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You're not the only one. I still drive a 2005 Saab 9-5, but the station wagon. It is really comfortable to drive compared to other cars (I've driven mostly new Volvos, especially V40 and XC40 and I prefer the Saab any time).

I'm Swedish though, and my mom used to work at Saab back in the day when I grew up (as most of the people in that town did then).

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Chiming in here from Finland as another 9-5 owner, 2001 model. Also a station wagon (or "farmari" as the Finns like to call it).

Definitely a much-loved model, I get appreciative comments regularly from middle-aged men whose formative years were clearly spent in Saabs. When I went to the Mercedes car dealership last weekend (thinking about upgrading to an electric vehicle), the salesman was in such raptures over my Saab he nearly forgot to try and sell me a new car.

Aren't the ~2000+ models the ones that were made after GM/Opel(?) bought them out and converted to their common platforms?

Yes with a Saab engine, while my college days Saab 96 had a Ford V4 engine.

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