Comments on: Saab 98 exposed!!

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:17:15 +0000

Regarding the one piece / two piece rear windows: I don’t think it’s a sliding window (judging from the shape) but it could be anchoring points for rear seatbelts. Kind of like the chrome “pillars” splitting the rear side windows of a Volvo 240 wagon.

Anyway, even though I love classic Saabs, that is a seriously ugly car.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:45:46 +0000

That is quite simply a terrible looking car

By: Markac

Markac — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:33:45 +0000

Eggs, I’m not sure about the price of the 95 and 96 at the time, but the 98 was intended to be Saab’s first “Combi Coupe” and it was regarded as a replacement for both the sedan and wagon.
However it may have been more costly to build and would have been priced too close to the 99 to make it viable. There seems to have been more than one prototype built but it appears only the brown one remains? If it had been produced it might have extended the life of the 95/96 line of cars by several years.

By: saabyurk

saabyurk — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:06:12 +0000

Tim, maybe, maybe not. Wikipedia cites “The SAAB Way” by Gunnar A. Sjögren, page 57, as saying “a couple of test cars” were built up to 1976.

By: Tim in Denver

Tim in Denver — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:09:18 +0000

‘Yes, they are the same cars only in different colors ‘

in my opinion, the writer meant to say,
‘Yes, they are the same model, only in different colors’,
and promptly contributed to further confusion.

By: ctm

ctm — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:45:34 +0000

Q. Is it a hatchback or a combi?

By: eggsngrits

eggsngrits — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:28:46 +0000

I wonder what made it cost too much? I’m looking at a post in the near future about costs and the pricing structure in Detroit and elsewhere. I’m sure that the large amount of glass was a factor.

By: saabyurk

saabyurk — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:31:12 +0000

Looks to me like it’s possible the rear glass and frame on the orange version is the same shape, but they may have added additional black plastic trim to sharpen the back corner. I see that on a lot of modern cars.
However, it also went from one-piece to two-piece, a sliding/opening version?

By: Robin M

Robin M — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:05:29 +0000

I see what you mean about the rear side window. Its a differant shape.

By: Rodder76

Rodder76 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:20:57 +0000

There is somthing strange.
I have always thought that there is two diffrent cars and if you look at some details I´ll still think so.
Paintwork and wheels are easy to change, but rear window, the air outlet (?) behind the rear window (looks bigger at the brown one) and rear bumper (easy to change)