: 2:10 Fuel economy, and emissions They were right people, not American jerks who killed them

@craigkleber9316

8 ай бұрын

Detroit should be let nowhere near good car brands... ever

@SacreDro well it dosent use all the power all for time and have more air in the engine and have easier to turnaround and ignite the fuel =)

@YS3Caero How can an engine be more efficient if they have a turbo,it has a "huge" logic doesn't it?

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