is a saab a good car to purchase? 2000-2004 9-3 or 9-5

http://www.edmunds.com/saab/9-3/2004/consumer-reviews.html and http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Reliability.aspx?year=2004&make=Saab&model=9-3 are good sites to read up on them ...generally a Saab is a good car

The Saab is a Swedish engineered and built car, the Swedes are known for superior engineering, although not affiliated with Volvo they are still well built dependable, safe cars. But the 2002 was the beginning of the second generation, so there will be significant differences from 2000 and 2004, what you asked about~~~ The 2nd generation introduced many new safety features