Last week we featured a pretty good presentation on Dutch television by Victor Muller and on the weekend we even got a version with subtitles!
I had a story forwarded to me by mail over the weekend, too, which is relevant to all this.
Present in the studio audience at the Pauw & Wittemann show were various members of the crew who organised the Saab Support Convoy in Holland.
I’ll let Stephan continue….
A substantial delegation of the SSC NL organisation was invited to be present during the live broadcast. And we had to park our cars somewhere, so in true Amsterdam style we double parked. The camera liked it. When the camera shows the Saabs in the front of the building you can spot the shields of the SCC NL.
Afterwards there was an informal meet & greet and VM received a SSC NL shield with the number 26.1. And yes we stayed calm and thanked him.
The live broadcast was fun, but not as interactive as we hoped. Afterwards the informal meet & greet made up for the earlier lack of interaction with the audience.
VM seems very focused, and with great drive to make Saab a success.
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Victory for Victor!
Oh this does make me very jealous! How I’d love to shake hands with the man that saved my beloved brand.
Another note, IIRC, Spykers currently use a Toyota powerplant right? Does VM/Spyker have any plans to use Saab tech to help build an in house engine to be used in Spykers?
Spykers are commonly using an Audi V8 engine
No they use Audi V8′s that they modify to their own specs. What made you think they use Toyota engines?
I’ve no idea why I thought Toyota. But the question does still stand – have they made any mention of becoming more independent as far as engines are concerned? Perhaps borrow from Saab turbo tech?
Well I am happy to note that he has at least one more suit beside the pinstripe one he was wearing all the time in Sweden, I was getting worried.
Victor Up!
Spyker has plans to use American engines as the dollar is pretty cheap in the EU. The Spyker D8 Paris-to-Peking is expected to receive an American V8.
Disturbing interview with J
Disturbing interview with J
Disturbing interview with J
J
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And noticing that J
Closing bold tag again!
I onmy side hope that not even Volvo is being sold to Geely !!!
But if this is the case, the fate of Volvo will prove Mr H
Amazing to see Joran speaking so freely. Wondering what was up with that Koenigsegg bid?
I really could care less about the identity of the mystery financier…as a percentage of the deal, it’s negligible over the long term. That Victor has rich contacts just gives me more confidence. Who do you personally know that you can ask for $74 million and get a yes?
Big fan of that guy.
Another good example how Saab nuts can support the brand in media, well done Dutch Saab club, well done.
DI.se are being quite mischevious in the report (again) I think. I’d love to speak with Joran Hagglund and get some real persective on that.
I would imagine that his ‘preference’ for China would be in the context of the potential for some lest risky longevity. I doubt his government would offer guarantees to someone and just days later he’d come out and say “I wish we had done it for someone else”.
Makes Spyker look bad and the government look incompetent – which is a double win for DI (after their efforts on the weekend).
If Spyker can buy Saab, why can’t Aston Martin buy Volvo? They are old Ford colleagues.
This is perhaps a bit worrying?
http://beurs.z24.nl/Details.aspx?id=197400
Please clarify your worry!
Really a nice idea…
We should not react to DI but act. This is getting ridiculous. Question is how?
Yes, this is really disturbing reading. I just couldn’t believe my eyes when I read this di.se article earlier today. This H
Why? Stocks tend to fluctuate during the day. As Spyker still needs a few week to get approval by the EU, EIB and others, people speculate on what can happen.
It doesn’t worry me that the stock was down 28 cents and up 20 cents today compared to Friday.
Check the one week graph ( I tried to post a link to that, but it went to the one day one )…. /\ … it leads me to believe most of the people buying the stock was looking for a short profit, instead of acctually believing in the deal…
Hi J
I agree to 100%. We should do something. I have just written a somewhat longer critical comment on DI.se on their way to write down Saab. They really use any possible occasion to create negative headlines about Saab. I reacted to an article where they reported current sales figures of the automotive industry headlined “Showroom hot again – but Saab ice cold”.
@Jyrkiboy : The initiative started on Saabforum.nl.
But the event was organised by Saab enthousiasts for Saab enthousiasts. That’s the bottomline
The DI article in the print edition is certainly very interesting reading. I think it’s important to see it in context, though. The reason why H
The DI article in the print edition is certainly very interesting reading. I think it’s important to see it in context, though. The reason why H
The DI article in the print edition is certainly very interesting reading. I think it’s important to see it in context, though. The reason why H
Thank you for this more complete information about the H
Does that paper’s website allow comments on every article? I think the least some swedisch speaking readers could do is to use these comments to confront them with the negativity and bullshit stories. So at least the online readers know there’s some people thinking otherwise…
That DI story really was an interesting read, so I’ve translated it in its entirety. I’m not sure how they feel about the story appearing online, but if some semi-anonymous goofball posts it as a comment, then surely Swade can’t be held accountable.
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I would suggest reading the first half of my last comment first, to understand the context of the interview and why H
That DI story really was an interesting read, so I’ve translated it in its entirety. I’m not sure how they feel about the story appearing online, but if some semi-anonymous goofball posts it as a comment, then surely Swade can’t be held accountable.
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I would suggest reading the first half of my last comment first, to understand the context of the interview and why H
That DI story really was an interesting read, so I’ve translated it in its entirety. I’m not sure how they feel about the story appearing online, but if some semi-anonymous goofball posts it as a comment, then surely Swade can’t be held accountable.
)
I would suggest reading the first half of my last comment first, to understand the context of the interview and why H
Thanks for your efforts!
Indeed a puzzling interview. I’m totally suprised that H
Can somebody tell me what was the problem with the Antonov family?
I mean, somebody said the Antonov family could be somehow linked to ilegal trading with weapons , on the other side the chinese gouvernment(the owner of BAIC) has sold weapons to regions with an UN weapon empbargo.
Maybe some of the IP of GM could end (illegally) in Russia, but we also know what China thinks about IP.
Still hoping for plan B for Volvo, no matter what Mr. H
It would be ironical if the reason for ejecting the Antonovs was illegal arms trading, when Saab (the other Saab) is constantly accused of bribery and such regarding arms deals, such as the Gripen fighter plane.
I think such accusations are customary regarding those large defence orders. With that kind of money there is a lot to lose, and a lot to win by making your opponent look bad. Bribery or no bribery, the accusations will allways show up.
Saab Up!
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