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You killed it with the Sonnet - the Saab of dreams 🙌🏻🇸🇪
And I fully hear you. Especially once the utility got sacrificed so badly in terms of interior space and practicality…
Volvo’s last hurrah in terms of fun cars - the S60 and V60 Polestars 🇸🇪
Growing up on a diet of fast Volvos during my formative years the brand’s development over the last decade has been a bit disappointing, even if probably sensible from a commercial point of view. Still, before limiting all cars to a maximum of 112mph in 2...
That was very cool , especially in that color.
Sadly driving it I was a little let down. If it had a bit more performance it would have been great. The brakes are an upgrade too. And nice wheels 👍
The brakes were one of the car’s strong suits…
And they used to know how to make nice looking wheels 👍🏻 Did you have / sample the 4 cylinder or the earlier six cylinder (a tad less power but a bit more torque)?
Honestly I don’t remember !
We have had v60xc, xc60, and are still getting xc90s. So over this time have probably seen both. I think the 6cyl one was probably the one we had when I had the v60xc. I loved that dark grey with orange-brown leather
That leather was a legendary color 🙌🏻
Remember it well. By that time as a family we switched away from Volvo but still saw them often and followed what they were doing 😊👍🏻
Agree on the seats 👍
I drove a 2004 S60R for 10 years as my daily driver, great car 😊 ...
The 850T-5R…
That is still in a garage with my parents still has fabulous seats 30 years after it left the factory. The S80T-6 also had nice ones. Proper 1000 mile a day material. No German brand I have sampled came close in terms of comfort… And very cool shots 👌🏻 Re...
As is our 850 T-5R 😁
Third goes all the way up to 195kmh 😂 A great car for country road overtaking, with decent torque and that auto box 👍🏻
I liked the Polestar concept, but it wasn’t quite the Volvo I was used to (20 years of 122; 20 years of XC70s) so I walked away from Swedish Motors
Driveway of impractical cars exc the Volvo Ex Swede (not Volvo) Saab Sonnet Cazalea ...
More Saab pictures
You can drive the Sonnet without its face on. I found it easy to match with hardware store spray paint. Back in the day before spray booths. This message has been edited by cazalea on 2025-05-10 20:14:36 ...
You killed it with the Sonnet - the Saab of dreams 🙌🏻🇸🇪
And I fully hear you. Especially once the utility got sacrificed so badly in terms of interior space and practicality…
Very interesting and informative write up which I enjoyed!
During this period, I appreciated the design lines of these models, and it can’t be missed in that cool blue color. I have an acquaintance that collects Saabs, and then modifies them for more power. I think he’s up to three of them now! Speaking of Scandi...
There used to be a notable Saab tuner in the place I did my PhD in…
Was just about to look up what happened to them since. But need to remember the name first 😂