The hayday for the Saab marque in HK is in the early 1990s, when the Saab 900 appealed to many yuppies, and Saab was the 3rd best selling European make after Mercedes and BMW, with the dealer having a total of 3 showrooms (in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories) and 4 service centres across the territory.

By the time I bought my 9000 CS 2.0LPT in 1995, only 2 showrooms and 3 service centres were left. The worst came last year when only 2 service centres remained and all showrooms (no kidding) folded. The service centres provide a skeleton showroom service by housing a new 9-5 for demonstration.

Despite the obvious difficulty, I still see a small number of 9-5 sedans and wagons running around, and the tech told me that the top of the range 9-5 Aero, Griffin and 9-3 Viggen had been sold to existing Saab owners. Don't bother with residual value, you will be lucky to get 15% after 5 years of ownership.

The Saab marque is generally misunderstood in HK as mechanically unrealiable, difficult to service and parts difficult to obtain and expensive. I don't think these are objective and justified particularly in comparision with Mercedes and BMW and existing Saab owners know better.

Willy Lim
Saab 9000 CS 2.0LPT, MY95, 64,000 km, auto transmission, Abbott Racing's Trionic and intercooler.

• Why aren't they all Saabs?, John, Thu, 8 Mar 2001 23:28:06
  • Why arent they all SAAB ?, Coolknight, Tue, 13 Mar 2001 06:34:01
  • Dealers few and far between in these parts, John R. Boyce, Mon, 12 Mar 2001 09:44:08
  • My reasoning for no SAABS in sight., Nascar fan, Sun, 11 Mar 2001 09:43:07
  • Here In Australia........, jack bell, Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:32:01
  • If all those morons drove Saabs, I WOULDN'T!, Jimmy, Fri, 9 Mar 2001 17:11:30
    • Re: If all those morons drove Saabs, I WOULDN'T!, Scott Paterson , Sat, 10 Mar 2001 01:36:14
      • I doubt it..... Here's why., Jimmy, Sat, 10 Mar 2001 08:53:22
        • Re: I doubt it..... Here's why., Marco709, Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:55:38
        • Re: I doubt it..... Here's why., glax, Sun, 11 Mar 2001 16:32:11
        • Re: I doubt it..... Here's why., Scott Paterson , Sat, 10 Mar 2001 12:08:09
          • And that is why we are "individuals.", Jimmy, Mon, 12 Mar 2001 09:49:48
  • Not many in SE Pennsylvania, joe , Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:46:31
  • You hit the nail on the head..., Mike in NS, Fri, 9 Mar 2001 10:35:40
  • Try going to the Daytona 500 in Florida in a Saab, Nascar fan, Fri, 9 Mar 2001 10:30:51
  • Re: Why aren't they all Saabs?, Scott Paterson , Fri, 9 Mar 2001 01:09:11
    • My First Saab.., JasonS, Sat, 10 Mar 2001 11:18:57
    • Re: Why aren't they all Saabs?, Ken , Fri, 9 Mar 2001 01:38:28
      • Re: Why aren't they all Saabs? 2cts, K.K., Fri, 9 Mar 2001 04:32:56
        • KK, you in HK, too?, Willy, Fri, 9 Mar 2001 08:02:02
          • Re: KK, you in HK, too?,, K.K., Mon, 12 Mar 2001 02:51:30
            • Saab in HK, Willy, Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:35:48 <-- Viewing This Message
      • Because of the low resale value?, Willy, Fri, 9 Mar 2001 02:25:39
        • 9-5 is higher than you think., David Mills, Sat, 10 Mar 2001 20:02:49
          • Re: 9-5 is higher than you think., David Mills, Sun, 11 Mar 2001 09:40:47

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