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.