You people are the lighted speedometer in the night panel of my life. ;)

As a former worker at Saab's factory in Trollhättan, sweden.
I can say that Saab's fight to stay alive in 2009-2011 was absolutely heartbreaking.
GM, who had been actively trying to kill the brand for years, was absolutely determined to do everything in their power to bury the company for good rather than sell it.
There were no shortage of interested buyers, and the swedish government sent several ministers to GM in order to guarantee payment.
Still GM refused.
The Unions at Saab removed limits on overtime, and even allowed lowered salaries AT THE WORKERS REQUEST!
Such was the pride and determination of those who built these cars.
They could have just moved on, and found another job.
But NO!
They wanted to fight with everything they had to save the brand!
At that time, if a GM official would be dumb enough to show himself in Trollhättan, he would be dipped in tar, rolled in feathers and thrown in the canal quicker than he could say the word "capitalism".
There are still lots of people in sweden that would only buy a GM vehicle for the sole reason of setting it on fire and crash it into the closest GM office.

General Motors: killing good brands since forever.

2:30 The green dial needles are meant to resemble the radium glow in old-timey planes, another shoutout to their aviation experience.

"Every Saab owner has a Saab story to go with it."

This car has aged wonderfully. Still looks uniquely cool.

Doug the type of guy to say SAAB when testing a microphone.

This car makes me sad, i do wish Saab lived on, even with the struggles the Saab character was still evident in this car.

"I can't believe that's what they were charging"

"They couldn't figure out why Saab cost so much until you crashed them"

I asked around and we all want more Saab videos

I am waiting for Doug to wear 3 t-shirts

GM- Why can’t you be normal?
Saab- Screams uncontrollably

I always LOVED the night panel on Saabs.  Note, it was actually an intelligent night panel.  If you'd be running low on gas, the gas gauge would turn on, same for check engine or other abnormalities.  Night panel would actually a safety feature as it would let you see better at night, without the residual lights in the car.  Remember Saabs also make Gripen, and a bunch of features it inherited from fighter jets (same for the green gauge needles btw)

That wagon concept looks absolutely gorgeous

This actual model saved are son’s life only just last week,  a head on collision with another car  with a combined speed of over 100 mph . We owe it to Saab on their attention to safety

I owned several SAABs   One cool thing about night panel is that if any guage went to a dangerous position it would individually light up and display   For example if the fuel level went Below 1/4 the fuel guage alone would come to life and light up  

I loved my 9-5   Reliable to 300k

This car still looks good, I think it was ahead of its time.

Doug: "the car is unusually quick I would say"  Acceleration score: 1

I love how the car has a push-button start but Saab still honored tradition and put it in the center console.

10:58 Doug's finest moment