Saab 9 3 reviews

It's a shame that Saabs are no longer manufactured as mine has been a model of reliability travelling over 160,000 miles with no major breakdowns. It has been used to tow a caravan to Orkney and back over many summers and continues to provide great comfort, huge boot capacity and , apart from heavy fuel consumption, great practicality.

pity when i replace it it will have to be something boring !!

Excellent

My Saab and I have a great relationship. I look after it, it rewards me tenfold. I maintain it with regular services even though my mechanic says it runs like a dream and needs fewer services per year than I organise for it, and in return it gives me great pleasure to drive, fabulous value for money and unbeatable reliability. Just walking toward my car gives me a feeling of extreme joy - it looks amazing - and when I have my roof down, anytime of day, anytime of season, anytime of year, I feel fantastic. Oh, and it gets me from A to B in extreme style. Did I mention that it runs like a dream, is incredibly reliable, and looks amazing? Nuff said then.

At an average of 48MPG I am quite happy with economy aspect of this large engined car that has a lively performance. On the comfort side the suspension is a bit on the hard side, but this is compensated by exellent road holding.The bodywork is still corrosion free and the paintwork is still nice and shiny.I use proper diesel (not supermarket rubbish) I find this gives an extra 8 to 10 MPG,the engine is smoother and quieter and more responsive.The Air Conditioning and auxiliary heater can cope with any conditions all year round. This vehicle will probably last longer than me.(It is properly serviced by a SAAB garage).

I am very pleased with my car. It has been very reliable over the last 3 years and looks good even when not cleaned regular. It has been very cost effective to run and is cheap to road tax. A great family car,

Good performance and comfort. Not so good regarding petrol consumption.

Great for wife and two dogs. Major problem is space in back seats. No legroom. Overall very pleased with it

Car is safe but costly to run. Also concern about parts availability

I bought this car second hand after doing careful research about the model. It replaced a volvo v70 and it is a much better car all round. it is economical gatting around 56 mpg on average. The road tax is £125 pa and the seats are comfortable. You feel as if it actually fitted you. It is our workhorse now since we sold the freelander and moved south but it is standing up well to carrying all sorts of things in its large boot once the seats are down.

A good, solid car with a strong, very economical engine, spoilt by leadless solder in the diesel injector ECU, They just go bad. The ECU is mounted on top of the pump, and is hot and suffers huge vibration, power keeps being reduced to 'limp home mode'. Notoriously hard to pinpoint the fault, and about 2.5k to fix.

A very comfortable car which drives well on the motorway.It has all the equipment I require in a car.It has cruise control climate control and heated front seats. The drivers seat is very comfortable. Down side is there is a fair amount of body roll when driving on windy roads. I have the 180 brake version and I find it has great fuel consumption.

Good solid reliable car with usual features such as air-con, electric windows, trip computer, part leather/cloth seats, 6-speaker audio system, cruise control, led strip side lights, keyless central locking, split hinged rear seats. Good looks. Fuel consumption figure approx 34mpg around town (poor compared to previous car - Rover 75 1.8 petrol saloon which managed over 40-41mpg for same journeys and load) Switches and handbrake all feel cheap and not in such good positions as other cars.

It is a shame Saab no longer exist as my next car would have been another one. They look good and perform well

Overall a good reliable car. A comfortable drive on straight roads yet feels a bit uncertain when taking fast bends. Average 46MPG driving fast or up to 80+ on a long motorway run. Power steering can feel very stiff on cold mornings but does quickly loosen as you drive away. As with all Saab's it is very quick to reach a high speed but still feels safe and comfortable. The boot is roomy and the rear seats are split 60/40 for when you need to carry something,although remember it is a saloon not a hatchback. Loads of space for driver and passengers and well suited for short or long journeys. A good alternative to the BMW's and merc's you see everywhere.

For its year it was somewhere between Ford/Vauxhall and BMW in terms of fit, finish and levels of equipment. Though in the last 5 years Ford/Vauxhall have both moved forward and the BMW 3-Series is still the well made mass produced car it always was - just look at how many there are on the road. In my experience, none of them can hold a candle to a Mercedes of the same size. Handles pretty well. TDI (150) (Fiat/GM) engine has bags of torque and goes well if held in the torque band. It is a bit course when compared with later diesels - particularly the BMW 2.0. Cabin is pleasant, though now looking very 'early 90's' and dated. The big downside is the noise level coming from a combination of front wheel road noise and a rough diesel engine. Saab have set the radio to increase its volume pretty substantially as the speed increases. Running costs are low. It does about 50 mpg on the motorway and the engine, running gear and most of the electrics are Vauxhall, so cheap and readily available. The rear tyres last for ever (it still had the originals on at 70,000 miles)and the fronts about 25-30,000 miles. Mine's got 110,000 mile on it, I've had it nearly four years and like it. Not as much as I liked my 180,000 mile Mercedes C240 - but then that only did 28 mpg on the motorway.

Comfortable drive with the fun of having the roof down - when there's some sunshine!

Fantastic car as were all the other SAAB's I have owned, Toyota came close but not on practicality (Supra and MR2). Only fault is fuel consumption round town at around 25 mpg, good as soon as you get out of town though so I'll stick with it. Have owned several SAAB's including 900, 9000, 95 and now 93. Had a radiator leak on the 900 and rubber bushes replaced on the 93. One breakdown across five cars which was a wheel sensor on the ABS shutting down the traction control. Thank you SAAB for many thousands of trouble free miles and wasted breakdown memberships......what do I buy now?.

Purchased car 2 years ago for £800 with 147000 miles, since then it has done a further 24000 miles and has so far not let us down. As a cheap comfortable work horse this car has been superb and I would not hesitate to buy another one.

Comfortable, reliable and reasonably economic vehicle. As seems to be the case nowadays, the advertised mpg is unattainable in practice. Car now approaching 3 years old, 25K miles with no reliability issues nor even any minor rattles or squeaks. Flat access to the boot area very useful for loading and unloading. If Saab were still in business I'd probably by another one!