GR:
Amongst the very well to do there is a sort of inverted snobbery, linked with a desire for a working car that wet dogs, muddy feet and freshly shot pheasants, deer, etc. can't spoil. Saab are the preserve of architects and the willfully eccentric.
Snob or not, Saab and Volvo are really awful cars. I say this as a car lover, someone who would rather drive a Smart than a Saab or Volvo. My father in law is an architecture professor and he hates Saab. I remember once a discussion about cars with him and the Saab was amongst the cars he likes least . Eccentric owners? Well, possible. Most Saab and Volvo owners I knew were younger middle class intellectuals with a tendency to socialist ideals. Not really my cup of tea (the cars and the people driving them . In the 80s, when the green movement started in Germany, older Volvo and Saab cars were kind of the "Volkswagen" of the Greens. Yes, stereotypes but they worked pretty well in this case. Thanks god Saab and Volvo kind of disappeared, the IKEAs of the car world.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Turbo S, Cayenne GTS (958), BMW X3 35d (2013)