Depends on what you are looking for in a car. If it has to be a Saab, well, that's it. If good engineering is your thing, there is hope. Is it stupid to hope that improvement in environmental attitudes will lead to more cars being better made, even if for higher prices?
A small hope I cherish is that GM will make a pig's ear of their handling of Saab and be willing to sell it back to management, or some similar group, before the name is ruined.
OTOH, a newly independent Saab, probably now lacking their lorry manufacturing arm, would be in the same fix as any comparatively small marque: how to sell good product at realistic prices. They would have to incorporate components from other manufacturers -- and I mean more than generic light bulbs -- but where would they be able to draw the line? What are the chances they could run a solo quality operation and be viable? Collaboration with another respected marque seems inevitable. Be sad if they were eaten by another "GM" a few years down the line.
-- Andrew Stephenson