@Cognitive Friction: It also comes with rack-and-peanut steering.

Excuse me, I need to go wash out my eyes with bleach.

This is an absolute no-brainer. Flip (a) 96 onto its roof, and it's still a 96. How's that for Swedish engineering?

Now THAT is damned good service, although dropping your replacement Saab from 30 feet up doesn't exactly start things on the right foot, and no doubt violates some term of the original manufacturer's warranty.

I've been a ham radio operator for 25 years (that's longer than I've been driving) and I resent the implications that we're all a bunch of weird techno-geeks who rather sit around in a dimly lit basement and bounce radio signals off the moon than go out partying, even if that is completely true.

It seems like the market for Saabs dropped out in the mid 2000's. When GM dropped the 93 and 9000 hatchback and began to experiment with the Saabaru and the Saab SUV (don't even remember what it was called because I hated it), I knew the end was near.

As a Dunkin' Donuts coffee swilling northeasterner (not really into lattes), we must be a predictable lot. Here's what I see the most of:

I'm color-blind, and that thing would be an absolute nightmare for me. Fortunately, I also happen to work for the DOT and if I ever see one of those being beta-tested within our agency, it's going to end up in a million pieces after I smash the crap out of it with a shovel.

@Hopman: Remember, you need a right-hand flux capacitor. I think Lucas makes one.

If I won the lottery, this would be the first car I'd run out and buy. Excuse me while I wipe the drool out of my keyboard.

@Madcows: Break out the lingonberry sauce, we're under attack!!!

Ship it. You can't replace that kind of nostalgia. Besides, you could retrofit it with a machine gun cannon that shoots IKEA meatballs. How cool would that be?

@Bilby: I think the American engineers are okay with big stuff, but when faced with trying to design something into a small package, they lose it.

@Peugeot 504 - the Car for Nigeria: All cars should have that!

That used to happen with my '91 Escort. When it got below 10F, the speedo started reading almost double (I could peg it in 3rd gear!), but then when the car warmed up, it went back to normal. I never did bother to fix it.

@87CapriceEstate: Good point. The '72 Bronco was more Jeep-sized, so it wasn't much good for hauling lots of people and cargo, and I'm not even aware that Chrysler had any kind of SUV at that time.

The '67 to '72 Chevy pickup/suburban body styles are my favorite, with '72 winning out over the other years.

Jesus, if I wanted to drive something that ugly, I would have just bought an Aztek.

I see a new ricer trend involving front brake rotors and painted Shopvac hose.

And so, in this episode of Where are they now? we find an aging Bo Duke living in Sanford, Florida trying to recapture some of his glory days.....