Going along with onesnowyowl's recommendation of a Volvo over a SAAB (if you wanted to stick to the Swedes) I'd recommend looking into finding a mid-90's 850 T5 or R (both a turbo-charged). A manual is a bit more hard to come by in these cars, but they're out there. And as far as getting an older car with a turbo is concerned, I'd guess that if you see their service records are in order, chances are they knew what they were doing with the turbo -- or at least their mechanic did.
And if you ARE a student, you'd have the option of a Volvo wagon in which you could fit an entire dorm room's worth of stuff for transportation.
Anyways, check out
SwedeSpeed's Classifieds forums and see what's being offered.