All Things SAAB

We may forget that what is happening in Sweden also affects other parts of the world and so  Saab GB which employs 55 people has put itself into voluntary administration.

The Swedish administrator want to apply to finish the protection the Swedish company has from bankruptcy, this is to happen the next week. If this is successful and new finance cannot be raised, this may Saab operation, so until finance is raised in the Sweden, the UK administration looks after what is happening back in the UK.

Saab GB is responsible for UK dealerships as well as car part distribution. As this continues warranties are still being honoured and part supplies are still in place, with supplies still being delivered from Sweden.

We are back in the same place again with Saab where has been reported that  600m euros need to be found within days to avoid bankruptcy.

Protection from such a fate had been sanctioned back in September, but it now looks like that protection is being challenged and unless money is raised or at least some guarantees, it may be that previous court ruling will be changed and Saab will see its last days in motor production.

There are discussions regarding loans and ownership, which have been fought by General Motors in the past, as previous owners they still licence certain technology, specifically at Zhejiang Youngman wanting to own some of Saab, but it looks that if loans are secured from China, agreement form GM may not be needed.

Once again we wait to see if this great Swedish car manufacturer will survive difficult times and if it does, will it keeps its roots.

It looks like the Swedish courts have save SAAB for the time being of becoming bankrupt and the brand moves on once again. It is something that the UK just let go that motoring heritage that dominated the world. Not the UK still make cars for lots of brands, but probably only one that is back to be UK owned. so it is not quite end of the road.

The challenges of a car manufacture are well beyond country wide, even when GM motors owned it, the Saab became an upmarket VAUXHALL Vectra, sharing many of its parts and chassis. It is a shame because this Swedish car really does offer something different in design and although really doesn’t match up to the BME’s and Merc’s of the world, they always were just that bit different.

The chalenge of course is the consumer who does not want to buy a car that will depreciate like hell should the firm go under and of course the company needs more sales to really survive. catch 22. You can’t image that in 20 years time the last Saabs will be nothing more than  scrap cars, as they don’t go far enough to be deemed as valuable enough to keep on the road, until we get down to very low numbers of course.

There should still be a good supply of car parts with the relationship with GM and others, so there will not be an issue with keeping these cars running, but of course technology moves very quickly and it does tend to be harder or not worth keeping the larger cars on the road as they get older.  We hope that a saviour comes along to invest in the company, but in these uncertain time, don’t hold your breath.

In response to the rumours going around that Saab may or may not be producing a new small car a Facebook group has been set up to convince the Swedish manufacturer to go ahead with the project.

The group which is allowing users to discuss the Saab91/92 has over 1,500 members already.

Members have submitted renderings of what they think the car should look like and with the recent takeover by Spyker it is likely the car may take some sort of concept car look, like the picture above.

Rumours are also rife that any new small city car will have engines supplied and designed by German manufacturer BMW.

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We love all things SAAB, so when this website became available we decided it was time to talk about SAAB some more from production to history, to car lease and more. We will be researching information on Saab from other sources as well as Saab themselves, lets see how things go from here.

There will not be news everyday, but as and when we will update new and old Saab information.