Soon, there will be only used Saab models in New York and elsewhere, as General Motors has decided to end the brand.

American opinions of GM haven’t been especially high recently, as the automaker’s flair for failure and flop do little to inspire confidence in or empathy for the blue badge. Rather, decades of models incapable of putting six digits on the odometer have left many motorists with a feeling of hopelessness. But now, in Saab’s wake, even the despair is gone for some and only apathy remains.

“GM is abandoning the smoldering hulk of a perfectly fine car company it bought for all the wrong reasons,” wrote one MarketWatch journalist named Jim Jelter. “Saab was a trophy acquisition, funded by an era of cheap gasoline and booming SUV sales back home that lined GM’s pockets and gave it a reckless sense of entitlement.”

Starting today, Jelter and thousands of other Saab fans, will likely begin appreciating every 900, 9000, 9-3, 9-5 and even every 9-2X they see at least a little bit more.

Of all these models, the 900 is the car that most motorists consider to be Saab’s flagship. It was made for exactly a decade and was redesigned only once. The first 900 rolled out of Trollhattan in 1978, marking its territory as Saab’s newest fastback. But the car’s body wasn’t its only distinguishing feature. Saab, the first manufacturer to have ever successfully applied a turbocharger to a street-legal automobile, made sure some of its 900s would come with a little bit of boost.

In addition to the high-end muscle, another 900 feature most first-time drivers no doubt noticed was the fact that their keys couldn’t be inserted into the steering column since Saab decided igniting the motor would be more fun if you could do it without awkwardly leaning over the wheel with your face on the glass. So the Swedes put the keyhole between the gearshift and the handbrake for easier access.

The 900 was redesigned in 1994, which is when some purists think the end began, although GM already owned half of the company by 1989. Unlike the first generation 900, the ’94 didn’t have a memorable shape. Although the car became a bit more stylish when it evolved into the 9-3, the original 900 would always be Saab’s biggest charmer. Indeed, some used Saab models in New York and elsewhere will certainly start getting the appreciation they deserve when more Americans learn the grinning griffin is no more.