Abandoned car dealership filled with Saabs has sad backstory
- These YouTube explorers paid a visit to an abandoned car dealership
- It was filled with Saabs
- The story behind how this place fell into ruin is a sad one
Published on Nov 04, 2024 at 12:00 PM (UTC+4)
by Ben Thompson
Last updated on Oct 31, 2024 at 10:08 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
This abandoned car dealership is filled with dozens of unsold Saabs and has a really sad backstory.
A deserted dealership is an eerie thing, especially when the price stickers are still on the windows.
Seeing a building fail into ruin is sad enough, but it’s extra tragic when cars are taken down with it.
These YouTubers explored a desolate spot with an especially sad backstory.
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What did these YouTubers find in the dealership?
It was the YouTube channel Forgotten Buildings who took a look inside the building.
After entering through a gap in the wall, they were met with a dirty room in which papers and boxes had been strewn all over the place.
The room was also host to plants, likely growing thanks to a water leak somewhere in the structure.
In the center of the room were three unsold Saab models.
They were 9-3s, which were the final cars built before the Swedish firm was met with financial difficulties.
These are by no mean complete cars, as they’re missing wheels and lights.
Their price tags reveal they would have been going for $11,587 at the time they were ditched.
In the shop’s basement is dozens of cars and a small van.
You can never be quite sure what you’ll come across when you go into a deserted building.
A fellow YouTube explorer, The Bearded Explorer, told Supercar Blondie that he came face to face with furry friends whilst looking around an abandoned Thai hotel.
The sad backstory behind this deserted building
As reported The Drive, the dealership opened up in 1972 as a family business.
However, when Saab began facing some hardships in the 2000s, things took a turn for the worse.
To compound their troubles, the dealer’s owner began experiencing health problems around this time.
His older brother stepped in to run things before the global recession wiped them out for good.
The business was liquidated in 2010.
Business is a fickle thing and this won’t be the first or last dealership to meet a fate like this.
This abandoned Chevrolet and Cadillac dealership was in a similar state.
To see it for yourself, head over to Forgotten Buildings‘ YouTube channel.
