Saabs definitely can be cool. Back in the '60s I saw a fellow named Eddie Diehl running is SCCA road racing Saab at the Richmond Dragway (VA). He won all of his handicap matches but was finally shut down by a C- Stock '58 fuel injected Chevy. The sound of that little 2- stroke was something you didn't hear every day at the drags-- whing- ding- ding- ding. Eddie looked like a Viking driving that car-- big red beard and all.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ