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Congratulations are in order:
Saabs United has
raised enough money to buy the last Saab 9-3, what is likely to be the last
Saab of any sort ever produced. The group will be installing the car in the
Saab Cars Museum on a permanent loan, as well as donating the additional money it raised during its fund drive.
Forgive us for being just a bit cynical here, but it's really a shame this particular car is so mundane. It's a
Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin, a run-of-the-mill sedan that's a direct descendant of the 2003 model year 9-3. Based on the global
General Motors Epsilon platform that also spawned the similarly extinct
Pontiac G6, the 9-3 is arguably the car that killed Saab - or at least failed to save it - as GM was never able to sell enough of them or derive enough profit from the ones it managed to move in the U.S. to make a go of the brand.
We're sure all Saab enthusiasts agree that the marque certainly deserved better treatment than it got from Detroit, and when we look back in fond remembrance on Saab, there are any number of models that will come to mind before we think of the final 9-3. Most of them are included in our
historical Saab gallery.
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