I’m writing this from my living room in Hobart, Tasmania. I was meant to land at Gothenburg airport today on my return to Sweden, but I’m stuck here in Tasmania thanks to a cloud of ash from a volcano in Chile. It was tough to read the latest press release from our parent company today, stating that wages would be […]
Zeewolde, The Netherlands, 23 June 2011 – Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swedish Automobile, formerly Spyker Cars N.V.) announces that Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) will be unable to pay the wages to employees as it has not yet obtained the necessary short-term funding. Swedish Automobile and Saab Automobile are in discussions with various parties to obtain short-term funding, including via the
I’ve had a few people in comments ask about the current situation at Saab Automobile. I’ve also read a bunch of reports that continue to cover our apparent demise in the finest detail. From a personal point of view, I store those away and look forward to the best revenge – seeing Saab live well. It’s difficult to provide constant
This event has been added to the events page. IntSaab is the annual International Saab Clubs meet, which is hosted in a different country each year. Although it mentions Saab Clubs in the official title, you do not need to be a member of a Saab Club to attend. IntSaab is open to all. Well, almost. IntSaab 2011 is fully
SoundRacer is a Swedish company that makes a fun little device that plugs into your car’s 12V outlet, tunes to your radio and sends a V8, V10 or V12 soundtrack through your speakers according to your vehicle’s engine revs. The guy who runs Soundracer is Kenneth Palmestål. Kenneth is a Saab 9-5 owner and the company recently took part in
He’s probably going to kill me for writing this up publicly 🙂 I’m very, very pleased to pass on that Saab’s Director for the Nordic Region, Magnus Hansson, has received a Rising Star Award from Automotive News Europe. Automotive News Europe is delighted to announced its first winners of the Rising Stars — a new annual award that honors mid-
Saab are in the midst of a challenging time. We have our fair share of critics in the world of business commentary, people who are paid to have opinions and duly express them. Amidst all the doom and gloom, one of the main things that has kept me feeling very positive – as it did when Saab were being sold
Welcome to the third film in a series of “Inside Saab” videos – a 10-part mini-series on what goes on in various departments here at Saab Automobile. When people think “wind tunnel” then generally think of aerodynamics. That’s not the case here. Saab’s wind tunnel isn’t an aero chamber, but a climate chamber which serves a very different function. This
I know what you’re thinking when you read that title…. You’re thinking this might be some sort of apocalyptic horror story where we aren’t allowed to drive anymore and robots from Sweden take over the driving, plugged into some evil worldwide network that monitors traffic, your speed, where you’ve been and so on and so forth. It sounds like Big
I’ll be writing more about this later in the week….. —
Inside Saab now has a video page where you can watch all the groovy videos we produce. We also have a playlist on Youtube. —— Saab participated in a fuel economy challenge in Spain just over a week ago and ended up winning a comparative test during the event. The ALD Ecomotion Tour was hosted by ALD Automotive Company, a
