Are Saabs typically more expensive to maintain than Toyotas?

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It all depends on which Saab and which Toyota.

I'll tell you this; unless you're an experienced scavenger of junkyards, you may not want an older Saab.

Typicall a Saab is a luxury car, and Toyotas may or may not be, so it follows that the more expensive ride will be more expensive to maintian.

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Hi,

I drive a 1993 Toyota Corolla today. About 9 months ago I sold my Saab 900SE V6 1995. I find that this has saved me about €500/month. The savings are in service, insurance and fuel. The greatest saving is in serve and parts. When I serviced my Toyota the first time the bill felt like winning the lottery. "Is this all?"

Saabs are great machines, but unless you have money to waste I can only recomend you to get a Toyota.

Oh, one more thing. All kinds of people ask me when I am selling my Toyota and if I could please call them at that time. This never happened with my Saab.

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I have a 1988 900 Turbo. I do all my own work, so it is hard to say how it compares in service costs. I will say that mine has 300k miles with no major issues other than regular maintenance. I have owned Plymouth, Honda, BMW and this SAAB is by far the most durable. I have not had any problems finding parts, but so far I have only replace routine parts (brakes, shocks, etc.)

I cannot speak about late model SAAB, although they seem inferior to the older models in quality and durability. The auto industry is very homogenized these days, so most manufacturers are close to each other in quality.

Try to avoid model years that are new designs. Manufacturers need a couple of years to work out defects. For SAABs the 1990 to 1993 900 is great, but avoid the redesigned 1994 900.

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I guess it depends from which direction you are coming at this. I have a 1988 Saab 9000T that is a daily driver with 350,000 miles on it. In my daily travels I have not seen a 1988 Toyota of any type driving around. So in my case I *guess* it is more expensive to maintain a "typical" 1988 Saab than a "typical" 1988 Toyota that was scrapped and crushed long ago.

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Definitly not! they just require more attention at maintnence (certin oil, plugs, etc.). they are not like jap cars where you can completly ignore them and expect them to run. any car can cost alot to run, EVEN a toyota, honda, nissan whatever, it just depends on the maintnence history. remember...a lemon is a lemon.

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