Victor Muller – CEO of Spyker – is still very bullish about the prospects of Spyker acquiring Saab from GM. So bullish, in fact, that he’s been speaking about the plans he has for the future of Saab under Spyker. You won’t be astonished to learn that Victor wants to rebuild Saab around the 9-3, 2010 9-5 and the 9-4X. Like […]
Saab bid deadline dropped – production to re-start
Saab is to re-start production lines and the deadline for bids for Saab has been dropped, according to Saab and Spyker’s Victor Muller. I’m not sure whether to call the sale or not of Saab by GM as a debacle or a soap opera. But it certainly seems to be a huge mess and it […]
2010 Saab 9-5 to become a Buick
Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri is reporting that GM plan to take the 2010 Saab 9-5 and turn it in to a new Buick – the 2011 Buick LaCrosse? The rumours and accusations continue to grow in the row over the fate of the Saab brand. As we reported over Christmas we’ve been convinced for a […]
Save Saab campaign hits the web – I won’t buy from GM!
The internet campaign to save Saab from GM’s clutches is now in full swing. We have a video and links to ‘I won’t buy from GM’. We ran a report the other day on what we see as GM trying NOT to sell Saab. It seems as if they are intent on NOT agreeing a […]
Are GM trying NOT to sell Saab?
We’re beginning to wonder if GM actually wants to sell Saab. There have been one or two very serious offers, but GM seem to be putting obstacles in the way of a sale. We first began to wonder if GM really wanted to move Saab on when the well-funded and completely kosher offer from Koenigsegg was shown […]
Spyker Saab deal back on?
Spyker boss Victor Muller has submitted a new offer to GM for Saab addressing every issue that was causing the deal to fail It’s all of 48 hours since we had a press release from both GM and Spyker saying that they couldn’t reach agreement on the sale of Saab to Spyker and all bets […]
Saab is Dead – Spyker pulls out
Spyker has pulled out of negotiations to buy Saab from GM, who have announced that Saab will now cease to trade and be wound down. Saab has been in intensive care for what seems like forever. Last profitable around the time the dinosaurs died out it has been kept alive in recent years with funds from US […]
Saab 9-5 and 9-3 Assetts sold to BAIC
It’s been confirmed that Chinese car maker BAIC has bought Saab’s tooling and tech for the old 905 and 9-3. That’s the old Saab 9-5, not the latest 2010 Saab 9-5, just in case you thought GM had gone slightly mad. We reported back at the beginning of October that Saab’s owners GM had done a deal […]
Geely to bid for Saab?
It’s being reported that Chinese car maker Geely is planning to make a bid for Saab after the Koenigsegg deal fell through. Chinese car maker Geely is the front-runner to take Volvo off Ford’s hands – and about time too. No doubt there is going to be the ususal angst from Ford about intellectual rights […]
Spyker bids for Saab – Merbanco out
It’s being reported that Spyker has submitted a bid to buy Saab and that Merbanco has pulled out of negotiations. Blimey, it gets more bizarre all the time. On the face of it the bid by Koenigsegg for Saab seemed like a big stretch for a small – although successful – supercar maker. When we […]