What's whistling under my hood? Oh hi turbo!

[supermike]

Got my first car with a turbo today. '99 Saab 9-5 with a 2.3 liter 4 cylinder. Not the hottest car around, but I like it a lot and it's German. Not going to lie, these Germans know what they're up to. EVERYTHING is power, there are enough buttons to remind me of an airplane, hmm...... I thought I liked it before, but it's really growing on me now. I paid $3500, it has 141k on the clock. pics will be later. Anyone else ever have one?

[bone-yard-racing]

Its Swedish just so you know

[supermike]

Swedish huh? How about that. I assumed it was German since it came from Germany.

Also, some guy trying to sell me a 97 Golf said the reason Audi's logo is 4 circles is because each individual ring stands for Volkswagen, Saab, Jetta, and Passat, and those brands are all the same under Audi. So I went and bought a car somewhere else.

[PhillyLS1]

Got my first car with a turbo today. '99 Saab 9-5 with a 2.3 liter 4 cylinder. Not the hottest car around, but I like it a lot and it's German. Not going to lie, these Germans know what they're up to. EVERYTHING is power, there are enough buttons to remind me of an airplane, hmm...... I thought I liked it before, but it's really growing on me now. I paid $3500, it has 141k on the clock. pics will be later. Anyone else ever have one?

Did you get the Viggen? They're pretty quick

[Mopar_Korean]

Swedish huh? How about that. I assumed it was German since it came from Germany.

Also, some guy trying to sell me a 97 Golf said the reason Audi's logo is 4 circles is because each individual ring stands for Volkswagen, Saab, Jetta, and Passat, and those brands are all the same under Audi. So I went and bought a car somewhere else.

lol. Um, that guy is talking out his ass. First of all Jetta and Passat isnt a car brand but a car model. Second of all Audi never owned Saab (that I know of), and I believe Porsche owns (at least a controlling amount of stocks) Audi/VW now a days.

As for the four rings in the Audi logo:

In 1932 Audi merged with Horch, DKW and Wanderer to form the Auto Union. Before World War II, Auto Union used the four interlinked rings that make up the Audi badge today, representing these four brands. This badge was used, however, only on Auto Union racing cars in that period while the member companies used their own names and emblems.

[Passt]

I feel like this is a joke thread.

If it's not, congrats on the car lol. Saabs are nice.

[bone-yard-racing]

The Porsche/Audi group owns VW as well as Lamborghini and SEAT. The auto-union ring thing has nothing to do with VW as VW was just one of Hitler's ideals when the formation of auto-union happened. Here are a couple of the AU race cars of the 30s:





^ The 750 rules of F1. 750kg car with 900+whp. For those of you bad at conversions 1653lbs with 900+whp.

"Svenska Aeroplan AB (aktiebolaget)" (Swedish for "Swedish Aeroplane Limited") (SAAB) was founded in 1937 in Trollhättan,[2] with the merger of SAAB and Linköping based ASJA.[3] The headquarters moved to Linköping. The style "Saab" replaced "SAAB" around 1950.[3]

Originally manufacturing airplanes, the company sought ways in which to diversify its business and in the late 1940s began manufacturing automobiles. The Saab Automobile division was based in Trollhättan. The first car was the Saab 92001 on 10 June 1947. The company soon developed a reputation for safe and reliable automobiles, with a notable competition history.

In the late 1950s Saab ventured into the computer market with Datasaab.[2] The company was a result partly of the need of heavy computational power for the aircraft development to make a computer that would be small enough to mount in an aeroplane as navigational equipment. During the 1960s several successful and advanced systems were developed and sold to several European countries (used in e.g. banking). The aircraft computer (CK 37) was achieved in 1971 in the Viggen. The now less successful commercial-application company was sold in 1975 to Sperry UNIVAC, while Saab retained its flight computer development.

In May 1965, the company name was changed to Saab AB to reflect its broad range of activities.[3] In 1968 Saab AB merged with the truck maker Scania-Vabis,[4] and between 1969 and 1995 the company was called Saab-Scania AB. General Motors bought 51 percent of the automobile division Saab Automobile in 1990, and acquired the rest a decade later.

During changes in company ownership in the 1990s, the company name once again became Saab AB.

In 1995 Saab Military Aircraft and British Aerospace (now BAE Systems) formed the joint venture company Saab-BAe Gripen AB, with the goal of adapting, manufacturing, marketing and supporting Gripen internationally. This co-operation was extended in 2001 with the formation of Gripen International for the same purpose[5].

Since 1998 the British aerospace company BAE Systems has been the largest shareholder in Saab following its acquisition of a 35% stake from Investor AB by its predecessor, British Aerospace. In January 2005 BAE reduced its shareholding to 20%, which it views as a long term interest. Investor AB also maintains a 20% share. Investor AB hold 38% of the voting rights and is with the other Wallenberg institutions the majority owner.

In October 2008 the company announced its intention to merge its operations with that of Simrad Optronics. The new unit will develop high-tech optronics products and will be headquartered in Norway, although other details of the new arrangement have not been finalized.[6]

[Canada]

Got my first car with a turbo today. '99 Saab 9-5 with a 2.3 liter 4 cylinder. Not the hottest car around, but I like it a lot and it's German. Not going to lie, these Germans know what they're up to. EVERYTHING is power, there are enough buttons to remind me of an airplane, hmm...... I thought I liked it before, but it's really growing on me now. I paid $3500, it has 141k on the clock. pics will be later. Anyone else ever have one?

Did you get the Viggen? They're pretty quick

Viggens were available in the 9-3 models...

[JeffM]

Got my first car with a turbo today. '99 Saab 9-5 with a 2.3 liter 4 cylinder.

Pics or it didn't happen