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Any car can have snob appeal in one form or another, depending upon how loose your definition is. It's not the car that controls the snobbery, it's the driver/owner. Of course it can look ridiculous for someone to be snobbish about their own car when few others "get it", but some will do that.
Of course I guess snob appeal is also what impresses others. Which brands have any cachet with others varies depending upon location and type of crowd. Buick, for example, some nice cars recently, not flashy, not much if any snob appeal here in the US. But it apparently has some snob appeal in China, very successful there. Meanwhile, your Benz and BMW, some snob appeal in the US for sure, but would be less so in Europe where they are more common and in some cases sell lower-end models under those brands. But even within the US, in certain areas a Benz, say, is just not going to have any cachet to others, either because it's not high end or rare enough (a Benz, such a dime a dozen) or because it's just too stupidly high end (a Benz, must be some rich a-hole with more money than brains). Not to pick on Benz owners, that's just an example of reactions that could happen on either end of the spectrum.
Another thing that some people don't register is that an expensive car does is not always driven by a wealthy individual. Just driving through some of the fairly upper class neighborhoods in San Francisco and along the peninsula where homes are easily worth $1,000,000.00+ you will find a good number of older cars and beaters mixed in with the typical luxury cars. On the flip side, following the last economic meltdown in the late 2000's I used to work at the headquarters for a local credit union and our garage was filled with repossessed vehicles the vast majority of which were 5 and 7 series BMW's.
Nooooo. C'mon, Saabs aren't that bad! I had a 2001 9-3 that I absolutely loved, now I have an '09 9-3 XWD.
No Snaabery in these cars at all!
My first car was an '86 900 SPG. It was, indeed, a money pit. A really fast, really cool, super-fun money pit, but a money pit nonetheless. I still managed to clock 260k on it, though.
The more modern, GM-made Saabs were pretty solid cars (the earlier Opel-derived 90's 900's were pretty crap, though).
My first car was an '86 900 SPG. It was, indeed, a money pit. A really fast, really cool, super-fun money pit, but a money pit nonetheless. I still managed to clock 260k on it, though.
The more modern, GM-made Saabs were pretty solid cars (the earlier Opel-derived 90's 900's were pretty crap, though).
Well unfortunately, Saab is oob. Difficult to get repaired properly and find parts. I loved my Saab, but finally had to say goodbye about 6 weeks ago... I was pouring money into it, and it still was not fixed.. Loved driving it, and if they ever revive the brand I will get one again.
Now I am a Subaru owner.... have the Outback. So far, so good. But it will never be my quirky funky fun to drive turbo charged Saab.
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Loved driving it, and if they ever revive the brand I will get one again. 
