VERY SPECIAL UPDATE BELOW
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This is the news we’ve been waiting for!
The official release from General Motors:
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GM Reaches Agreement to Sell Saab to Spyker
2010-01-26
DETROIT – General Motors and Spyker Cars NV today confirmed that they have reached a binding agreement on the purchase of Saab Automobile AB.
“Today’s announcement is great news for Saab employees, dealers and suppliers, great news for millions of Saab customers and fans worldwide, and great news for GM,” said John Smith, GM vice president for corporate planning and alliances.
“General Motors, Spyker Cars, and the Swedish government worked very hard and creatively for a deal that would secure a sustainable future for this unique and iconic brand, and we’re all happy for the positive outcome,” Smith said.
As part of the agreement, Spyker intends to form a new company, Saab Spyker Automobiles, which will carry the Saab brand forward. The sale will be subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of applicable regulatory, governmental and court approvals. Other terms and conditions specific to the sale will be disclosed in due time.
The Swedish government is at present reviewing the transaction and the related request for guarantees of a Saab Automobile loan that has been requested from the European Investment Bank. Assuming quick action, the transaction is expected to close in mid-February, and previously announced wind down activities at Saab will be immediately suspended, pending the close of the transaction.
“Throughout the negotiations, GM has always had the hope to find a solution for Saab that would avoid a wind down of the brand,” added Nick Reilly, president, GM Europe. “We’ve worked with many parties over the past year, including governments and investors, and I’m very pleased that we could come to such a good conclusion, one that preserves jobs in Sweden and elsewhere. GM will continue to support Saab and Spyker on their way forward.”
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VERY SPECIAL UPDATE
At 5:09 this morning, which is 19:09 in Stockholm, I received a phone call from Victor Muller.
He had literally just signed the paperwork and told me personally that Saab is sold. This was his first call after officially signing the papers to purchase Saab Automobile.
Victor was incredibly gracious, stating that the efforts of the site, and by extension, the Saab community, were absolutely mind-blowing (that’s a quote) and made the whole process that much easier.
Of course, I’m feeling incredibly humbled and somewhat chuffed by all that, but it’s a community thing. SU is a focal point, but it’s nothing without a company to write about or a community to carry it along.
Congratulations to all involved.
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yayyy!!!!!!!
yes!
YES!
Yes!
Yahoo!! I’m tearing up a bit at my desk!
Beers tonight!
Griffin UP!
Champagne time!
Saab UP UP UP UP UP!!!!!
Congratulations to EVERYONE!!!!!
SAAB forever!!!!!!!
Yeehaw!!!!!!!!!!
Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES! YES! YES!
YEEEEEEES!!! Cheers to all!
And in came Jesus! – Saab is alive!
Unbeliveble! Absolutely beutiful!
SAAB UP!
SPYKER UP!
yeeaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Yappadappa Duh Thanks Mr Muller ,you have made a great job
Yee Haa!
Now, VM/Saab/Spyker, earn this.
OMG!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSS
I’M CRYING!!!!!! LOLOLOL YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
LONG LIVE SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LONG LIVE TROLLHATTAN AND ALL OF THE SAAB EMPLOYEE FAMILY!!!!!
LONG LIVE VICTOR!!!
LONG LIVE SWADE!!!!!!!!
Excuse me while I go out to the parking lot to lay on the horn of my 2009 9-5!!
Excellent!
YES! Finally all this is over. My thoughts go to the workers at SAAB in Trollh
Finally! Good job everyone!
Gooooooo Saab! Let’s kick some German ass!
That’s it! I’m so unbelievable happy about the decision!
SAAB UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely wonderful news after yesterday’s downer.
Victor you are truly ‘SPYKERMAN’
Can’t wait for the SAAB/Spyker influence to hit the streets.
I’m opening the bubbles, and shedding a little tear out of joy
Yess !
They did it !!!!
Go Victor !!
The Griffin will rise again.
Eat shit GM.
Yes! Who knew just how appropriate the Spyker motto would prove to be!
Nulla tenaci invia est via!!!
Is it ok to get teary-eyed?
Jaaa! Yesss! Woohoo! Yeehaa!
Congrats All SAAb Fans!
))
Yes, baby, yes!!!!!!!
If it’s posted on SU, I now believe!!!!
LONG LIVE SAAB-SPYKER
My tears are falling. Happy tears.
Cheers.
OMG!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSS
I’M CRYING!!!!!! LOLOLOL YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
LONG LIVE SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LONG LIVE TROLLHATTAN AND ALL OF THE SAAB EMPLOYEE FAMILY!!!!!
LONG LIVE VICTOR!!!
LONG LIVE SWADE!!!!!!!!
Oh my goodness…there is a GOD in heaven!!!!!
Long live SAAB!!!!
YESSSSS
PARTYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I need to go get some champagne for TONIGHT!!!
AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! Whooooopyyyy!!!!!
HAHAHAHA
Congratulations to everyone!
Leve SAAB
Hipp hipp, Hurra hurra hurra.
HAHAHAHA
Congratulations to everyone!
Leve SAAB
Hipp hipp, Hurra hurra hurra.
HAHAHAHA
Congratulations to everyone!
Leve SAAB
Hipp hipp, Hurra hurra hurra.
This is super!!!!! And you are fist with the official information as usual Swade!!!!
Fantastic !
Finally, relief: Life is good.
Yes, the best news that we have all been waiting for! Thanks to you Swade for your unbelievable dedication. This may have gone the other way if you were not so persistent. I think Victor should hire you immediately!! :>))
Now that we are going to be away from GM we can relax and hope for a beautiful future….
S
Congradulations Swade. You did a FANTASTIC job!!!!
that saab saved pic made it finally culminate in my head. this day deserves to be marked with some whiskey!
GO SAAB!!!!
Finally! Congrats all! SAAB and the SAAB-spirit is unbreakable!
K
Mid February cannot come soon enough!
Thanks for the tenacious appetite Victor!
Yippikayeh motherf……. Hurra for 17.mai og alt det der… Now I belive !! Finnaly..
1 gadrupillion kudos to Swade…
Brilliant news!!
Well done Spyker and good luck to you and everyone in Trollhatten and involved with SAAB.
Also, thanks to swade and all your bloggers and contributers. You really were a sensible voice in the dark hours.
I look forward to coming back into the SAAB fold very soon.
Fantastic, I’ll drink some beers now. Thank You SPYKER!
MEDIA ADVISORY: Saab Conference Call Scheduled
2010-01-26
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John Smith, vice president, global planning and alliances, will host a conference call for media at 2:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. CET) to provide additional perspective on Saab.
I’m on it aerowolf……I’m on it. Cheers everyone.
YES!
Something ought to be done for Swade – and for VM!
SWADE you have done a great job keeping everyone informed and organised. Congrats to Victor and SPYKER you are an inspiration. Great news.
I can
A lesson to all that perserverance indeed pays off. Now let the real work begin! Cheers to VM and all the best to JAJ and the rest of the very, very good people at Saab Automobile. Bravo!
Fantastic news. I will order a 9-3x immediately. It is now up to us to give them a kick-start.
Best day since Abba won the Eurovison Song Contest in Brighton 1974.
Go Saab
Go Spyker
Go Nightpanel!!!!
Fantastic news. I will order a 9-3x immediately. It is now up to us to give them a kick-start.
Best day since Abba won the Eurovison Song Contest in Brighton 1974.
Go Saab
Go Spyker
Go Nightpanel!!!!
Fantastic news. I will order a 9-3x immediately. It is now up to us to give them a kick-start.
Best day since Abba won the Eurovison Song Contest in Brighton 1974.
Go Saab
Go Spyker
Go Nightpanel!!!!
YES!!
I hope so! I am!
Finally!
I need a bottle of Whiskey!
Sk
VM’s tenacity is amazing and establishes a great example for the reincarnation of Saab. I look forward to seeing much more of it in the rebuilding of the brand.
Thanks GM.
Thanks Swade, you have a bit of this!
Buy Saabcars!
Yeeeeesssssss!!! My life can finally move on. Congratulations to everyone that made this possible. That includes all the various parties that “lost” in the bid to get Saab. If nothing else you showed the world there is plenty of life and interest in our beloved brand.
“Assuming quick action, the transaction is expected to close in mid-February, and previously announced wind down activities at Saab will be immediately suspended, pending the close of the transaction.”
GM: thank you for your decision, but no more games anymore, peeelease!
Happy Birthday Saab!
Thank you J
MEDIA ADVISORY: Saab Conference Call Scheduled
2010-01-26
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The New Improved Saab, now with less GM!
WE DID IT! WE ALL DID IT! YAY!!!!!
OH MAN this has been the worst roller coaster ride EVER but the best ending!!!
A round of applause to Victor Muller!
A round of applause to Swade!
And a round of applause for all of us who supported the efforts!
GM, you did the right thing, and made the right decision! Thank you!
I have started a Facebook group called “Victor Muller appreciation group”. Please join it and show your support/happiness for Victor Muller/Spyker, and off course all the other investors/persons that made this deal happen:
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=victor+muller&init=quick#/group.php?gid=269399341685
I would like to place an order.
Thanks Swade for being a STAR in all this.
Over here in Sweden the snowstorm comes over us, maybe a good opportunity for old cobweb to be flushed out fo the system.
The the bringer of new and fresh times !!
SAAB UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOO HOO!!! Great job everyone in the global Saab community!!! This is what we have been fighting and hoping for! Long live SAAB!!!
This IS AMAZING!!! I am crying because I am so HAPPY now!!
Yes!!!!!!!
Any use in going back to sleep, Swade?
Good news! Let’s hope to see the deal ironed with the pen! Griffin up!
When can I order my diesel Combi-Sport 9-5? Saw the 9-5 at the LA Auto show, so nice!
Thanks everyone, including GM.
CONGRATULATIONS
GREAT NEWS!
Now, perhaps Saab can use all this media attention to get the new 9-5 in front of the media for a lot of free advertising.
And then, in a few months, a clever ad campaign something like
“The reports of our death were greatly exaggerated. We are still here and would like to introduce you to the new 9-5.”
Tears are streaming down my cheeks…..thank you everyone….it’s been one heck of a ride, even if the hardest work is yet to come, Saab employees, salepeople and fans everywhere can be enjoyed that tonight…we’re all a part of Saabs history.
Cheers !
and Swade, good work mate, good work!
Press conference from gm at 0800 CET..
http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/news.html
SWEET!!! Now we all have to go out and buy new Saabs to make Saab-Spyker a huge success and show VM & co that they were right to invest, and dare I say, ‘take a chance’ on our favorite brand. GO SAAB!!
We are regular people, most of us I mean.
We are not american businessman, we are not cheenese or russian oligarhs, we just glad to be in world-wide familly of SAAB owners.
Many thank to all SAAB Convoys – we all point GM our position.
Hourrah!!!
Griffin will live!!!
Thank you!!!
As Meg Ryan said in the move “Sleepless in Seattle”
)
YES …. YES …. YES!!
This is outstanding news. No. Its fantastic news.
Thank you to Victor Muller for his tenacity. Thank you to GM for seeing what we have seen for a long long time – that SAAB is something special worht saving! And my special thanks to Swade for staying up late to make sure we are all kept in the loop and to his dear wife, thank you for letting Swade ‘out play with his mates’ when you should have been spending that quality time together.
And last and most definitely not least, thanks to everyone at SAAB. You have been thru torture this past year but never gave up building the greatest cars on the planet. ‘Tack sa myckert’ to JAJ and everyone at Trollhattan. In 2011 I am making that pilgrimage to Trollhattan – definitely!!
SAAB SAVED!
Griffin Up!
I’m gonna give my car a big hug when I see it
FINALLY!
My F5 key can get rest now.
what is the deal with the live broadcast, no feed??????
MEDIA ADVISORY: Saab Conference Call Scheduled
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Waahhhooo! No other words….
YEAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
SAAB – GREETINGS TO the WORLD!!!!
THANKS TO VM and SPYKER, JAJ, people at SAAB, SAAB-community and SWADE!!!!!!
Congrats to Everyone!! We did it!!
SAAB-SPYKER UP!!
Thanks Steven, you made it possible.
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Let’s declare this Thuesday “Steven-Wade-Day”
Are you with me?
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That was a brilliant final sprint during the last few weeks. I know for sure: These days will be legend.
+++ Thanks Tobias, thanks Michael, thanks Thomas,
>> thank you all here at SaabsUnited
The only way this will work is for EVERYONE to go and buy a Saab. So stop hitting F5 and get to the dealer of your choice!
Thank you Mattias!!!!!!!
Cheers to all at Trollhattan!
Great News. Great Job Swade – you deserve alot of credit. All here do.
Congratulations Saab and Trollhattan! Congratulations Spyker!
WE are happy for all of you!
YOU Cowboy’d UP!
Thank You Victor Muller, Swade, CJ, JAJ and yeah, even you GM. YES!!!
Saab up
Bushmill up, and Bushmill down!
I
Champagne!
Now for that press conference? Where is it?
I want to know about the financing…
I guess it’s only fair : GM UP!
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SAAB UP !!!!!!!!!!
Incredible, great!
Congratulations to everyone!!!!!!! What an a amazing day.
And Swade a special thank you. You have kept us sane!
Amazing.
Griffin UP!! Saab forever!
New time pressconferens:
GM 20:00 CET
Spyker 20:40 ET
Regardless of what that lame journalist might think, Victor Muller deserves to sleep tonight in the finest hotel in Sweden!!
19:40 Swe Government Press Conference
20:00 GM Press Conference
20:40 Spyker Press Conference Cafe Opera
19:40 Swe Government Press Conference
20:00 GM Press Conference
20:40 Spyker Press Conference Cafe Opera
19:40 Swe Government Press Conference
20:00 GM Press Conference
20:40 Spyker Press Conference Cafe Opera
Spyker press conferene 20:40 according TV
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can inform you that the press conference delayed about an hour and that there will be another press conference by the swedish government shortly. Also GM will hold a press conference.
GO SAAB! GO SPYKER!
I am absolutely ecstatic!!!!!!!!! This is a tremendous day! I can’t possibly thank everyone enough for their efforts and dedication…Victor, Steven, Jan-Ake, and every Saab enthusiast, employee, and loyalist around the globe!!!
After a long battle with an undecided future, The Fat Lady died earlier today, January 26, 2010. The Fat Lady had one last opera to sing and was originally scheduled to perform on December 18, 2009, but was immediately diagnosed with the highly infectious Griffin disease. SAAB LIVES ON!!! ENERMOUS gratitude to Victor Muller, Spyker Cars, Jan-Ake Jonsson, and every Saab enthusiast, employee, and loyalist worldwide. KEEP ON SAABING!!!
Epic win!
What a relief!
I truly believe that this site was very important for the survival of Saab. It is fantastic that the support campaign was organized from Tasmania, while most Swedes seemed to remain ignorant throughout the whole process….
THANK YOU SWADE!!!!
BEST NEWS EVER!!!!
Thanks to Victor Muller, JAJ and Swade. You guys are heros to the brand. Without either of you I truly believe that GM would have scrapped the brand. You should all be carried around for the rest of the day like the heros that you are!
CJ – You’re pretty badass, too!
SOC in Ohio!
Thank you GM! (an American taxpayer)
Highlights:
820418: Peter is born
000318: Peter meets his girlfriend
100126: SAAB is re-born
Amazing news!
A very special day indeed…
Almost teary eyed here at work…..
whaaaaa hoo!!!
CJ, thanks again for being around all the time!
Cowboy up and Saab Spyker up!
Awesome news!!!!! How about this for a “new” logo??
ttp://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4304004634_6e4fd26795_o.jpg
What happens next will be most crucial, remember everyone!
Still, it has been incredible watching Saab owners come together. Great job.
Good job Spyker
Excellent job Swade.
All parties involved can go have a well deserved rest.
Yiiihaaa
Pressconferances
19:40 Swedish gouvernment
20:00 GM
20:40 Spyker from Cafe Opera
All Swedish localtime (GMT +1H)
A day to be marked on the Calendar and celebrated every year from this moment on.
Congratulations to all!
Long live SAAB!
Jason Petho
Bedankt VM!! Echt fantastisch!!
CJ, I have a question…
Is there a chance Merbanco will be supporting the new entity in any way in order to guarantee Saab’s survival?
Epic win!
yeeeeeeeaaah!
Congratulations everyone! Thanks Swade for your tremendous work for this community.
Let’s party, but not forget that there’s a long and hard way ahead. Griffin Up! We believe in you.
Congrats, Swade! This is a personal victory for you!
Thank you, Victor, for calling Swade! And thank you, Swade, for covering all the Saab news, even during nights! Great to hear all the support we gave helped!
Bedankt Victor! Goed te horen dat de convoys geholpen hebben!
Congrats to everyone again…I’ve been checking this site multiple times/day for about 8 months now and I wanted to say how much I appreciate the work that Swade and Eggs have put into this….
Griffin UP!
Cheers,
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd144/omnicake/saabvictory.jpg
Nothing happening at the webcast??
now i can drive proud again
From the plant in Trollh
Steven Wade, a true hero and recognized by his endless effort by V Muller in his very first call after the signature of the contract.
Be proud of yourself and please activate the paypal button again to get some well deserved additions to your funds (and to share with your family).
I would also like to put forward a wish to Mr Muller to send a NG 9-5 to Steven with a big sticker on the side saying “SAAB SAVED”.
Congratulations everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hhoooooray!!!
I would be as tough as VM in business!
I want to share my happyness with all the people in Trollhattan and all the people around the world who share my own automotive (and beyond) principles.
Thanks VM!
Thanks Swade and SU!
Thanks to Dutch people starting SSCs!
Thanks to all who were there!
(…and thanks to GM to having not done the worst thing.)
the only person cooler than Swade right now is Victor Muller.
Wooohooo!!!!
(GM up and away!)
Does GM own/command Saab until papers are legalized?
Any experts of this field?
Wonderful!!!
The ticker above the TV feed on nyhetskanalen.se says news conference at 20:10
What a great day! Congrats to Swade and the Facebook groupe! Griffin Up!
oops!
[IMG]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd144/omnicake/saabvictory.jpg[/IMG]
Awesome news!!!!! How about this for a “new” logo??
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/4304004634_6e4fd26795_o.jpg
zippy: As Meg Ryan said in the move “Sleepless in Seattle”
YES …. YES …. YES!!
Swade: Hey, wasn’t that “When Harry Met Sally”?
maanders: Shhh….don’t stop him. He’s on a roll.
Hail to king Victor!!!!
Just opened the champagne, SAAB UP!
Thanks and congrats to all involved incl the Spyker, GM and not to forget JAJ.
Yeaaah!
Have to go to my dealer tomorrow and have a closer look on the 93 SC TiD/TTiD as we’ve to replace our old 93-I TiD this or next year.
The future is now.
Now bring on that NG 9-5 SC Aero XWD!!!!!!!!!!!!
An order is going in as soon as it is available!!!
Thanks again SWADE!!!
Now WHEN do you begin your World Tour, in recognition of all of your hard work? Hmmm?
Yes, yes, yes, About friggin time. Party up Saab and Spyker and Griffen up too!!! Swade great job for keeping everyone in the loop!!!!!!!
I am soooooo happy I can cry…..
WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Victor UP
SAAB UP
Cowboy UP
Swade UP
YES!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOW!!!!!!
Thanks V.Muller!!!!!!!
and thanks Steven for this CONTINUOUS up-dating……..
Tonight is going to be a GREAT PARTY: exam session finished today with (i think) a good result, which means 1MONTH HOLIDAYS, added to THIS great news….
As a celebration of all these, i’m going to get drunk!
sk
Thanks Swade for your efforts!
Thanks VM to close the DEAL!
Thanks GM to sell!
Thanks Swedish goverment for loan guarantees!
Thanks Saab community for support
Thanks also CJ for your effort and insight in SU
Its time to celebrate!
Closing conditions are only customary.
Thank to Swade! Sooo happy now!!!
JIPPIE!!!!
I can
This victory belongs to Trollh
http://www.rtl.nl/components/financien/rtlz/miMedia/livestream/insb.xml
live stream is running! but in swedish
who is the lady speaking at rtl.nl now?
NULLA TENACI INVIA EST VIA!!!!!!!!!!
I have been collecting Saabs for 21 years now. I have never been a big fan of the GM influenced Saabs, though I have a few. I cannot wait to see and purchase a Saab/Spkyer creation.
Happy Birthday Saab Spyker Automobiles!!
The call that Swade received this morning from VM was very moving to me. A very nice gesture in a dog-eat-dog corporate world and, I belive, a harbinger of good things to come.
Congratulations, all involved !!
I have to print out GM’s press release and frame it and hang it on the wall so I can read it over and over again.
Hey guys in the Trollh
Fantastic!
I hope the cirkus is over now;)
Greetings from someone who live in Koenigeggcity;)
Swade, you are the man!
Thank you everyone involved – and thank you GM for doing the right thing at last! 
Wooohooo!
Victor Muller, and J
ah hell
YEEEEES!! Finaly! The saga continues
Please hurry up with the 9-1, my 1995 NG900T needs to be replaced soon!
This has brightened my mood magnificently! I was just starting to get frustrated by a problem at work, and now I’m happy and confident!
Long Live Saab!
Congratulations, this is a day to remember as the turning point in SAAB history hopefully. GO SAAB:)
Good morning. Less than an hour ago, aircraft from here and others from around the world have returned from the largest aero battle in the history of saabkind. “Saabkind.” That word should have special meaning for all of us today. We have stood (saabs)united in our passion and common interest and we have once again have been fighting for our freedom… Not from GM tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We have fought for our right to live. To exist. And today we have won the day, the 26th of January will no longer be just an ordinary day, but as the day the Saab world declared in one voice: “We did not go quietly into the night!” We did not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!
[crowd cheers]
[crowd cheers: spyker, spyker]
long live saab
YES!!!!!
Thank you VM, thank you GM, thank you Swade and all good people in Trollh
Congratulation to Spyker and all you Guys and Gals in Trollh
@Swade, you beeing the first person VM called, says it all.. Is there possible for a someone to make SW a noble person.. Sir Steven Wade has a nice ring to it, don’t you think people..
http://www.rtl.nl/components/financien/rtlz/miMedia/livestream/insb.xml
live stream is running! but in swedish
Congrats Victor!
Excellent job!
Cannot wait till all new SAAB’s be released……especially the 92!
JIPPIE!!!!
I can
Yes, yes, YES!!!!!
TYGM!
You have done the right thing.
Also thanks to SWade and all of you and us, great job!
Now all the best wishes for VM and Saab’s new owner.
Support for your business is abundant, also here.
Bubbly is being opened, will have to visit the Saab dealership here in Singapore tomorrow to celebrate, just here for a couple of days…
Saab Up!
VM up!
yes yes yes….
G’night…
Yeap, I’m going to be just a little bit tired while slowly going to the office
Victor MULLER is right to thank you Swade! You have made a very very usefull work and coordinate many great enthousiasms for SAAB! Thank you!
YYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
thanx GOD! Victor, JAJ, Swade… aso.
Z!
I can hardly believe it. After all this time, we’ve finally reached the finish line. Or the starting line, if you prefer. The next phase will be just as intense, but that’s for tomorrow. Tonight is a celebration!
Thank you, Victor! Thank you, Swade! You are heroes!
How about some appropriately Swedish celebration music?
This is a very Swedish folk song by the group Kraja about how important it is to drink and celebrate! Swedish folk music always has very nice melodies and harmonies, but in my opinion it often gets a little too melancholy. On those occasions when the folk sound is combined with a more uptempo rhythm, it gets really good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYvVftvf1y8
Or perhaps something more modern? This is a quite brilliant new song by rising star Amanda Jensen, with a very suitable title for tonight – Happyland!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGw7C6X51cg
I can hardly believe it. After all this time, we’ve finally reached the finish line. Or the starting line, if you prefer. The next phase will be just as intense, but that’s for tomorrow. Tonight is a celebration!
Thank you, Victor! Thank you, Swade! You are heroes!
How about some appropriately Swedish celebration music?
This is a very Swedish folk song by the group Kraja about how important it is to drink and celebrate! Swedish folk music always has very nice melodies and harmonies, but in my opinion it often gets a little too melancholy. On those occasions when the folk sound is combined with a more uptempo rhythm, it gets really good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYvVftvf1y8
Or perhaps something more modern? This is a quite brilliant new song by rising star Amanda Jensen, with a very suitable title for tonight – Happyland!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGw7C6X51cg
I can hardly believe it. After all this time, we’ve finally reached the finish line. Or the starting line, if you prefer. The next phase will be just as intense, but that’s for tomorrow. Tonight is a celebration!
Thank you, Victor! Thank you, Swade! You are heroes!
How about some appropriately Swedish celebration music?
This is a very Swedish folk song by the group Kraja about how important it is to drink and celebrate! Swedish folk music always has very nice melodies and harmonies, but in my opinion it often gets a little too melancholy. On those occasions when the folk sound is combined with a more uptempo rhythm, it gets really good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYvVftvf1y8
Or perhaps something more modern? This is a quite brilliant new song by rising star Amanda Jensen, with a very suitable title for tonight – Happyland!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGw7C6X51cg
& thank you, CJ! You, sir, are a class act & your efforts appreciated.
Felt strange, spending christmas weekends to rebuild some machines that should produce new 9-5 when Saab was doomed…
But now I realise that it was worth the effort!!!
Congrats!!!
Thanks Swade!
Thanks Spyker!
Thanks Sweden!
Thanks Trollh
Victor you are our saviour!! Your tenacity diplomacy dignity professionalism and sheer tenacity has paid off and the whole Saab community are fully behind you. Your commitment to the cause has been nothing short of incredible!
And where would any of us be without Swade…that man is a godsend to us….the long hours and again total commitment in keeping us informed with honest genuine information.
We salute and thank you…..but now the even harder work begins. This news will be like a shot of adrenelin to everyone connected with Saab, owners workers and dealers like myself who will once again be excited by what they do and have the faith and belief in what is a fantastic iconic brand. Let us rebuild….onwards and upwards!!!!
Congratulations all!
CJ
Swade
This deal wouldn’t have been made hadn’t it been for your effort!
Victor M
Congrats on the deal and what I hope will be a very promising future!
You all rock!
Can I really, really, let go now? Can I cry now.
OUR BELOVED SAAB is saved.
Well done Victor.
Swade mate you are our hero.
What a day !
.
Awesome work everyone – truly fantastic.
SOO HAPPY NOW!!!!! THANKS TO SWADE FOR EVERYTHING!!!!!
First of all Thanks to SAAB community, it has been hard and we have suffered but I think that looking the results, they have been worth….
Thanks to VM and Spyker.
Thank to Swade, I hope we can meet once in our lives!!
Thanks to Merbanco, Genii and many others that gave the sold process more Worht.
And, althought they make us suffer so much, Thanks to GM for selling SAAB to a super “owner”
Welcome SAAB SPYKER BRAND!!!!
Im sitting in a bar in Stockholm crying.
THANK you Victor, THANK you Swade and THANK you all Saabfans around the world for helping me get through this.
Congratulations to everybody!
Congratulations!!!
Great news finally.
I cant even believe my eyes! A special thanks to Swade and everyone who has done a fantastic job with this site. I look forward to tracking Saab/Spyker automobiles on Saabsunited through mid February and beyond! This is a great day for Saab, Spyker, GM and enthusiasts across the globe!
SAAB SAVED on Australia Day! Brilliant…absolutely brilliant !!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FREEDOM DAY !!!!
Mark it in your calendar…..
Congrats to everyone again…I’ve been checking this site multiple times/day for about 8 months now and I wanted to say how much I appreciate the work that Swade and Eggs have put into this….
Griffin UP!
Cheers,
Excellent news indeed. Many thanks to VM. This is the sort of trial that proves Spyker lives up to its motto.
Utterly awesome.
Beautiful ll!!!!!!!!
Swade, thanks for having kept us so well informed and so well motivated during this harsh process.
You deserve a Saab-Spyker Grand Cross.
Swade up!!
Victor Muller Up !!
Saab Spyker Up
Griffin Up !
Saab dealers Up !
Ooops, I just made a general mistake. I forgot Victor Muller! How could I?
Absolutely amazing work done by Swade and Victor + all other parties involved!!!
December 26 is a day we shall remember!
Griffin Up!
Cheers guys
Absolutely amazing work done by Swade and Victor + all other parties involved!!!
December 26 is a day we shall remember!
Griffin Up!
Cheers guys
Absolutely amazing work done by Swade and Victor + all other parties involved!!!
December 26 is a day we shall remember!
Griffin Up!
Cheers guys
Great news. Even if it’s just a transitional move to get Saab away from GM. Now, bring back European Delivery, and I’ll buy a third Saab as soon as I can.
YA BABY! YA BABY!
I can finally have a good night sleep. Swade your the best, when we were down you picked us up. Saab will kick some major ass!
LONG LIVE SAAB!!!
LOVE IT!!!
SAAB UP!!
Gosh, usually my hubs comments here from time to time, I just read and smile, very touched by this amazing community and especially by you, Mr. Wade, whose enthusiasm and sheer passion and common sense, restored a bit my knackered faith in the human beings.
And you surely deserved that first call.
I am so very happy to finally see black on white that Saab is saved! I can’t believe it, really, dreams DO come true.
And don’t feel ashamed for making a pregnant woman cry – it’s just happiness and hormones.
Well done, Mr. Wade and Mr. Muller! We owe you both big time. Now, time to get a GM-free Saab, ain’t it?!
goverment pressconferens 1940 http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter/nyhetskanalen?videoId=1.1052162
they interviewed someone from saab – arsking – Do you think any obstacles remain that could block the deal?
She said: – no, from now on there are only opportunities !!!
I’m actually tearing up. Thanks to Swade, Spyker and all the other “quirky” people out there.
Viva le Saab!!!!
Max in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Fantastic News…….. Finally time to take a breath…
!!!!Swade!!!! the work must go on Saab has been saved but its time to help Saab Spyker Automibiles they need to sell cars and i am sure we can all help..
There is going to be a celebration convoy in Scotland on the 21st of February details can be found at uksaabs.co.uk all welcome…
So happy, thanks to all of you, what a great community!
Saab – Spyker, for alle Saab fans good news for the Dutch special news. It’s in the news shows at this moment.
The Dutch Saab Support Convoy is the mother of the convoys and we can announce we’re working on a follow up event.
Saab Support Convoy, The Final
About the background of Spyker, did you know the Dutch Queen is transported in a Spyker once a year?
check this image
[img]http://sjaco45.googlepages.com/30-gouden-koets1-2.jpg[/img]
Today is a great and wondefull day. Best regards for everyone from Coru
YA BABY! YA BABY!
I can finally have a good night sleep. Swade your the best, when we were down you picked us up. Saab will kick some major ass!
LONG LIVE SAAB!!!
Wow. I didn’t see the VERY SPECIAL UPDATE until now.
Victor – if you get around to reading these comments: You personify Spyker’s motto. Please bring the same tenacity to the Saab business and this will be a success.
I am tempted to apply to re-join the Saab I left 15 years ago when I got frustrated with GM.
Cheers. (Misty-eyed with a glass of champagne)
What a result.
But is it normal to get teary eyed about a business transaction?? Seems I’m not alone reading some other accounts here.
Another picture from the Chicago Convoy now on MSNBC…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35077526/ns/business-autos/
CONGRATULATIONS SAAB, TROLLH
I’ve been away from my computer, did anything interesting happen today?
Finally! Congratulations and thanks to everyone who helped make this happen and kept us informed along the way.
Hooray!!!
press conferrence with the swedish government right now:
http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter/nyhetskanalen%3FvideoId%3D1.1052162
HELLS YEAAHHH!!!
Thank you so much Mr. Muller and Swade.. !!!
Swade, if you ever decide to thank Victor in person, I will be happy to pick you up at the airport in The Netherlands in my 9-5!
Thanks for all the effort and sleepless nights you have been through!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bITV7lv3ifE
Come on, get up and dance !
A link to the swedish governments presconference (in swedish)
Finally ended the suffering,
Swade and VM: Thank you so much!!!!!!
YES YES YES
Thank you Victor Muller for moving the mind of GM.
Thank you Swade for your ernomous effort, you have a big stake in this too.
I suggest that Victor makes you Chief Evangelist for SAAB.
As the old Pittsburgh Pirates baseball announcer Bob Prince used to say (tongue-in-cheek):
“We had ‘em all along!!”
Yahoo! Way to go Victor!
let me add my congratulations!! The Saab community is blessed to have Spyker and Mr. Muller’s entreprenuerial spirit and moxie prevail thru these trying times.
This wonderful marquee will now be burnished by its marraige with Spyker Cars. . .
bravo!
xD
Thanks Swade for your tireless effort!
Thanks VM, you are our Savior!
Thanks to CJ and everyone else that was involved!
I feel whole, once again!!!
infinite thanks!!!!
http://svtplay.se/v/1862551/rapport/presskonferens_om_spyker_och_saab
Wow! Great job done by Victor and Swade! Long live SAAB/Spyker! Can’t wait for my new 9-3 XWD (ordered in October 2009).
Congratulations, Saab. =] Looking forward to the next 9-3, that’s their most interesting model…
Swade,
Check out your impact – here is a posting on my dealerss site (Iowa City SAAB, USA):
Unofficial word is that SAAB has been sold to Spyker Automobiles. As soon as I get the official press release I will add it to the site. Thank you to all of our customers, friends and families who have stood with us and worried with us during this time. Watch our website for continued updates and specials.
Thanks also to Swade at http://www.saabsunited.com and Ryan at http://www.saabhistory.com for keeping the information rounded up and getting us the most up to date information while we waited for an outcome. We know that we were not the only ones watching their sites religiously.
Now the Luxembourgish Support Convoy on Saturday will be a Celebration Convoy
From what I heard the Saab Dealer in Mersch got the New 9-5 on display ! Sweet !
Long live Saab!
Fine day for a Saab enthusiast!!
We are a great big forrest, not just a bunch of trees!!!!
SWADE! You have really done a marvelous job in channeling the interests of all SAAB stakeholders up to the ultimate goal. A masterpiece of modern journalism!! It was great to be an active part in som way.
I’m speechless, what a great day for SAAB. It’s impossible to know how this all might have turned out without the efforts of Swade, this sight, and all the support of the SAAB community. I can’t express enough thanks to Swade for his tireless effort keeping us all motivated and updated. And a big thanks to VM too, for of course without him, his efforts, and the efforts of all at Spyker, this day would not have come!
I think a nod of thanks needs to also be given to GM, for actually stepping up and doing the right thing and selling SAAB.
Now, when are the Saab Saved convoys going to happen?
Griffin Up!
his is fantastic! This is one of the happiest days of my life!
Truly believe that this will be really good for Saab.
Hope that SAAB / Spyker realize the potential of Swade and hires him directly. He has probably managed to influence giant GM with the whole “save saab ‘thing which says a lot about his passion for Saab, and for his incredible fighting spirit.
Awesome.VM for president
HELL YEAH!
Y E S ! !
Y E S ! !
Y E S ! !
At last. =) As I’ve been a Saab enthusiast since my childhood this is one happy moment for me. Now, let’s hope Victor M
Yipee!!!!
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[Now I can make up for 2 months (at least!) of lost work-time
Kroum: Get the Absolut ready…
It seems that SAAB.com is also down(or overloaded)… probably being updated.
Finally! Might have to crack open some Champagne I was saving for this!
On a side note, Jalopnik is having a vote for vehicles they get to add to the Forza Motorsport videogame today, and the 900 Turbo is on the voting list (List number 6 of 6). The 99 Turbo didn’t make the first cut yesterday. I think we should vote the 900 in celebration of today’s events. At least get it through this first round. You can vote for 10 of the 20 cars. I voted only for the 900 to better its chances.
SAAB UP!
On my way home from the plant tonight, the radio reported the deal was done, but quickly added “no confirmation from GM yet”. As I came home, I turned on the computer and checked the GM Press page – nothing. A cup of coffee, a quick walk with the dog, another cup and a half later: there it was. I blinked twice, re-read but still couldn’t believe it. So I went to the planet’s only 100% trustworthy source of Saab related information… and was met by a huge SAAB SAVED. That’s when it it finally hit me: that the year of woes, false hopes and crushed dreams is finally behind us. My girlfriend asked what I was crying over, and with a big tear rolling down my cheek, in choked voice, I replied “it’s done”. Finally.
I just want to extend my gratitude to Swade and each and every one who has supported us throughout this struggle. Thanks for never giving up hope and your belief in us.
Thank you, Spyker. Thank you, all other parties interested in buying us. And thank you GM, for doing the right thing.
I’m going to go have a glass of Bruichladdich now, to celebrate. Now is when the future starts!
What a great day! Congrats to everyone being involved. LET’S BUY SOME NEW SAABS!
P.s.:I was confident since mid of January a made a binding order of a new 95 Aero XWD 2.8T for delivery asap. Just ask my perfect SAAB dealer in W
yes yes eindelijk dank je Victor!!!
Does anybody knows something about the eib-loan?
I can’t wait to drive in the ng 9-5, i’ve already seen it, its magnificent!!!!
Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Gotta love the update at the Saab newsroom! Just a headline, a link to the GM press release and a pretty picture, nothing else. But the entry has one single tag – Jan-
Gotta love the update at the Saab newsroom! Just a headline, a link to the GM press release and a pretty picture, nothing else. But the entry has one single tag – Jan-
Gotta love the update at the Saab newsroom! Just a headline, a link to the GM press release and a pretty picture, nothing else. But the entry has one single tag – Jan-
Press conference
Maud Olufsson:
- the road has been long, but saab har had the highest priority within the government, we have had many meetings (some the public dosn’t know about)
- we have from the start been proactive with saab (blah. blah.)
- If saab was to survive we wanted the jobs should remain in sweden
On the loan garantee
- the garantee should rest on a solid basis (conservative judgment)
- The loan garantee HAS BEEN GRANTED!! buy the swedish government(4 billion SVKR)
- The loan garantee should be used to a green development (so it is not state support)
MORE TO FOLLOW…
oh man, this is the best news i’ve ever heard in my life!
SAAB up!
Spyker up!
Cheezus!
Cudos to everybody involved including the Saabisti around the world.
What to do now…….
I say, anyone for tennis?
Hmm…..they said that “…the transaction is expected to close in mid-February…”.
Perhaps a Valentine’s Day gift for all Saab fans?
DAMN, I was in a meeting all morning.
SPYKER UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SAAB UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GRIFFIN UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am overjoyed and cannot thank Swade enough for his masterful handling of this site.
I am not sure how many SAABISTS will now “show” for the Memphis-area SAVE(D) SAAB rally, but SOME will be there to celebrate the future SAAB!
This is great! I’ll sleep very well this night!
Thanks Swade for all the updates you keep bringing to us all.
Hazzah!
Never expected I would be this emotional when watching the press conference
Thanks to SU, thanks to Spyker.. and thanks to GM.
SaabsUnited- A great place to be.. good people, good conversation! Thanks to all my new friends at SU for a great year filled with ups and downs!
Spyker- Simply wonderful!! Rest assured you have our continued support.
General Motors- Thanks for restoring my trust in GM. As a long time dedicated GM customer, I am thankful that you took the time to find the right buyer for Saab. I’ll continue to buy GM trucks, but I will only buy Saab cars!
a special thanks to Steven Wade… If it was not for your work here at SU, I would have been pretty much clueless about Saabs history as well as its future over the last year. You’re a true dedicated Saab enthusiast and one hell of a blogger! I am proud to call you a friend.
hip hip hooray!
Make sure everyone in Memphis shows up to celebrate!
Swade – you deserve the honour!
VM – well done, Flying Dutchman!
Thank you GM.
Thank you VM.
Thank you JAJ.
Thank you Saab.
And thank you Swade. I KNOW that you played a very significant role in how this decision went down. Of course it is the community that came together, but it is you Swade who linked these communities together through Saabs United. This site is without a doubt one of the reasons that Saab is alive. The message was delivered, Saab fans spoke out and GM heard. They heard us loud and clear and the best decision was made. The fact that VM called you first, personally, confirms everything I believe above. You are an outstanding ambassador for Saab, it’s ideals and the voice of our community.
Well done Steven. Hats off and glasses raised high to our beloved Saab and to you Steven. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I’m so happy for you Chris! This is great news. Makes me want to buy a SAAB!
YEAH This is great for SAAB and for all us that love this car. Lets also hope that we can keep in touch also in the future and have meetings and saab convoys to celebrate the best car on earth!!!
Great work VM !!
I’m already a Saab Master Technician can’t wait to be a Spyker Master Technician.
It’s the same both SMT
I’m so happy.
Can’t wait for the 9-5 9-4x en maybe a 9-1 or a aero x
Fantastic!!! Can’t wait to see the new Spkyer-inspired Saabs!
Saab/Spyker is the #2 searched for story on Google.
http://www.google.com/trends
Thanks Aunti!!
Normally I have no trouble expressing what I’m feeling. Right now, I’m simply at a loss for words.
YESSSSS!
To Victor: nomen est omen. Die ouwe Romeinen hadden toch mooi gelijk. Net als met die spreuk van jullie, trouwens. Van harte!
Ivo
Check that, it’s now the #1 story with GM news coming in #3!
http://www.google.com/trends
I’m so happy, I could cry! Oh right, I am crying and smiling and laughing at the same time!
Swade -> You absolutely must write a book about this whole endeavour. It has been a thriller of Hitchcockian proportions.
Maud Olufson:
-Thanks to many parties (within goventment, local authoerities)
- Perhaps a new spring for saab, however many abstacles remain – turning saab into a profitable buissness!
Questions: (MA – Maud Olufson)
- What plans do spyker have
MA – i dont know. but the loan should be used in sweden
- any risk the loan will not be granted ?
MA – i dont think so
- Do you know anything about the finansing?
MA: The is liquitidy in saab, the new company should tell about the finansing..
When did you know for sure about the sale?
MA: – 0700 CET !!!!
MORE TO FOLLOW
Finally!!
What wonderful, gorgeous and exciting news!!!!!
I take it that the liquidators are leaving the Saab campus immediately, and that Jan
Like our daughter who is 14 months old says: S
Congratulations to us all Saab lovers en to the employees of Saab in Trollhattan and all dealers over the world. I am realy proud to be Dutch!
Just open the Champagne…Still got a job
Thanx to Swade and all others that has supported Saab during this time.
It has all been said, WWWWWWWWWWWWoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww finally reaching the goal.
VM, I bow to you!
SW without you = no Saab!! Suck it in!!!!!
Congrats all at the plant in THN!! You live to fight another day, make sure it is a sunny day!! Kick those German butts !!!!!
Fast translation by me as it happens!
Maud says:
Great difficulties lots of worries.
Government acting in a straight line with clear principles, world unique.
Never wanted to buy a car manufacturing plant.
Business only in Sweden. GM
Fast translation by me as it happens!
Maud says:
Great difficulties lots of worries.
Government acting in a straight line with clear principles, world unique.
Never wanted to buy a car manufacturing plant.
Business only in Sweden. GM
Fast translation by me as it happens!
Maud says:
Great difficulties lots of worries.
Government acting in a straight line with clear principles, world unique.
Never wanted to buy a car manufacturing plant.
Business only in Sweden. GM
Congratulations, Swade! And thanks for your never-ending enthusiasm! Excellent work! Sleep well!
Oystein
Congratulations, Swade! And thanks for your never-ending enthusiasm! Excellent work! Sleep well!
Oystein
Congratulations, Swade! And thanks for your never-ending enthusiasm! Excellent work! Sleep well!
Oystein
Press conference – Swedish government!
Maud Olufsson:
- the road has been long, but saab har had the highest priority within the government, we have had many meetings (some the public dosn’t know about)
- we have from the start been proactive with saab (blah. blah.)
- If saab was to survive we wanted the jobs should remain in sweden
On the loan garantee
- the garantee should rest on a solid basis (conservative judgment)
- The loan garantee HAS BEEN GRANTED!! buy the swedish government(4 billion SVKR)
- The loan garantee should be used to a green development (so it is not state support)
Maud Olufson:
-Thanks to many parties (within goventment, local authoerities)
- Perhaps a new spring for saab, however many abstacles remain – turning saab into a profitable buissness!
Questions: (MA – Maud Olufson)
- What plans do spyker have
MA – i dont know. but the loan should be used in sweden
- any risk the loan will not be granted ?
MA – i dont think so
- Do you know anything about the finansing?
MA: The is liquitidy in saab, the new company should tell about the finansing..
When did you know for sure about the sale?
MA: – 0700 CET !!!!
MORE TO FOLLOW
Gleich mol testen goen ^^
Kann net do sin. Wosst och komescherweis neicht dofunner. L
This is just great news we all bee waiting for in a long time.
Its time to order the new 9-5
SaabSpyker Automobile UP!!
I love Saab!
I love Victor!
I love Swade!
I love SaabsUnited!
I love everyone right now!
I need a drink
I have to keep pinching myself, I can’t believe we finally made it. Thanks to everyone for all of their hard work. Here’s to a bright new future for Saab.
Remdu67 +1!!!
Swade thank you so much for everything! You might have made the difference!
Thank you + all the best form Spyker country!
Daniel
Press conference from europ time at 20:15 CET
http://www.RTLZ.com
Greetings
Stevo from the Netherlands
Bye bye and good luck with SAAB….
It’s done, SAAB IS SAVED.
It’s been a hell of a ride but thanks to all the support, Swade, the Saab owners and enthousiasts we got it done.
A big thank you to all the Saab employees, dealers and importers for sitting it out; it must have been extremely difficult not to know about your future but it’s there.
Now the real work starts; rebuilding SAAB to what is was and should be.
FIRST THING TOMORROW: Go out and order a new SAAB!!!!
I am involved in a way and know how important it is that you all keep supporting Spyker and Saab; we need you to build saab’s new future.
Whenever the closing date is announced we should schedule another round Selebrate SAAB support rallies
thanks victor mueller for all your efforts and the enormous work making the deal happen.
we all believed in this
a good night to all saab empoyees. keep up the good work and ket the griffon (phoenix) fly
so single malt time
Incredible
Woooo-hoooooooo
YES! YES! YES!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!
Just settling down with a glass of my best malt (after waking up my daughter because of my shouting….).
SK
Well done to all involved! And well done to Swade for involving all! Does this mean I have to buy a Saab?!
So proud to be a Dutchman today…
Great Great News!! now everybody go download that Griffin Up tune and play it LOUD and party!!
Make it a number 1 hit!!
Thanks goes to GM for DOING RIGHT FOR SAAB..thanks to Victor Muller\Spyker..go build the cars we want dude!!
AND THANKS TO ALL WHO CARED!!
We took on GM and WON!!
This comment thread is going to hit 300 before the hour is up!
I just wanted to add that I hope J
Greeeat news!!!!
Thanks VM, and Swade, you are the man!!!
Anyone got a link for a GM and Spyker press conference?
J
J
J
WOHO!!
Thought you’d all like to know that Spyker is trending on Twitter! (and maybe Saab too, soon!) http://twitpic.com/zvs8p
delayed 20:15 @ http://www.rtl.nl/components/financien/rtlz/miMedia/livestream/insb.xml
Finally! Time for celebration!
Thans Swade for the personal effort. Thanks to rescue-saab.com. Thanks to everyone participating in the convoys. And, finally, (last but not least) thanks to VM and to GM for believing in SAAB.
Congratulations to all SAAB workers, to Trollhattan and to Sweden.
But let
YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS! We should all arrange some kind of medal for Victor(y) Muller.
It’s about time!
Yes, it’s just a car company, but I know this made the made of many thousands of people, not least those whose livelihoods hung in the balance.
Congratulations to all Saab and Spyker employees, as well as the dealers who have struggled greatly to hold on. And, of course, to Victor Muller!
Griffin Up!
GREAT NEWS!!!
Congratulations to everyone involved!
It’s almost an antoclimax!
It’s fantastic news especially for the saab workforce.
Thanks Swade for the incredible effort over the past few months.
Now for news of UK 9-5 pricing.
Cheers all, I can get some work done now!
Great Great News!! now everybody go download that Griffin Up tune and play it LOUD and party!!
Make it a number 1 hit!!
Thanks goes to GM for DOING RIGHT FOR SAAB..thanks to Victor Muller\Spyker..go build the cars we want dude!!
AND THANKS TO ALL WHO CARED!!
We took on GM and WON!!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!
Thanx VM
Thanx SWADE
This was the day we have been waiting so long
Great News
SAAB for ever
I’m teaching a class right now and delegated some self-paced work to the participants so I can go outside and hug my OG9-5. I love that I can now say that I own an OG9-5. Many thanks to all those who were involved and to the SAAB community as a whole! I have not felt a brotherhood/sisterhood to such a global community. It is indeed a small world.
Yes!!! Thank you!!!!
Such great news! Loving it. There is a future bright with hope for a 9-4!
Hey Mellechmann what Saab are you driving?
So next time I see you I can honk
(Small country)
I drive a 93-II Sportcombi from 2006
Tomorrow i will order a SAAB 9-5 NG 2.0 t biopower!
anyone else in the GM call?
all I hear is music?
Hearing that Victor Called you first after signing is great to hear. That really confirms the importance of your work and that SU really are a focal point for Saab. I take my hat off for you Swade and all others involved in the deal as well as the whole Saab-cmmunity that showed borderless support throughout the process!
Persconferentie van Europ tijd op 20:15 CET
http://WWW.RTLZ.NL http://WWW.RTLZ.NL http://WWW.RTLZ.NL
Ya Ya Ya, it’s done. Well done. Good job by Spykers. We are all very happy togheter. Saabs world won!
Thanks to all friends over the world for the support. My special thanks to SWADE. Special thanks to MERBANCO, GENII, KOENIGGSEGG …..
Save warmfull greetings from Slovakia
SaabSpyker Automobile UP!! SAAB UP!
??????!!!
Well we’ve all been coming to this site for a while now and I really must say I can’t believe it…GM
really stressed everyone out.
God bless the people that put together this deal..it
will be great to see people not put out of work.
One important thing they can do right away is make the 9-3 diesel an option in the USA. We have mainly just the VW diesels for them to compete with.
Very exciting.
Fantastic news! I’ve been glued to SU for the last couple of months, this is a great outcome we all have been waiting for.
Thanks VM for this very bold step that, let’s be honest, not many people took very serious 1,5 month ago. Well done!!!
Thanks Saab workers for continuing building great cars under this uncertainty!
Thanks Swade, for hosting the no.1 Saab source out there!
Thanks Saab fans for the terrific international support in the last weeks!
Thanks Saab dealers for sticking in! (And especially those two Saab dealers that just opened doors in the Netherlands, even with all this uncertainty!)
And, certainly, THANKS GM for daring to go along as well!
Now it’s time to celebrate and champagne!
But tomorrow, it’s time to move on as never before! Build, innovate and… sell sell sell cars! Let’s make sure this is a permanent, not temporarily solution!!!
So to all SU fans, go ORDER THAT NEW SAAB NOW!!!! (I ordered a new 9-3 late 2009, with all the uncertainty, and expect to get it half March).
Enjoy!
Anyone listening in to the GM call? Please share notes…
I’m so happy!
J
Chief engineer: Now we press the green button
Released today. 19:53
Mats F
CONFERENCE STARTED!!!
YES!!!!!! Finally!!!!!
Next step: buy the NG 9-5 SportCombi
Saab & Spyker Forever!!!
gm conference call is beginning.
it’s hit the saab newsroom and facebook (saab official). go show your love with “likes” and comments on both!
http://newsroom.saab-web.com/news/news/gmreachesagreementtosellsaabtospyker.5.1cbb811125b37dfa407ffe2178.html
so glad. I can finally go to work again. Refreshing this page al day doesn’t let you make much progress….
Thanks swade and VM!
Good luck to everyone in the factory!
Just printed the media release from gM site. Once I have it written on paper i can open a champagne.
Phone conference with GM just starts!!!
My dear SAAB friends!
Ah, just kidding, let’s get DRUNK!!!!!! 
It’s finaly done. I’m so, so happy right now!
I wish you all a wonderful day! Don’t get to drunk…
Me too. I think they have a large number of interested party inthe qeue. Just got in!!
GM press conference started! Live on http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter/nyhetskanalen?videoId=1.1052162
Yes! I believed in this. Best wishes from Lithuania to all SAAB technicians, PR team, all employees in Trollahattan!
SAAB fan from Lithuania
http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter/nyhetskanalen%3FvideoId%3D1.1052162
John Smith:
Wants to give credit to Spyker and Swedish government. Believes there is not a sustainable solution for Saab. The swedish government have completed the review and approved the loan guarantee.
Hopefully the deal will close no later than February.
CONFERENCE:
Swedish government has guaranteed EIB investment.
About bleedin’ time too! Let’s just hope they don’t balls it up…
Yes!!! I can’t say how happy I am right now! This is like Christmas Eve, New Years Eve, my birthday, 17. mai, etc. all at once!
Thank you VM, thank you Swade, thank you GM (didn’t think I was ever going to say that), and thanks to everyone who made the deal possible!
Amazing, thats all i can say atm.
Congratulations – WOW – that’s amazing! SWade you are amazing! Surely you had a major impact – what a job! Now you can sleep and recover.
To the whole community – amazing! We should all be proud to have been involved.
Now let’s get to these new cars!
Saab 9000 CD 2.3 gray
d’Probabilit
I’m still a student
When it’s wrecked, I’m finally going for a Turbo X.
Ech tuuten dann all 9-3 2006′er Combi
If anyone was having a bad day so far, it’s time to cheer up!!!!!
Thank you to VM and his team for their hard work and persistence!!!
Saab Spyker Automobiles FTW!!!!
Question to John Smith:
What has happened in terms of winding down. Where do things stand, what’s available and what may be delayed?
Answer: We have not been very long in the wind down process. Two weeks ago the wind down administrator was assigned. The liquidator was making preparations to wind down, but no wind down had occurred to date.
The plant is operating and building vehicles based on firm orders. Production is scheduled through the 29th, and plans are being made to continue beyond that.
Q: What will the ongoing relationship between Saab-Spyker and GM be:
A: Gm will provide powertrains and finished vehicles like the 9-4x for some time.
Dudes and Dudettes
This is AWESOME! I’m ordering my new 9-5′s as soon as the dealer takes my money
And, this is just the beginning – now we engage and watch Saab do for cars what Apple has done for computing, telecom, media, print – Saab has the Think Different genes in its core and great talent and JAJ’s tenacity and VM’s vision
Saab Spyker UP!
Livestream pressconference :
http://WWW.RTLZ.NL http://WWW.RTLZ.NL http://WWW.RTLZ.NL http://WWW.RTLZ.NL
20:15 CET.
SAAB Forever : SAAB Forever
Greetings….
Stevo
Great, I have not been this excited since AABA won the Eurovison song Context in Brighton 1974. I will order my 9-3 x tomorrow.
Go Nightpanel – GO
Great, I have not been this excited since AABA won the Eurovison song Context in Brighton 1974. I will order my 9-3 x tomorrow.
Go Nightpanel – GO
Great, I have not been this excited since AABA won the Eurovison song Context in Brighton 1974. I will order my 9-3 x tomorrow.
Go Nightpanel – GO
Well done, Swade.
Generations to come, will remember this saga of Saab in her history. Why? How? When?…..
Saab & Spyker must now build cars for others to follow, as innovators when Saab was once before.
and now the next step.
show the ng 9-5 sc
Thank you Swade. You did this!!!
MISSION=COMPLETED!
SAAB = SAVED
Q: Will there beany restrictions on Saab-Spyker as far as sharing technology.
A: Yes there will be some.
Q: Is the listed $74 and $326M in stock accurate?
A: Yes, there are also some additional considerations for GM.
Seriously thinking of changing my nick to Happy.
Great day, great achievement.
Hat off to Swade and to VM.
To the teams in Trollh
Who could have predicted this a year ago. We had Koenigsegg, Merbanco and a few others trying to make a deal happen and tiny Spyker walks away with it against all odds.
I AM HAPPY and there’s nothing left to say. Maybe except, why are you not going to work for Saab Swade? The first time for decades SAAB will be led by inspired people and thats a perfect fit. Is there a better Job for you? No, I don’t think so, I’m sure VM hires you without a job application
.
SAAB UP! For a bright future.
PS: If you ever make it to Zurich contact me, it would be my pleasure to invite you for dinner.
I’m going to celebrate it by signing the contract tomorrow at my dealer.
In june I will be a very very very happy owner of a NG 9-5 2.0 Tid Vector A6.
Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Bedankt Victor. Je bent de beste.
PhilK
Belgium supports Spyker
CONFIRMED! 9-4X AND NEW 9-5 IS PART OF THE DEAL
Please join this group to show support for Muller/Spykler:
“Victor Muller appreciation group”
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=victor+muller&init=quick#/group.php?gid=269399341685
Sorry made a little re-scripting for ABBA – Super Trouper:
Tonight the
Super Trouper lights are gonna find me
Shining like the sun
Shining `SPYKER-SAAB
Finally the wait is over.
Thank you Swade and all the loyal SAAB owners!
SAAB Up!
Congratulations!!
All the best wishes to the people working at or for Saab in Trollh
Mhh Turbo X, my dream Car !
Bis eng keier ob der Stroos
Swade. Try to get info on how man orders for new saabs that are placed in the coming week or so…I hope we’ll see a good trend there.
From the conference: new 9-5 and 9-4x is included in the deal… warranties will be honored by both GM and SaabSpyker, alittle depending on markets but no gaps in the coverage of warranties etc…
Q: What was sold to China. Was the new 9-5 included?
A:The new 9-5 and 9-4x are very much a part of the deal.
Q: Who will handle Warranties?
A: This will depend ont he local market. GM will phase outr and Saab Spyker will phase in differently in different markets. There will be no lapse in covereage as warranties are concerned.
Q: What is the new 9-5 timing:
A: Some 9-5s are being built as we speak. True start of production will be in April / start of second quarter.
finally.
.
Saab Spyker Up! from me too.
Tommorrow I will be happier then other times to drive some of my work coworkers to the coffee during lunch break
WOOHOO!!! Thank you Swade, Victor Muller, Koenigsegg group, CJ, my SAABs, and all you fellow SAABers. Objective Complete!
Brett, that photoshop with Victor is hilarious
Someone in Seattle, throw a Saab Spyker congrats party
Swade for president!!
At last. Victory!
Thanks to SU and Swade.
CC Q&A: Sounds like GM intends to raid Saab’s treasury for $100MM at some point in the future.
THANK YOU VICTOR MULLER FOR SAVING SAAB IT WAS A LONG HALL BUT YOU DID IT CONGRATS !!!!! WHOOOO HOOO !!!!!! TIME TO PARTY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clarficiation: 9-6 and 9-4x are very much part of the deal with Spyker, not sold to china.
YES!!! now for next step, i going to buy a brand 9.5!!!!!!!! support SAAB!!!
Well, my new Saab is only 3 weeks old, but I will have to start saving for the next one… from the next week (I have to spend some money for the celebration this week)…
Best regards from Croatia to Victor and Spyker, all Saab heroes in TH, Swade and all of you great people!
Wow, that kind of collective effort we put together was awesome. First Saab, next, World Peace!!!
SOOOO HAPPY!!!! THANKS TO SWADE!!!! WHAT A MAN!!!!
ehh, 9-5 that is. damn typing this while listening is HARD.
Spyker trending on Twitter! (Saab joins it now too!)
http://twitpic.com/zvs8p
Spykers motto “For the tenacious, no road is impassable.”
F
Production of NG 9-5 confirmed for april, High volumes
GOOD
yeeahh
Absolutely fantastic!!
Thank you Swade and thank you Victor!
This made my day – time to allow yourself a whiskey.
And just for your information, Sweden also make a nice whiskey, Mackmyra – if you like single malt you should try this one.
Tomorrow will be an interesting day, but now I will sit down and just enjoy this feeling!!
YES!!!!!! Finally!!!!!Wonderful!!!! This is AWESOME!!!!!Thank you VM, thank you Spyker, thank you Swade!!!!!!
Saab & Spyker Forever!!!
FANTASTIC NEWS! What a relief.
Congratulations to everyone involved!
Can I have my new 9-4x now?
I have a feeling SAAB will have a lot of orders in 2010-2011 model year
Q: Will anything prohibit the new 9-5 or 9-4x from being sold in the U.S.
A: Nothing contractually. But these things are naturally up to Victor Muller and Saab-Spyker now. I would expect them to show up in U.S. Shwrooms soon.
Good stuff… now let’s party, a wee bit.
Steve – thumbs up for all your relentless efforts, which clearly was paid off by a phone call prior ro an official statement..
listening to GM call – good stuff
anyone know of number for victor’s call?
This is from thelocal.se. Is there still going to be something from Stockholm?
Spyker Cars CEO Victor Muller, together with Saab’s Managing Director Jan
Thank you Victor
Thank you Swade
Wow!! what great news. Everyone should take a big bow and Swade in particular.
What is exciting about all this is how it has brought the Saab community together and made US realize how enthusiastic we are about Saab and how much we love our cars. We need to continue this spirit and enthusiasm. The more the world sees that Saab is a great car and a great brand with awesome history, the more we are validated and the more the value of the Saab brand and our cars.
I am also an early Porsche enthusiast and we need to tear a page from their book in the way of enhancing the brand, promoting owner participation and enthusiasm. Now I know that Porsche is a special case, but we use them as a model.
Lets all celebrate!!
+1
)
Swade should be immortalised as the Nordic god of blogging.
Yesterday I emailed Ed Whitacre, Jr and advised him to sell Saab. I told him it would be good for GM and the country(USA).
Guess what? HE AGREED.
Now everybody just dots the i’s and cross the tees.
I kinda like owning a European Exotic car – Saab.
Congratulation VM, you deserve it! Now go get some sleep.
Last time I was crying was when Kenny Brack won his first CART-race at montegi some 5 years ago, and here I go again. I
WOOHOO!!! Thank you Swade, Victor Muller, Koenigsegg group, CJ, my SAABs, and all you fellow SAABers. Objective Complete!
Brett, that photoshop with Victor is hilarious
Someone in Seattle, throw a Saab Spyker congrats party
is it silly to get tears in my eyes?
Woot!!!!!
Any link for the upcoming Spyker conference?
Saab UP!
Shot glasses UP
Beer steins UP
blood pressure down
F5 button no longer smoldering…
heartburn gone.
Q: What took so long in completing this deal?
A: Saab is a iconic brand and also rather small. Most car companies ahve been very busy residing over their own restructuring efforts, and thus it is difficult for a new player to enter.
If we were back in 2006 or 2007 ina better economy this might have concluded much more quickly.
When and where is VM be holding his press conference??
Spyker Press conference live feed supposed to start at 20:15 (Western Europe time), nothing yet………
Do US dealers have ordering info for Ng 9-5 yet?
I am not easily moved, but I actually cried a bit. This is fantastic news! Thanks Swade for organizing the support. Good look to our brave Saab workers in Trollh
This is simply fantastic. I guess I’m a bit late to the party!
Anyway, a big thanks to Victor and Swade. Also, I can’t imagine that JAJ had anything but a significant role in all of this too.
I hope to see VM and JAJ continue with their classy and dedicated approach to business. It’s actually quite refreshing to see this kind of people in the Saab deal.
Thanks Swade, for keeping us all informed. It’s quite an honor to have received that call from VM!
~Peter
Guys, at least give some thanks to General Motors. Thanks Victor and Spyker for a serious owner.
GO SAAB!!
Great news!!
Bedankt Victor
Thank you Swade and all Saab owners.
I am very very happy and very very proud to be part of SAAB familly
Great moment! Thank you, Swade, for guiding us through this difficult time
Conventional media was stating that Saab was dead on a slab and would never recover…..
Spyker Disagreed.
Tears in my eyes- it is so great!!!!!!!!
Spyker website has crashed.
Swade, hope your servers are holding up.
SAAB SAVED!
WE MADE IT!
i didn’t believe i would ever say it but:
THANK YOU GM!
Now it’s our turn:
GO PEOPLE AND BUY THAT WONDERFUL 9-5 !!!!!!!
Q: There was some suggestion in Sweden that the reason for the delay was that GM did not want a strong Saab to compete with Opel in Europe. Is there any truth to this?
A: Not at all. The continued existence of Saab is positive for us as well as we can sell drivetrain components and vehicles.
So where do I go to listen to VM??
Now I raise my glass of Jack on the Rocks to
VICTOR MULLER – God bless!
Christopher Johnston – God bless!
Stephen Wade – God bless!
SAAB Trolh
WOW This is GREAT news!!
Swade,
You deserve SO much credit for helping to unite the worldwide SAAB community and helping to show everybody that SAAB was worth saving!!
Thank you.
SAAB/Spyker UP!
Yeahh! Cheers to everyone, now let’s ensure this new Company has a Future!
Fantastic!! Salute!
Spyker, you really moved my mind
oh happy day !!! such great news…now hurry up and get that 9-4X on the market in the States …mamma needs a new SAAB !
Hurrah!
I’m not ashamed to admit I cried like many others. Congrats and thank you Victor! Thank you Swade! And thank you CJ for all your support. We’ve cracked open a bottle of bubbly in Wiesbaden to celebrate!
vwgtinut
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh…
my parents start looking on the 9-5…saab best have 2 saabs a 9000 2.3T with 305.000 km and a 9-3 SS 2,2 TID with 212.000 never had problems with them…im so happy right now…
People!!
It’s great moment to spam finally email of Victor Muller and SPyker’s email as well with BIG THANK YOU.
We all know how to spam email, we had a time to learn.
Swade you can post it on main page!
thanks
http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter/nyhetskanalen?videoId=1.1052162
I guess you couls still follow it here:
http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter/nyhetskanalen%3FvideoId%3D1.1052162
Yeeeeeeeees! Let`s go party!
STARTING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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http://www.rtl.nl/components/financien/rtlz/miMedia/livestream/insb.xml
Not sure that’s such a good idea, Bjorn. VM visits ushere at SU sometimes. Im gonna write a thank you email to ED, though.
Everyone needs to start saving for a new saab! They need us now more than ever!!!
Thank you Victor thousand times! It’s incredible what a momentum and publicity SAAB has write now. This will drive sales sky rocket!
SPYKER UP!
SAAB UP!
This is an “Epos”!
Gongrads to all parties from Greece.
Waiting for the 94X
Yes, Yes, Yes.
Gefeliciteerd en bedankt Victor en Spyker.
Thanks to Swade for all his efforts. Hope they’ll give you a 9-5 fro free!
Spyker is Up!
Saab is Up!
Fanatastic job VM and everyone else!!!! Now it’s the delicious problem of deciding whether to replace the 9-3 or the 9-5 with a new SAAB.
Don’t forget our mascot, the Keep Calm girl. After she appeared it didn’t take many hours before she proved to be a real mascot
welcome back J
Woo-Hoo! Hooray for Victor Muller!
sat through two classes refreshing SU like none other! congrats to all! and a HUGE thank you to both VM and most definitely the media guy of the year, swade!
Congratulations to all who put so much effort in this. VM and his team, well done. GM, thanks for not stopping it. Merbanco, KE, Geniee and others, thanks for believing in Saab. And Swade, thanks for putting so much effort in this site.
nothing here at my stream only test picture and test sound (beep) anybody notices the same?
Hey wait…my local dealer is part of a GM Cadillac-Hummer dealership. Wonder what that means going forward?
Oh well. As long as Saab is alive…that’s all that matters for now.
Another link from the live event: (not started yet)
http://svtplay.se/v/1862551/rapport/presskonferens_om_spyker_och_saab
Saabs United and all you supporters has given us,
at Saab, the energy to keep on working while waiting for the news that Saab is finally
going to be sold.
It has been a long journey with lots of ups and downs, and at times, when it felt hopeless, it was comforting to see all the support for Saab around the globe.
Today (26 Jan 2010), will for ever be a day in the Saab history to remember because Saab has been sold instead of being winded down.
Thank you all for your fantastic support for the survival of Saab.
I’m a SW Engineer at Saab Automobile AB.
Where’s the VM & JAJ’s press conference link? Anybody? Has it started?
Jepp, untill 20:40 I guess
Apparently the Swedish givt backing of the EIB loan is contingent on Saab becoming more green.
I like green and all, but what about 300+hp Aero models? I require these :p
Sorry…. I’m the same now. They must just be warming up
Only works in Sweden!
This is great news, and I hope Saab can be successful going forward with their promising near future lineup. Although Saab-Spyker will be a small company, the continued relationship with GM should help them amortize costs, which will be important in keeping development costs manageable.
Also, Jalopnik is having a poll to decide the cars for a Forza Motorsport 3 car pack they are putting together. The 1993 Saab 900 Turbo is one of the cars up for voting (The 99 Turbo having been voted out yesterday) and to win it seems a lot of cars are getting alot of votes from their fans off Jalopnik, so Saab fans should vote in it too;
http://jalopnik.com/5457337/forzalopnik-round-one-group-vi
Where can I find a pricelist (PDF) for the new 9-5?
SAAB in my blood.
Swade – thank you for all the lost sleep. I truly believe your efforts here, along with all those involved in the SAAB Support Convoys, made this happen.
Victor – Congrats. Starting today I will begin the campaigns to get the wife to trade-in her Lexus for a 9-4X and my father-in-law to trade in his Mercedes for a 9-5 sedan.
And I can’t wait to take delivery of my new 2012 9-5 SportCombi. Thank you for making that possible.
A saga for the ages… Amazing, from SU all the way on up, congratulations to all involved. Let’s take a breather and celebrate, then all of the hard work to turn Saab into a world-beating brand begins!
Only for people in Sweden
Saab Up
Is anyone getting anything but a beeping bouncy circle thing from the live feed? Am I watching the right one?
Today (26 Jan 2010), will for ever be a day in the Saab history to remember because Saab has been sold instead of being winded down.
26 Jan 2010: Annual Saab Revival Festival
it started
Well done to all involved! Thank you Swade for all the time you put in SU. I wish Victor will offer you a major role in the new business and with your passion for SAAB, you transmit very well, it could be a very positive move for the company. You also have an excellent analytic profile.
Victor, Great work! I’m convinced if you have succeeded to negociate with GM, you will succeed to manage successfully the future of SAAB and we also feel your passion for SAAB. A lot of work is ahead to rebuild a company and an image. Good luck!
As SAAB fans and customers, it is our role to continue to show our passion and follow the media for the right messages.
I think all the efforts from the SAAB community over the last year will contribute to the success of the new saab-spyker company.
Thanks to GM for all your efforts. I’m quite sure they spent a lot of time in the deal with Kegg and Sypker.
Full press release from Spyker:
http://www.spykercars.nl/download/artikel/statement_SAAB_jan_26_final.pdf
Link
http://www.rtl.nl/components/financien/rtlz/miMedia/livestream/insb.xml
now its starting…
It’s starting for real now
Follow the RTL link posted by Mike900
Spyker press conference starting!
http://www.rtl.nl/components/financien/rtlz/miMedia/livestream/insb.xml
http://www.rtl.nl/components/financien/rtlz/miMedia/livestream/insb.xml
screen has come up….
the feed is starting. for us people i am watching it here
http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter/nyhetskanalen?videoId=1.1052162
You are welcome, Python!
Please tell all your fellow Saab employees in Trollhattan that we are so happy for you! I can’t imagine what it has been like for all of you this past year. I also can’t imagine the great good feeling you all must have today! It will be an exciting day tomorrow I am sure.
Fabulous news. Well done Swade. You pulled together a very important group of people. I am not sure we would have this result without the power of the internet and people like yourself to keep the momentum and the pressure up. Well done to all – everyone has done their little bit in fighting the cause. What shall we save next? – oh and start saving the pennies, now is the time to put that deposit on the new SAAB. Victor has helped us keep our brand, let’s help him sell cars.
WOOOOW !!! That is it ! Thanks to Victor Muller, Spyker and all people who are involved ! And Thanks to GM that you have moved ! The last week was very long……….
Congratulations to all SAAB owners and Swade!
Swade, SAAB/Spyker would be smart to hire on you as an evangelist/rep in some fashion, I am so impressed with the way your organizational and motivational skills along with all the believers had a positive impact on this outcome.
btw – it’s amazing but after days of cloudiness, the sun finally came out here today as well!
Congratulations to everyone…
As the announcement was made, I was picking up our newest SAAB, number 7, a 1999 9-5 wagon…
I hope an NG9-5 will be number 8!
Pear Fizz party in NYC tonight!
Asher
PDF in Swedish.
And it
And it
And it
The comments from Saab employees are the ones making me smile more than any other. So glad things worked out for all of you!
Bunch of mics with no one behind them
There’s the greatest guy in the world, Victor!
Jan-Ake is there!!!
JAJ new CEO of Saab Spyker
BAD WORDS!!! I keep losing buffer.
JAJ rulezzzzzzz
Eric Geers is wearing an oranje tie to honour this Dutch day…
Congrats to the Saab community for pulling together and sending our message to SAVE SAAB.
It is our collection of efforts that helped make this real.
enjoy your day cause the real work begins tomorrow!!
Saab up!
Griffin Up!
Spyker Up!!
Darryl
Owner
New Salem Saab
Albany NY, USA
Saab Dealer since 1961
Sweede thanks you are a great entusiast!
Finally we will get SAAB, SAAB…. an not SAAB-OPEL… Hopefully my next SAAB will be electric…
konf now tv4 play
YES!!
Victor Muller and Steven Wade, I thank you both from the bottom of my heart. I had a “date” with my wife and promised myself that I would not check the situation from my mobile. After we departed my heart started pounding and then…a relief.
I am so happy for Saab, all its employees and us Saabistis. I was physically sick in the dec 18th and now…teary-eyed and feeling better than in a long long time.
We enthusiast can be enthrilled that our beloved brand now has a true enthusiast owner. Great things are bound to happen.
Than you my fellow ladies and gentlemen of Saabsunited – it
A job well done! Congrats Swade for the scoop. Thanks for all the hard work and the calls!
An now, start breaking into your piggy banks! Start filling in them order forms and BUY SAAB. Add to your collection, there will be plenty of goodies to choose from.
Thank you so much to all involved! What a happy day!! YEEESS…
)
And, hey, Dutchys: Now you are allowed to become football world champion!
Happy greetz from Germany!
JAJ UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Press conference started
—> Go JaJ!!!
Ya Ya Ya, it’s done. Well done. Good job by Spykers. We are all very happy togheter. Saabs world won!
Thanks to all friends over the world for the support. My special thanks to SWADE. Special thanks to MERBANCO, GENII, KOENIGGSEGG …..
Save warmfull greetings from Slovakia
SaabSpyker Automobile UP!! SAAB UP!
“Oh, happy day!”
Congratulation and many thanks to Victor, to Swade, to David Blumberg, to the Dutch Saab Club and all people involved!
Griffin Up!
Finally! Tomorrow I’m going to the Saab dealer to swap the BMW for a Saab 9-3 SC. That’s a purchase I would’ve gone through with anyway. But these very good news will make the trip an even more enjoyable one. And I definitely feel more secure about the future both for existing SAAB owners and those becoming one.
I would like to thank you Steven on behalf of Russian SaabCommunity.
Your efforts are worthy great respect and I’m sure that this will be very useful for you in the future!
You managed to unite different people from all over the world, you managed to erase borders and language barriers and this is great!!
As you have said already SU is nothing without our favourite cars, but I’d like to add that Saab is nothing without such outstanding people like you and Saabers that I “met” here, at SU.
Though it was a very long and dramatic story, now I can say that I’m even glad because these events have united us as we were one, one more player at VM’s side!
I think even if the end of this saga would be different, I think that all of us have already earned a lot!
We are really a Community, members of the Big Saab Family!
Thanks EnG for your efforts too!! Cheers mate!!
Thanks to CJ!
Thanks to VM for keeping his promises, and keep going!!
And of course Thanks to all Saab Enthusiast in the World!!! We are the Best!!
Best regards from Russia!!
I think we may have destroyed the internet
Praise the Lord…
Congrats everyone… Swade, you and this site made a difference. Well done…
This was taken last summer, in Sweden. This gentleman worked on the dashboard design for the new 9-5, we were hoping for Victory even then! I added the letters a few days ago, I’ve been saving it for this moment…
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4307392930_4a8b345298_o.jpg
im really happy!!! thx for your hard work!!!
Woot! Woot!
Thank you Victor!!!!!!
Swade, a bit of a coincidence today is also Australia Day. Hope you had a good one!
)
JAJ CEO of Saab-Spyker. Wonderful news!
It’s going to be much easier getting up for work tomorrow
Big thank’s and congrats to Victor.
And sincerest appreciation to Swade for bringing to us SU.com.
Now I just will pray for Victor to be able to keep-up all the good intention he has for the SAAB and SAAB to prosper under the new ownership.
Press conference continuing:
—> Go Victor!!!
These are amazing news! Thank you Swade , thanks to VM! Griffin Up!
Victor did it! Amazing. Standard reaction in Holland will be: Let’s wait and see. But I take my hat off for Vic for this accomplishment.
Fantastic!!!!!!!! SAAB continues to live on! Best of luck to Spyker in reviving the brand and THANKS to all that made the deal happen!
Awesome!
Listening to JAJ live. Listening to Muller now. Touched to the level of tears! Muller as well as JAJ thanking the brand followers…
Whoever is bumping the mic on the tv4 stream needs to die in a hole.
Jop chef
Bis dann!
Saab up!
I hope Saab in zukunft, learns from it and, finally, again to own strength finds. Saab is finally free of GM.
Hopefully comes out in future 900 classical periods revised anew. Just as in 9000 and of course a 9-3 Viggen this would be really great.
great job swade !! keeping us from tippin over the thin red line…keep us calm..sorting those who exceed ..great job again!! look like u been born for that brand!!
Wonderful image, Betsey. Hey, we (all) made it!
Felicidades desde Espa
To VM and the Spyker guys, to all the employees of SAAB I raise my glass of 45yr old malt whisky and drink them a toast!
Thanks for your tenacity and your endurance!
Thanks for the SAABs I have already had the pleasure to own and drive!
Thanks for the SAABs to come that will finally reflect again the true spirit and attitude of the brand!
Thanks Ed for doing the right thing and letting SAAB go! It took you long enough but hey, better late than never, right?
SAAB UP!
SPYKER UP!
GRIFFIN UP!
VM UP!
TROLLS UP!
I’m late to the party y’all
I fell asleep this morning with a comment half finished on my computer that said,
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