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SAAB stopped all production today.

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Saab has stopped all production earlier today.
Mainly because they owe so much money to the Swedish customs agency.
So they basically can’t “move” their cars until their dept is paid.
It is a sad day for the legendary car maker.

I hope they can find a way out of this mess. Saab is a great brand. It’s not for everyone, but that’s the point.

We’ll see…

Conversation 18 comments

  1. I for one is a supporter of Saab. Once I have heard about GM’s stance on Saab with the intention to withdraw one way or another within a year’s time, I felt GM should file Chapter 11. GM wasted so much money on mediocre product and woeful amount of money on their version of marketing and branding, yet here is this brand with a internationally known history, with enough quirkiness to be different and appeal to a focus group of well off demographic. Remember Saab made some of the most beautiful cars in history, the 99, Sonnett, and 900s. And here we are, with GM pushing Saab to the brink of death. Sad day indeed.

  3. Vince, The Entire Global Economy is about to Collapse unless all countries agree to adopt the Euro as their only form of Currency and they all Legalize Controled Substances!

  4. I suppose you know that now Opel/Vauxhall wants to secede from GM too… workers are protesting against GM all over Europe and demanding that the company is given independence.

  5. That is excatly why it cannot survive. Low volume and low profit margins are a recipe for failure in the long term.

  8. legalize all substances.. yea that just had to be thrown in and then blaming it all on GM.

    The truth lies somewhere in between. More like ONLY the big and strong are going to survive. And it will not be as before too.

    Everyone having to go with a Euro, what the hell is all these damn posts about? Agenda’s for sure.

    Let’s here the REAL news when these lux makers start to tumble left and right and then it’s real news!

  10. As it turns out, the problem was missing paperwork. Saab is a now different legal entity in Sweden, so they had a bunch of forms to fill-out.

    Rumors of Saab’s death are still greatly exaggerated. They may well outlive the GM mothership.

  11. Funny…..I saw a current 9-5 today and thought to myself “I haven’t seen one of these in a LONG time”….

  15. thanasisk said…
    Vince, you might want to update your post:

    Saab resumes production

    He’s too busy driving Murano’s to pay attention to this. Let’s just leave a headline up on a car site that fuels unfounded rumors.

  16. “Anonymous said…
    thanasisk said…
    Vince, you might want to update your post:

    Saab resumes production

    He’s too busy driving Murano’s to pay attention to this. Let’s just leave a headline up on a car site that fuels unfounded rumors.”

    Vince is an amatuer and that doesn’t surprise me. He doesn’t proofread anything or add anything of value to his test drives.

    Amatuer site.

  18. Vince, you might want to update your post:Saab resumes productionhttps://www.thelocal.se/404?q=17902%2F20090228

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