The seller suspects a bad master cylinder, and I think that’s a good place to start. The car runs well, and it would be drivable, except that the brake pedal goes to the floor. This Saab was purchased as a father-son project, but the seller soon realized he was in over his head. So many of these have rusted away over the years that it’s nice to see a clean one, and of course it’s sunny Southern California where you find such a creature. It’s an iconic shape, and it still looks futuristic even thirty-nine years after it was built. Earlier and later ones were cool, but to me, this is Peak Saab.Īll the elements are there: the backwards-facing turbocharged engine, the curved windshield, the ignition switch in the center console, and that gigantic rear hatch with a spoiler along the bottom of the rear window. For me, and probably for a lot of other fifty-something car nuts these days, when you say “Saab,” this is what we picture: a mid-1980s three-door 900 Turbo. Certain cars are just emblematic of their marques when you think of the brand, you think of that particular car.

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