E60 fuckin a!! Show me a car that's dated better..?
@Sandra940014 күн бұрын
We still love Saab! Have had 8 Saab’s, two 99, two 900, two 9000 and two 9-5. No problems at all. The best road handling, fun to drive, Also the best car for Scandinavian Winters. Snow, cold, windy…. =Saab with Nokian wheels!
@180Floridalife7 күн бұрын
Just joined the channel. An amazing story they truly were tough to face those conditions, the artic is no joke in the cold 🥶 thanks for an excellent video. It was amazing to see the snow freighter in person to bad it’s not in a museum. Have a great one.
@rjscott611617 күн бұрын
The last 9-5 was nice outside but cheap inside. That said, if it weren't for me finally buying a pretty green, fully loaded 2001 9-5 v6 turbo (with it's pointless single "asymmetrical turbo" that was only there so some marketing wiz can say it's a "turbo Saab" inorder to uniform the line up, while trying to excuse a price premium that brought absolutely no performance benefits in exchange for ludicrous added complexity, and greatly reduced reliability) just to see it fall apart thanks to GM's self-destructive engineering, I may have still considered owning one someday. It's too bad that like the last 9-3, owning one of Saab's last vehicles would be self Sabotage, and so would owning an older Saab because any good parts are going to eventually dry up like flood water long after a storm. The loss is tragic, but GM didn't have any business owning a car company they couldn't understand. They were simply delaying an inevitable outcome under their stewardship. So long, Saab, you were the unique visions of passionate engineers who consistently resisted compromise. The reason you're gone is the reason you were awesome, and your loss will be solemnly felt by those smart enough to admire the genius in your products, when unbridled from commercial conversation.
@abeidsaleem293922 күн бұрын
I recenty just bought a Mk4 Not that kept nor interior Should i be worried ?? Please advise
@TheGMonstahАй бұрын
I love the look of the Turbo Titan
@jirib.5735Ай бұрын
Překrásný kousek👍
@interstellarphredАй бұрын
Rode the Turbo a few times just for the dome view; could watch them drive. It was hard riding and bouncy, and the engines roared loudly when accelerating, performing less well compared with the service offered by the electrics. Turbines on wheeled vehicles never lived up to the hype. could do 120 MPH where the ACELA does 150 today but could go faster than same where there are speed restrictions due to sagging catenary on the 11Kv wires.
@krzyklasuАй бұрын
Let’s face it, even if, and it is big „if” £120.000 car could do this, who would send it for such a quest. First Range Rovers were build to achieve such purpose. Nowadays they are build to be … luxurious.
@logangrosbeck5962Ай бұрын
I recently bought a 2008 9-3 aero 2.8t I’m wondering if it’s reliable
@seanrobson1Ай бұрын
I love saab cars the car i would love to drive sadly i will never own unless i win the lottery.. ng 9.5 estate.. its a pity..
@bruceludwickjr.4820Ай бұрын
As an owner of an NG 9-3 and OG 9-5...no. The 9-3 has bad interior that's not shared with any other GM things until the facelift, but...bad. The OG 9-5 is still all Saab except for the platform. No GM switchgear.
@Secondwind2010Ай бұрын
GM is a dinosaur 🦕. It’s too big for its environment to sustain.
@deborahmitchell31132 ай бұрын
I grew up in town called Mckenzie/Linden, Guyana South, where it was a bauxite mining town.[1970-] My Dad was an engineer, (my dad studied a bit i think in OH re how to worked that Walking Dragaline) and he used to operate the Walking Dragline for a number of years. He will take me and sister to work with him sometimes to show us how that powerful machine works, we will stand in the cabin with him and watch him operate that heavy machinery, (we were about 13-14 years old). He will dig up that earth by spinning that hugh bucket into the ground. Me and my sister will climb up the ladder to the cabin and sit in it and enjoyed the beautiful lights on that machinery. It was amazing!! So sorry, there are no pictures to show, but the memories live on. RIP Dad. ❤
@davidterry20382 ай бұрын
it should have been preserved.
@chrisoconnell51432 ай бұрын
A DM 800 big brother
@chrisoconnell51432 ай бұрын
Man , they look like strong trucks
@user-bq7ct4kk6b2 ай бұрын
there were 2 segments/trips- Here to There- Chicago to panama- in 3 red, 1960 700 4 doors, all 80 hp 3 speed. all the cars and trucks finished that first expedition. then they followed up in 1961 going from Panama through the Darien gap, to the tip of south America. that was named "Daring the Darien". 3 new red 1961 model 700 4 doors were used. it is one of the 61's that is still in the jungle; all 3 corvairs *did* make to the marker of south America. once that goal had been reached, Chevrolet was 'done' with the expedition, and the nearest GM affiliate was told they could have the battered cars & trucks if they went and got them. one of the cars either broke or was badly damaged during that attempt, and without the knowledge or parts that accompanied the official "Chevrolet" part of the trip it was simply left where it stopped. the other 2 corvairs and trucks were successfully driven out. the expedition began at Dick Doane Chevrolet in Elgin Il. the drivers were mechanics at the dealership. we were fortunate to have 2 of the original drivers give a presentation to us at the 1987 CORSA Convention which was held in the NW suburbs of Chicago.
@A_Litre_of_Farva2 ай бұрын
Funny how this unbelievable story gets forgotten, yet some greedy, politically motivated, ignorant lawyer writes an incorrect book about Corvairs and that’s what history remembers about these incredible cars???
@thebritishempire87542 ай бұрын
Land Rovers and Range Rovers only became unreliable after bloody foreign companies bought them and fucked them up.
@roywhitman71092 ай бұрын
Incredible story!!👍
@robertolson73042 ай бұрын
How did they pay for all that? Makes you think they cooked the books.
@slick_flawlessbikerz2 ай бұрын
I just got my e60 about a month ago ..love to see more content on the non M e60 😅
@packhwk582 ай бұрын
In 1966 General Motors was pretty much the dominant player, they had tons of money and resources to play with., I believe that is why they could fund such futuristic studies.
@vanishlite2 ай бұрын
Thank you for this vídeo!. What do you think about 545i? Thank you.
@davidsjoks2 ай бұрын
I used to hate it but i own one now and i love it
@barberjeff672 ай бұрын
How did the electricity get to the machine? All I can think is giant extension cords!
@saifol632 ай бұрын
Hello from Malaysia. I had a beautiful white 1989 E34, but it was getting long in the tooth, and I was looking for a replacement. My late dad was a Mercedes-Benz man. He had the W115, W123 (two generations) and W124. So there I was in a dealership, poking around for a W211, which I thought Daimler-Benz finally got the E-Class right after the oddity of the W210. I had seen the E60 before and, like many who first saw it, I thought "what an ugly mistake by BMW". But my wife, 11 years my junior, liked the E60. She insisted that I test-drive both the W211 and the E60, to check out the drive and systems first before deciding. After the test-drive, I decided that the BMW is a much better car. I got a straight-six 525i in diamond black. Over time, it grew on me. Today, it still looks contemporary and not as old as the W211. I love looking at it. The car is 20 years old now. I am restoring it. I just had the entire front suspension replaced, and the engine mountings, and the gearbox was re-built. It is such a wonderful drive again. Next, it just needs repainting.
@JuanGonzales-yq5cw2 ай бұрын
I just bought 2006 9-3 aero 😭😭 and i found it with 62k miles
@davecorke90923 ай бұрын
I have a 03 1.8T with 217k miles on it, no rust and everything still works, it’s a 6 speed and still is as fast as F!! D :0)
@club1fan5523 ай бұрын
I had a 2L petrol version of one of these. Crashy suspension, unreliable electrics, drank fuel, clunky pedals. Absolute Shit Box. I'd choose a Mazda 323 from that era hands down.
@korhing10663 ай бұрын
Fast Forward 2023 , Chinese Spy Balloons Are not Pick Up on United States Raider until They are Over Wyoming ?????????
@stevearmiger29833 ай бұрын
Great video my father was the photographer on that expedition working for the daily telegraph Paul armiger
@FastFoxx823 ай бұрын
Definitely should have been a museum and maybe a bar for the miners would have been a profitable idea
@laurenceplace97753 ай бұрын
at climbing mountains .
@laurenceplace97753 ай бұрын
In the early 1950{s Popular Mechanics showed an Autocar truck that had a turbine installed and was reportedly goods
@green293733 ай бұрын
GM really has a bad habit of crushing advanced cars (EV1 cough cough)
@alabamaflip20533 ай бұрын
I guess fake news as been around a long time. I just finished watching a youtube video of this expedition and it sure looked like all three Corvairs made it out along with the support vehicles. I was surprise to see others had found a Corvair in the jungle that looked like it was one of the three on this expedition meaning only two made it out. The original film did a little dishonest film editing.
@hazeemk234 ай бұрын
Awesome story
@centralmainah12414 ай бұрын
I still got a 04 93 aero convertible love it
@GuamanianBlood6194 ай бұрын
Coming from a e34 and e38 I was skeptical buying my e60 6 years ago but today it has been a great reliable vehicle 👍🏾 and has kept up well with its styling, currently refreshing my cars front and rear suspension I hope to own it for many more years
@hillbilly4christ6384 ай бұрын
I would like to have just one of the chain links. I understand they were the largest chains ever manufactured. There are some immense anchor chains out there. It is hard to imagine a link bigger than that.
@RasKingBoogie4 ай бұрын
When ppl say, "... This is EVERYTHING..." I hear James Humphrey, from donut media voice!😅
@mitchellwhiteman50224 ай бұрын
I believe we can do again given the right opportunity, that's just me though
@markfrye91784 ай бұрын
Nice work researching this. A rhetorical, "Who knew..?"
@timothylanders31894 ай бұрын
From down under. Recently purchased my '64 bug & love reading these stories :)
@2KBITES4 ай бұрын
I love my 2010 535i, i just bought it in November, she an amazing vehicle ive never owed a bmw, im putting her back on the road im replacing alot of her main parts, she's one of a kind on the road
@theunemployedtrucker4 ай бұрын
If it was only worth 700,000 dollars scrap then that amount should have been raised to save it because we will never see anything that size again ever.
@theunemployedtrucker4 ай бұрын
25 million dollars seems like an absolute bargain ❤
@curtismilam20274 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. I have a 2006 E61...530Xi Touring. I love it. Lived in Budapest, bought it in Wurzburg, now have it in the US. Keeping it forever. Getting very hard to find. I agree it has a timeless design...it looks new even today, graceful.
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E60 fuckin a!! Show me a car that's dated better..?
We still love Saab! Have had 8 Saab’s, two 99, two 900, two 9000 and two 9-5. No problems at all. The best road handling, fun to drive, Also the best car for Scandinavian Winters. Snow, cold, windy…. =Saab with Nokian wheels!
Just joined the channel. An amazing story they truly were tough to face those conditions, the artic is no joke in the cold 🥶 thanks for an excellent video. It was amazing to see the snow freighter in person to bad it’s not in a museum. Have a great one.
The last 9-5 was nice outside but cheap inside. That said, if it weren't for me finally buying a pretty green, fully loaded 2001 9-5 v6 turbo (with it's pointless single "asymmetrical turbo" that was only there so some marketing wiz can say it's a "turbo Saab" inorder to uniform the line up, while trying to excuse a price premium that brought absolutely no performance benefits in exchange for ludicrous added complexity, and greatly reduced reliability) just to see it fall apart thanks to GM's self-destructive engineering, I may have still considered owning one someday. It's too bad that like the last 9-3, owning one of Saab's last vehicles would be self Sabotage, and so would owning an older Saab because any good parts are going to eventually dry up like flood water long after a storm. The loss is tragic, but GM didn't have any business owning a car company they couldn't understand. They were simply delaying an inevitable outcome under their stewardship. So long, Saab, you were the unique visions of passionate engineers who consistently resisted compromise. The reason you're gone is the reason you were awesome, and your loss will be solemnly felt by those smart enough to admire the genius in your products, when unbridled from commercial conversation.
I recenty just bought a Mk4 Not that kept nor interior Should i be worried ?? Please advise
I love the look of the Turbo Titan
Překrásný kousek👍
Rode the Turbo a few times just for the dome view; could watch them drive. It was hard riding and bouncy, and the engines roared loudly when accelerating, performing less well compared with the service offered by the electrics. Turbines on wheeled vehicles never lived up to the hype. could do 120 MPH where the ACELA does 150 today but could go faster than same where there are speed restrictions due to sagging catenary on the 11Kv wires.
Let’s face it, even if, and it is big „if” £120.000 car could do this, who would send it for such a quest. First Range Rovers were build to achieve such purpose. Nowadays they are build to be … luxurious.
I recently bought a 2008 9-3 aero 2.8t I’m wondering if it’s reliable
I love saab cars the car i would love to drive sadly i will never own unless i win the lottery.. ng 9.5 estate.. its a pity..
As an owner of an NG 9-3 and OG 9-5...no. The 9-3 has bad interior that's not shared with any other GM things until the facelift, but...bad. The OG 9-5 is still all Saab except for the platform. No GM switchgear.
GM is a dinosaur 🦕. It’s too big for its environment to sustain.
I grew up in town called Mckenzie/Linden, Guyana South, where it was a bauxite mining town.[1970-] My Dad was an engineer, (my dad studied a bit i think in OH re how to worked that Walking Dragaline) and he used to operate the Walking Dragline for a number of years. He will take me and sister to work with him sometimes to show us how that powerful machine works, we will stand in the cabin with him and watch him operate that heavy machinery, (we were about 13-14 years old). He will dig up that earth by spinning that hugh bucket into the ground. Me and my sister will climb up the ladder to the cabin and sit in it and enjoyed the beautiful lights on that machinery. It was amazing!! So sorry, there are no pictures to show, but the memories live on. RIP Dad. ❤
it should have been preserved.
A DM 800 big brother
Man , they look like strong trucks
there were 2 segments/trips- Here to There- Chicago to panama- in 3 red, 1960 700 4 doors, all 80 hp 3 speed. all the cars and trucks finished that first expedition. then they followed up in 1961 going from Panama through the Darien gap, to the tip of south America. that was named "Daring the Darien". 3 new red 1961 model 700 4 doors were used. it is one of the 61's that is still in the jungle; all 3 corvairs *did* make to the marker of south America. once that goal had been reached, Chevrolet was 'done' with the expedition, and the nearest GM affiliate was told they could have the battered cars & trucks if they went and got them. one of the cars either broke or was badly damaged during that attempt, and without the knowledge or parts that accompanied the official "Chevrolet" part of the trip it was simply left where it stopped. the other 2 corvairs and trucks were successfully driven out. the expedition began at Dick Doane Chevrolet in Elgin Il. the drivers were mechanics at the dealership. we were fortunate to have 2 of the original drivers give a presentation to us at the 1987 CORSA Convention which was held in the NW suburbs of Chicago.
Funny how this unbelievable story gets forgotten, yet some greedy, politically motivated, ignorant lawyer writes an incorrect book about Corvairs and that’s what history remembers about these incredible cars???
Land Rovers and Range Rovers only became unreliable after bloody foreign companies bought them and fucked them up.
Incredible story!!👍
How did they pay for all that? Makes you think they cooked the books.
I just got my e60 about a month ago ..love to see more content on the non M e60 😅
In 1966 General Motors was pretty much the dominant player, they had tons of money and resources to play with., I believe that is why they could fund such futuristic studies.
Thank you for this vídeo!. What do you think about 545i? Thank you.
I used to hate it but i own one now and i love it
How did the electricity get to the machine? All I can think is giant extension cords!
Hello from Malaysia. I had a beautiful white 1989 E34, but it was getting long in the tooth, and I was looking for a replacement. My late dad was a Mercedes-Benz man. He had the W115, W123 (two generations) and W124. So there I was in a dealership, poking around for a W211, which I thought Daimler-Benz finally got the E-Class right after the oddity of the W210. I had seen the E60 before and, like many who first saw it, I thought "what an ugly mistake by BMW". But my wife, 11 years my junior, liked the E60. She insisted that I test-drive both the W211 and the E60, to check out the drive and systems first before deciding. After the test-drive, I decided that the BMW is a much better car. I got a straight-six 525i in diamond black. Over time, it grew on me. Today, it still looks contemporary and not as old as the W211. I love looking at it. The car is 20 years old now. I am restoring it. I just had the entire front suspension replaced, and the engine mountings, and the gearbox was re-built. It is such a wonderful drive again. Next, it just needs repainting.
I just bought 2006 9-3 aero 😭😭 and i found it with 62k miles
I have a 03 1.8T with 217k miles on it, no rust and everything still works, it’s a 6 speed and still is as fast as F!! D :0)
I had a 2L petrol version of one of these. Crashy suspension, unreliable electrics, drank fuel, clunky pedals. Absolute Shit Box. I'd choose a Mazda 323 from that era hands down.
Fast Forward 2023 , Chinese Spy Balloons Are not Pick Up on United States Raider until They are Over Wyoming ?????????
Great video my father was the photographer on that expedition working for the daily telegraph Paul armiger
Definitely should have been a museum and maybe a bar for the miners would have been a profitable idea
at climbing mountains .
In the early 1950{s Popular Mechanics showed an Autocar truck that had a turbine installed and was reportedly goods
GM really has a bad habit of crushing advanced cars (EV1 cough cough)
I guess fake news as been around a long time. I just finished watching a youtube video of this expedition and it sure looked like all three Corvairs made it out along with the support vehicles. I was surprise to see others had found a Corvair in the jungle that looked like it was one of the three on this expedition meaning only two made it out. The original film did a little dishonest film editing.
Awesome story
I still got a 04 93 aero convertible love it
Coming from a e34 and e38 I was skeptical buying my e60 6 years ago but today it has been a great reliable vehicle 👍🏾 and has kept up well with its styling, currently refreshing my cars front and rear suspension I hope to own it for many more years
I would like to have just one of the chain links. I understand they were the largest chains ever manufactured. There are some immense anchor chains out there. It is hard to imagine a link bigger than that.
When ppl say, "... This is EVERYTHING..." I hear James Humphrey, from donut media voice!😅
I believe we can do again given the right opportunity, that's just me though
Nice work researching this. A rhetorical, "Who knew..?"
From down under. Recently purchased my '64 bug & love reading these stories :)
I love my 2010 535i, i just bought it in November, she an amazing vehicle ive never owed a bmw, im putting her back on the road im replacing alot of her main parts, she's one of a kind on the road
If it was only worth 700,000 dollars scrap then that amount should have been raised to save it because we will never see anything that size again ever.
25 million dollars seems like an absolute bargain ❤
Thanks for the video. I have a 2006 E61...530Xi Touring. I love it. Lived in Budapest, bought it in Wurzburg, now have it in the US. Keeping it forever. Getting very hard to find. I agree it has a timeless design...it looks new even today, graceful.