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Autoblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: GM , Saab , Earnings/Financials , Rumormill 2010 Saab 9-5 - Click above for high-res image gallery When Koenigsegg pulled out of its agreement with General Motors to purchased Saab, many thought that General Motors would dump the Swedish automaker much like it did the Saturn brand . But it appears that The General is still willing to look for another interested party, and speculation...
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Autosnewspaper (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
2010 Saab 9-5Closure seems expected By Michael Gauthier Nov TWENTY-SIX, 2009 7:00 PM Filed Underneath: Corporate/Financial, European, Attention, Saab With Koenigsegg subsidy out of skeleton to buy Saab , most ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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eurocarblog (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
The future for Saab looks bleak. With Koenigsegg no longer footing a purchase deal and General Motors laying off 9000 workers around Europe for Opel, I can only imagine how the test driver of this[...]
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Sports Car Unlimited (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The All-New Saab 9-5 Sedan , making its U.S. premiere at the South Florida International Auto Show in Miami, takes center stage on the Saab stand as the Swedish premium brand celebrates the start of new era. Progressive Scandinavian design inspired by Aero X and Saab heritage Engineered with the driver in focus for segment leading sporty driving experience High levels of responsible performance, both...
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Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Koenigsegg, a tiny Swedish manufacturer of $1-million exotic sports cars, announced today that it would not buy Saab from General Motors after all. Many observers had questioned whether the tiny exotic car maker that sells 18 cars a year with a staff of 45 could absorb an almost mainstream production carmaker more than 2,000 times its size. Now it would appear the answer is no. GM expressed disappointment...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Plants/Manufacturing , Saab , Earnings/Financials 2010 Saab 9-5 - Click above for high-res image gallery After riding in on a white horse, Koenigsegg Group AB has pulled out of negotiations to buy Saab from General Motors , leaving the Swedish automaker's future very much in doubt. In a brief statement issued by GM (available after the jump), president and CEO...
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Leftlane (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The 2010 Saab 9-5 promises to be one of the best vehicles to roll out of Trollhättan, but the all-new sedan is putting the squeeze on Saab’s current lineup. With Saab retooling for the production start of the 9-5, production of Saab’s current models has slowed to a trickle. Saab dealers across the country now [...]
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Filed under: Car Buying , Plants/Manufacturing , Saab , Earnings/Financials 2010 Saab 9-5 - Click above for high-res image gallery With new vehicle production at a trickle, and its dealer network slashed by a third , retailers of the Saab brand are finding inventory shrinking to drought levels. Some of the remaining dealers may even run out of new vehicles before replacements arrive. Point the blame...
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KickingTires (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
We just heard that Saab will cull its dealer base in the U.S. because of slow sales. Its new product lineup kicks off with the 2010 9-5 sedan — check out dozens of pictures of it below — and the...
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Filed under: Government/Legal , GM , Saab 2010 Saab 9-5 - Click above for high-res image gallery According to Automotive News , Federal Express letters arrived at 81 of Saab's 218 dealers on Thursday stating that their franchises had not been selected to move forward and become a dealer for the post-sale entity, Saab Cars North America. The package from General Motors said that Swedish supercar maker...
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TechRadar (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Modern mobile phones can do all kinds of things - including adding to the unemployment queues. When you install an app you're not just getting something that will make your life easier; you're contributing to the ultimate destruction of entire industries. Well, unless you're installing iFart, anyway. There were two excellent examples this week. First, the car price guide Parker's launched a rather...
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eurocarblog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The previous Saab 9-5 will be constructed in China by Beijing Auto (BAIC), which will start assembly operations in the next six months of the old sedan model. The project has come about after BAIC[...]
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
GM's large international operation and the popularity of Buick in China leads to some strange intercontinental platform sharing. We untangle part of the mess below. Currently, Buick is selling the Daewoo Lacetti-based Buick Excelle in China. Yes, this is the same car the Suzuki Forenza was based on. But this is getting replaced! Not by a Daewoo product, but rather by the Buick Ying Lang , which is...
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Leftlane (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Last month, we reported that Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corporation was planning to buy the tooling and rights to assemble Saab’s now-discontinued previous-generation 9-5 in China, and now the Chinese automaker has confirmed that it will begin production in about six months. BAIC got the old 9-5 tooling in exchange for taking a small share in [...]
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Autoblog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Filed under: China , Government/Legal , Plants/Manufacturing , Saab Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. (BAIC), announced as a minority partner in Koenigsegg's deal to purchase Saab from General Motors two months ago, plans to produce the Saab 9-5 on Chinese soil next year. The involvement of BAIC in the Saab transaction helps Koenigsegg close the deal and gives the Chinese company leverage to...
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