THE SAABARU

THE SAABARU

My first entry is going be about my favourite car, The Saabaru. Once again, I'm not calling anyone stupid, but in case you don't know what the Saabaru is, it is the Saab 9-2x, which is a rebadged 2nd gen Subaru WRX wagon with a different interior trim, different wheels and front fascia. (compare below)

As you can all see, they share all but the front bumper set up and the WRX edition of the Subaru shares the hood scoop feature, although the Subaru's sticks up more. Now, everyone always asks me, "If you want the Subaru, why not get the Subaru?" There is one easy answer. MONEY! Right now I am looking into this saabaru located in Lombard Illinois (Saab 92x ad) and it states it is $5750 while a Subaru WRX wagon with the same miles, in the same condition, being the same exact thing for the most part, costs nearly double, on average, at $9897 according to some research on autotrader.com and kbb.com. Why pay the extra money? For the Subaru emblems? So people don't claim that I'm stupid for buying the wrong car? No. Now, I've always been a strong volvo guy, which means I am anti-saab and I threw a small party when they went out of business a little while back, but this is a Subaru. They were both owned by GM at the time and they both have the same 2.5 boxer engine and the same AWD system and brakes and were made in the same factories. So what if it says Saab. I've always been taught that its whats on the inside that counts. And saying that, I even think the Saab looks a little bit better.