2001 Saab 9-5 Review

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Review:

It's weird how Saab has sort of fallen off the edge of the world -- in terms of visibility and that all-important mojo-thing we call "trendiness." Trendiness is what sells status cars in the $30,000 and up range. Objective considerations, of course, play a part -- but a great deal of what you are paying for is the perceived coolness of the vehicle. On that score, Saab has definitely slipped a little. It wasn't always so.

Back in the late 1980s, Saabs were right up there with BMWs as one of the "in" import cars to have the minute you landed that first decent white-collar job or made it through grad school. (The old 900 convertible turbo was especially revered by prosperous twenty- and thirtysomethings.)

Today, Saabs are still around -- but they're clearly not as trendy, as "in" as they once were. This is too bad because a great many people who might find they actually like Saabs if they took the time to test drive one will never know because they don't even bother to check them out.