Used Car of the Day: 2008 Saab 9-3 Aero

by Tim Healey

Published: March 26th, 2024

It's been a minute since I've seen a Saab in our forums. This 2008 Saab 9-3 Aero caught my eye, though.

Front-wheel drive, V6, automatic, and no rust. Well-maintained, so says the seller. Oh, and paid off.

This Missouri-based car does have at least one dent, however.

There are over 152,000 miles on the clock.

If this sort of thing interests you -- and I bet there are more than a few Saab people in our readership -- click here to see it.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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2manyvettes on Mar 27, 2024

I remember when Saab bit the dust. Out of curiosity I went to.a nearby Saab dealer's website and discovered he marked all of his remaining inventory "Used, no factory warranty." But he did not mark down the price below sticker. I assume he finally got rid of them all, but I would never buy a new car with no warranty.

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Wjtinfwb on Mar 28, 2024

If you've only got 5k to spend on transportation, I cannot imagine a worse way to spend it than on a GM orphan from Sweden that's 15 years old with 150k on the clock and limited plus expensive parts availability and dwindling techs who'd even want to work on it. Go find a similar vintage Camry or Accord with 150k miles or even a Ford or a Chevy, whatever. Hell, even an old Jaguar is less of a crapshoot than a Saab. At least you can still get parts.

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