The Swedish Debt Office has agreed to Saab selling assets and leasing back to ease their liquidity problems. The source of the finance is Vladimir Antonov. It was always an odd move by GM, or the Swedish Government, or whoever it was that decided the deal for Spyker to buy Saab could only go through […]
Saab 9-2 to use MINI platform – if Saab survives
Saab is still trying to find a solution to its liquidity problems, and reports that the Saab 9-2 will use the current MINI platform. Things are still torrid for Saab, with big lumps of downtime at Trollhattan as they struggle to get suppliers to deliver parts when those same suppliers are already owed big chunks of money. The […]
Saab close to collapse? No, says Victor Muller
Victor Muller has declared Saab is not close to collapse – despite production being halted last week – and will soon get additional funding from Vladimir Antonov. Last week we reported that Saab had stopped the production line because of unpaid bills; suppliers hadn’t been paid, component delivery dried up and cars couldn’t be completed. […]
Saab struggles with bills – Vladimir says it’s all fine
Saab has had to halt production twice this week as they ran out of components due to unpaid bills. But Vladimir Antonov says not to worry. I think we all hoped that after the long, painful transition from GM ownership in to new hands at Spyker that things would settle down and Saab would get […]
Saab’s Jan Åke Jonsson retires, 2010 earnings & deals in Russia & China
Saab boss Jan Åke Jonsson is to step down in May, Saab appoints distributors in China & Russia and reports losses of €140 million for 2010 It’s been a difficult period at Saab, what with trying to survive as GM came close to closing the Swedish car maker down in the absence of a ‘suitable’ buyer, […]
New Saab 9-3 to get ZF Chassis
Saab are to tie-up with component-maker ZF to produce chassis for the Saab PhoeniX – the next Saab 9-3 Last week the interweb was rife with rumours that Saab were about to hit the skids. A story fuelled by (alright, entirely as a result of) comments attributed to putative investor Vladimir Antonov. Who was clearly mischief making. Amazingly, […]
2011 Saab 9-3 Price and Spec
Saab reveals prices and model detail for the facelifted 2011 Saab 9-3 which was revealed at the Geneva Motor Show Once day, we’ll get round this problem of what year t0 allocate to a car. With the facelifted Saab 9-3 going on sale in the UK next month, Saab are referring to it as the 2012 MY […]
Saab PhoeniX: Saab give good Concept
Saab has brought along a new concept to Geneva – the Saab PhoeniX – which points the way to the new Saab 9-3 Saab always did do good concepts. And they’ve delved in to their past for a bit of inspiration for the Saab PhoeniX Concept. Even if that history was only five years ago, […]
2012 Saab 9-5 SportCombi: More photos +video
Saab are taking the new 9-5 Estate – the Saab 9-5 SportCombi – to Geneva, and we have video and some new photos. It’s good to see Saab suddenly bursting in to life. We’re sure Saab don’t see it that way, having no doubt slaved away for the last year to get business back to […]
Saab 9-3 Convertible Independence Edition
Looks like one of the Saab reveals at the Geneva Motor show will be a 366-run, limited edition 9-3 Convertible – the Saab 9-3 Convertible Independence Edition Last week we ran a story about Saab’s Concept for the Geneva Motor Show, which we expect to be a concept version of the new Saab 9-3, but […]