It’s Monday here in Australia as I write this. Later today, in Sweden, there will be a court hearing to determine whether Saab’s reorganisation should continue. To say there’s a lot hanging in the balance would be the understatement of the year. Here’s the scenario, as seen from someone on the other side of the world and somewhat out of […]
Tis the season to be jolly nervous….. The Examiner is posing some Dear Santa questions from various stakeholders in the car industry: Saab Owners: A glimmer of hope for the future of their beloved, quirky sport sedan. Actually, I think most people are wishing for a future hatchback, but that aside…. Yes, people are indeed looking for hope for Saab
Yesterday the newspapers had stories of impending doom, predicting a bankruptcy filing by Saab some time later that day. This journey we’re on is quite literally hour-by-hour at the moment, so I’m sure there were reasons for the papers to believe that the story was feasible at some point. But please don’t believe for a moment that anyone here at
I re-tweeted a message from Ben Pulman, the road-test editor of CAR Magazine, earlier today: The picture he links to is one of UrSaab, from the 1997 50th Anniversary photoshoot. I’ve written before about how, generally speaking, motoring media professionals want to see Saab survive and succeed. There is some hope pinned to this company; perhaps the notion that some
People are still working. People are still getting incredibly frustrated. I’m one of them. As I mentioned in one of my previous posts here, there seem to be so many big personalities involved in this affair and the focus is well and truly on them and the various perspectives they embody. All of these players have an angle, have something
Thoughts for a new week……. A lot of people are writing to me, asking if we’re going to hear something soon about the sale (or otherwise) of Saab Automobile. Let me answer all of you at once: I’m waiting just like the rest of you. Sorry, but I’ve got no magic answers or insights for you. This is a corporate
I don’t want to make any extensive comments or provide any explanations as to what’s happening on Facebook at the moment. If you’re involved in the “Let Saab Go” movement, then you know what’s going on. I just want to say two things: 1. I want to acknowledge this fan-based movement, started and sustained by Saab enthusiasts on Facebook, using
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We’ve all been hanging on the ‘what?’ for so long. We’re all fatigued due to the lack of visible, tangible progress in the potential sale of Saab Automobile. I’d like to take a moment and think again about the ‘why?’ Why should the sale of Saab be allowed to proceed? Why doesn’t the company, like so many analysts out there,
Today’s the day the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed on October 28 expires. There might be some uncertainty as to what that will mean for Saab today. In short, whilst the MoU does indeed expire, all parties to that deal have agreed to continue talks. General Motors, who must approve any sale of Saab under certain conditions, indicated that
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It’s the beginning of what will surely be another big week in the history of Saab Automobile. I think I can speak for colleagues here at Saab and say that we’ve seen some wonderful things in the last few weeks – the support and happiness of people attending the dealer tours, as well as the recent and spontaneous gestures of
Trollhättan, Sweden: Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) and Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile announce they have taken notice of a press statement issued by General Motors Company (General Motors) today regarding the proposed sale of all shares in Saab Automobile and Saab Great Britain Ltd. (Saab GB) to Pang Da Automobile Trade Company Ltd (Pang Da) and Youngman Automotive Group Company
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