Saab gone...

[Blazerteam]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/business/global/19saab.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1261159410-j3vFmzFOsZiyp7GvGacw/Q

Ny times write a little vague..over here the newspapers write that Saab is gone..

[Scott Liggett]

Re: Saab gone...

I've heard news reports that GM announced that they are starting the process of shuttering Saab since no buyers are popping up.

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Saab gone...

Spyker was the last hope to buy the "Brand".

GM sold the actual tooling to make Saabs to a Chinese company that will basically build Saabs but brand them under their own company's brand.

Spyker was trying to buy the Saab name, but like the last weird boutique builder that tried, they could not come to an agreement.

Brian

[urwurznitmahre]

Re: Saab gone...

so saab isn't dead.. it's just gonna be a different name on the fender and trunk
the cars will live on as _____________'s

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Saab gone...

If you live in China it won't be dead. They aren't going to be sold anywhere else.

It should be noted that Saab AB (the aircraft wing of the company) was split off years ago and is doing well. (most likely because GM hasn't managed it into the freaking ground)

Brian

[urwurznitmahre]

Re: Saab gone...

If you live in China it won't be dead. They aren't going to be sold anywhere else.

It should be noted that Saab AB (the aircraft wing of the company) was split off years ago and is doing well. (most likely because GM hasn't managed it into the freaking ground)

Brian

and with g.m. importing cars from china soon..
it just might be back..
I'm not sold that g.m. selling off anything..
it's more than likely like ma bell.. it's still all ma bell but all different offshoots

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Saab gone...

I really don't see GM importing cars made by other companies, especially cars that will be years behind everything else in the market place. These guys are going to be building old 9-3s. It's like the VWs they built in Mexico for years after everyone else stopped building them.

In terms of sales I agree, they can't sell crap because nobody wants to buy!

Pontiac -- shut down
Saturn -- shut down (penske deal collapsed)
Saab -- sold tooling and shut down (Konneigseg deal and Spyker deal collapsed)


35k cars at the local lot have 26K written on them now! Smokin deals and they'll have factory warranties.

[urwurznitmahre]

Re: Saab gone...

I really don't see GM importing cars made by other companies, especially cars that will be years behind everything else in the market place. These guys are going to be building old 9-3s. It's like the VWs they built in Mexico for years after everyone else stopped building them.

In terms of sales I agree, they can't sell crap because nobody wants to buy!

Pontiac -- shut down
Saturn -- shut down (penske deal collapsed)
Saab -- sold tooling and shut down (Konneigseg deal and Spyker deal collapsed)


35k cars at the local lot have 26K written on them now! Smokin deals and they'll have factory warranties.

SHAW SAAB JUST BUILD THAT PLACE 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO..
after planet left

[antmnte]

Re: Saab gone...

As much as I dont care for them its a shame to see them go. It really is because of GM and how many are going to lose their jobs here and abroad because of this? Some cheesey Asian car is going to replace them in the market place too.Not directly but somehow.

[Junk Whisperer]

Re: Saab gone...

Viking funeral ;D :D?? ~J/W.

[Monk]

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What's all those college professors going
to drive now.........?

[Junk Whisperer]

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The Ivy's will never be the same again,Thom ;D. ~J/W.

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Saab gone...

As much as I dont care for them its a shame to see them go. It really is because of GM and how many are going to lose their jobs here and abroad because of this? Some cheesey Asian car is going to replace them in the market place too.Not directly but somehow.

Saab direct employees? About 4,000 between here and Sweden. Then there are all the guy's at the dealers...

[Monster]

Re: Saab gone...

so saab isn't dead.. it's just gonna be a different name on the fender and trunk
the cars will live on as _____________'s

Yes, it is gone.
GM sold the tooling, not the assembly equipment at the factory, the engineers who designed them, nor the workers who built them.
And it won't say SAAB on the fender either.
It may look like one, but it will definitely NOT be one.
;)

[Junk Whisperer]

Re: Saab gone...

Will they call it the 'SLOB' then? ~J/W.