Top Gear - Saab 900 and 900NG

[@Kratos2591]

"build like a merc,safe as a volvo and so much cooler than a bmw" gotta love saab

[@crustynuts]

did you know the a in volvo stands for aerodynamics..

[@Desynccc]

@@crustynuts Volvo is shit

[@Martinmaskin]

Proud owner of a 1985 SAAB 900 in great condition! This video reminds me why I got it and why I care for it!

[@barbadolid5170]

Your comment made me jealous 😍, I hope you still have and enjoy it 😋

[@caravaning4]

Just bought a 1991 saab 900 turbo and drifting with it in Québec is heaven. Saab for life!!

[@artisaningenuity]

The Opel based NG900/9-3 has proven it's mettle (our 95 900s runs new w/260k), but the classic Saab 900 set the bar high...a truly iconic design (which would sell like hot cakes if reintroduced). Errors about the c900 here: Transaxles lasting 200k is optimistic - a pampered 5spd maybe...(150k more realistic), automatics barf by 99k. Handbrake operated the FRONT wheels through 1987 (pia to work on). Timing chains needing replacement every 70k is ridiculous (300k no prob if oil changed every 5k).

[@1873Winchester]

What a good quality and informative video filled with good to know data

[@bentleyv8t]

this IS Top Gear. Classic top Gear.

[@SaabEthan69]

I have a 1990 Saab 900. I love it so much! :D

[@Squirrel4361]

Glad to be getting my own 86 900. Fun all around. :)

[@markjwil]

Tiff forgot that also that year the 9-3 SE on top of wood and leather trim, it also had 15 extra horsepower that brought it to 200 horsepower.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

I had a co-worker who had a Saab 900 convertible, similar to what you see in this video.

[@JokeriPokeri17]

I've driven a 900 many times, different ones. Choke on the carburetor is a hell to use, steering wheel is as hard to turn as trying to hide morning boner in your undies, BUT it's a magnificent car because it has same specialty as any old Saad or Lada, choke of the carburetor on the maximum position, choking the motor with fuel, starting, and it will start even in siberian winter!

[@SwissGuitarStarter]

I have a 9-3 I and in my opinion, it is a fantastic car!! Bless it's diesel: 6.7l/100km ;)

[@vibingwithvinyl]

No, this is the "old" Top Gear back before it was cancelled. Tiff & co were still on it, they then went to make Fifth Gear.

[@Lesserthannone]

I'm gonna tray my hardest to get a SAAB!

[@Jonjs99]

got?

[@craig9843]

Hates diesels??? wow I have a 1996 vw passat diesel...most trouble free car ever that gets 46mpg faithfully. I love diesels.

[@Smiffster2006]

@VTS1337 The car you see Tiff Needell driving at the beginning of the video is a 900 but he then goes on to test drive the 93. It's an early '98 model on a UK 'R' plate. You're correct in saying this is 'old' Top Gear though. Tiff used to co-present on the show along with Jeremy Clarkson. When BBC cancelled the old show he moved to Channel 5 to present their motoring show, Fifth Gear, and Clarkson re-formed Top Gear with new presenters, Richard Hammond and James May.

[@ZILOGz80VIDEOS]

THAT IS THE CAR I WILL HAVE WHEN I TURN 16 IN TWO YEARS, EVEN IF I HAVE TO DRIVE TO IOWA TO GET IT

[@brianl5172]

Love my 92 900S convertible!

[@paulhunter123]

wish my 0ld 900 was as relaiable as he makes out, hasnt even done 100k and already had HG cv joints bal joints caliper exhaust etc etc

[@RobertHamilton85]

Do your homework and then you will find out Tiff also worked for the BBC on TOP GEAR! Also he drove my Dads TVR Tuscan Challange racing car at Brans one year in the 90's! ; ) Just thought I would slip that in I hope no one noticed haha!

[@yamahonkawazuki]

@worldofmp3 ive had 3 900's. first time i EVER got in one, i take key and go for hte usual place. wel, no key slot, im confused as an unknowing person would be. im likeWTFH? then i find it in the centre. im like WHOA. instant cool points there

[@edwardtupper6374]

I think the star of this show is the tail unit on the Handley-Page Victor

[@tauheke]

Wonder why Saab just dont do a 2011 900ix awd... same classic shape, they'd sell heaps. Id buy two!

[@one2nd1]

A couple of mistakes, all the 99/900s had hydraulic clutches and all the 99/900s handbrakes acted on front wheels not the rear.

[@StortSettVittig]

Post-1988 900's have the handbrake at the rear like normal people :)

[@jetsfan1993]

I had a 94 and 98 900 greatest cars i had

[@planetx5269]

The timing chain at 70k is terrible but the car seems pretty good. PlanetX

[@nuttycommuter3718]

Yeah you don’t need to replace the chain every 70k. More like every 200k

[@NUFCFTW9]

I wish I could own one in the future :(

[@hondafanatic17]

Not driven by crazy people? Apparently he hasn't been to America, we USE our turbo over here in our Saabs. Mines pushing into the red all the time, and she keeps going at 203,000 miles!

[@Oerg866]

@worldofmp3 Yes but I dont have my license yet ;)

[@autoworld100]

I love saabs!!

[@damiendegrasse]

LOL at the guy who drifts his 900....

[@TheDaneJohni]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 funniest ever😅

[@nicws]

@benny2rats This is old Top Gear do i have to spell it for you T-O-P G-E-A-R

[@Kratos2591]

hahaah no worries as long as u truly agree with me then we are cool hahaha :)

[@amigachris]

Love these cars but the transaxle is too delicate for a turbo application. destroyed at 135K.

[@steeltrap3800]

My 900 turbo is running 16-18lb boost and going just fine...at 375k.

[@MrJMS814]

Learn to drive

[@tyupton1719]

Debating over a turbo Saab or an SVO mustang...

[@TriggeredGnome]

+Ty U. I have a v6 mustang. trading for a saab 900 turbo. I have never felt more happy in a saab

[@raimond3225]

AliasSLH did you know that the 9-3 Viggen is basically an SVO's car? They did the prototype for it called the SAAB 900 Coupe Consept

[@Dragunov302]

i want to get a 900 so bad

[@Oerg866]

:L now i want to get a saab 900

[@imlundby]

@Oerg866 I drive one :)

[@apache1234657]

AARRRRG FOR FUCK SAKE ITS OLD TOPGEAR NOT FIFTH GEAR AAARRRRGHH STOP CALLING IT FIFTH GEAR ITS OLD TOPGEAR ARRRGGH

[@gipss80]

correctly!

[@Rastard12345]

Is this Top Gear???

[@bingbongtoysKY]

❤❤❤🙏

[@vegardsolhaug3814]

Yeeee

[@piratapan]

Damn, by mistake I gave you comment a "poor comment". :(

[@Thirdhero]

Wait wait wait... Leaving the car parked in gear doesn't work... It doesn't let you remove the key unless you have it in park and you can't take it out of park unless the key is in. I own a Saab I know

[@alexisantonakis8897]

thirdhero sounds like you have a US model. I had a 1984 900i and you had to leave it in reverse to remove the key. In the UK we had no park option. In fact is park only on automatics? Not even sure if SAAB did automatics in the UK back in the 80s

[@harrisonbrand8985]

are you talking about automatic cars?

[@jimmyf9545]

Manual 900's needed to be in reverse to remove the key. I know, I've owned a couple.

[@TheMlc4life]

isn t this show called the fifth gear

[@daekol]

For some reason i don't like the old generation 9-3. :/ Not that i like the new generation eather. :P

[@zoltanvarga1606]

Bomb proof gearbox? No structural rust? Don't want to offend anyboday, but just LOL...

[@theonlyantony]

They're not Saabs. SAAb ended in 1993.

[@kingkime]

This is from Fifthgear, not from topgear..

[@mcboss2532]

Seriously it isn't even top gear it's 5th gear ! GET IT RIGHT

[@shaunevans3633]

It is TOP GEAR.

[@wws2020]

Tiff works for Top Gear before he join the Fifth Gear.

[@evilmario6061]

Why did 9 cretins like this?

[@RSLMecha]

It's old top gear.

[@qwertyx7ts]

FOR ALL!!! IT CANNOT BE TOP GEAR! This guy is Tiff Needel from fifth gear!!

[@RobertHamilton85]

WTF THIS IS TOP GEAR OF OLD SO SHUT UP! Thanks! =D

[@HesseJamez]

@Kratos2591 Mercedes made the worst cars ever during the fusion with Chrysler - Finally they lost 80 Billion until they sacked the americans. Saab should have done the same with GM.

[@super_slav91]

Timing chain every 70, lol, not very reliable.

[@beaneriser466]

Its recommened not always needed...plus most turbocharged cars need them replaced every 70k miles.

[@super_slav91]

***** The only time you change a chain is when the tensioners get worn or the chain stretches, this is the only time I have heard of a change interval for a chain driven motor since timing chains usually go for around 800,000km to 1 million, this is just poor design.

[@xluumu]

+Super_Slav There is no official change interval, and it lasts way more than 70 k miles. Perhaps that 70 k is some unofficial check interval?

[@stuco81]

@@super_slav91 Its one of the most robust 4 cylinder engines ever. There is no need to change the timing chain... at all. Unless something has gone wrong, or the oil changes have been neglected.

[@barenekid9695]

9-3 was a much more attractive design ...but quickly proved to be of even lower quality that the car it replaced. .

[@stevenlars4914]

Such utter nonsense. The world needs more cars like Saab built.

[@shawnhunter4092]

Nope, Top gear and much better than Fifth gear