I received a note in the last 24 hours from a new Djup Strupe.
The following is un-verified, but in the spirit of mythbusters I’m going to label it with a ‘plausible’ rating as it all sounds quite possible. Likely even.
There’s only some short bits, but they’re good’uns.
Firstly, work is currently underway installing the tooling for Cabriolet production.
In the pipeline ….. the tools for the new 9-5 will be installed in November when there is a two week stop in production.
At present, they are producing some new 9-5s in Trollhättan but the bodies are coming out of Russelsheim.
If they’re not running factory tours at the moment, the new 9-5 getting put together would be a good reason as to why.
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Oh, and there was this, which I’m pretty sure at this point is just someone with a creative sense of humour 
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Good news indeed, but were not new orders for the cabriolet being taken at Magna Steyr for production starting mid-September? which may have been not correct at the time.
“…the bodies are coming out of Russelsheim. …”
can not resist taking that out of context at this moment while GM/Opel press conference is still being absorbed.
in reality, seems odd to be using the new stamping tooling in Russelsheim before moving it to Trollhattan.
Now that Magna Steyr seems to have made the OPEL race, it’s interesting to think about what that may mean for SAAB.
How much cooperation will there be – and in which fields?
Will SAAB be cooperating with Magna/operl?
Or with GM USA only?
What I consider to be one of the crucial points is distribution.
Will Magna/Opel take over the role of GME in SAAB distribution?
What about spare parts and the logistics involved?
Lots of questions – and it will take time, time, time till we know the answers.
Koenigsegg edition wagon…. an environmentally friendly 1,018 bhp running on E85?
Magna is far from having made the race. GM is currently searching for possibilities to keep Opel because of their expertise in R&D, especially on the small car market.
If GM still own 35pc of Opel I am sure that there will be a substantial amount of technology shared. Its not like GM and Opel (or even Saab for that matter) is going to lose GM influence in any hurry.
Saab confirms they now build 9-5s in Trollhättan out of parts from Rüsselheim.
http://ttela.se/ekonomi/saab/1.574078
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