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Swade commented on the post, Victor helping Brightwell 2 weeks ago
VM is just one person. Saab had a whole executive leadership team running the place, not just him.
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Swade commented on the post, What I’d like to hear from a prospective buyer of Saab 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Hard to say. GM runs the Department of Weights and Measures, so no scales are reliable right now.
Comedy aside, I really don’t know. You’re as well informed as me right now. This post isn’t a prelude to an […]
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Swade commented on the post, What I’d like to hear from a prospective buyer of Saab 2 weeks, 2 days ago
The “deep pockets” theme would have disqualified Victor/Spyker immediately.
Current circumstances would back you in, but I don’t necessarily agree completely. VM was hamstrung by how certain things developed, […]
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Swade commented on the post, What I’d like to hear from a prospective buyer of Saab 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Nicola, I also came out strongly against some potential buyers of Saab back in 2009, although back then I gave reasons. As I signed confidentiality agreements when I joined Saab, I can’t talk further about my […]
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Swade wrote a new post, What I’d like to hear from a prospective buyer of Saab 2 weeks, 2 days ago
I used to work for Saab and I’m already missing the company and the people terribly. Like many of them, I’d love to work for Saab again if the conditions were right. But like many of them, I’d also need to know […]
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Swade commented on the post, City of Trollhättan has placed a bid! 1 month ago
RedJ – I’ll be visiting another brand’s motoring museum next week and they have just such a scheme. It’s pretty expensive, but it works, and the City (if successful) would be wise to copy the arrangement. […]
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Swade commented on the post, Saab’s technical manager Mats Fägerhag goes to Volvo 1 month ago
Mats is a blue-ribbon, A-grade person and technical wizard. When he says “I’m not a key factor to if Saab can restart or not”…. well, yes Saab could re-start without him, but it won’t have the same level of […]
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Swade wrote a new post, My Saab column in Auto Motor and Sport magazine 1 month, 1 week ago
The latest issue of Auto Motor and Sport magazine has a Saab section in it and I was invited to provide an article for that section. AMS has given me permission to reproduce the article in […]
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Swade wrote a new post, Potential investors vs media commentary about Saab Automobile 1 month, 3 weeks ago
There were times when I felt like a broken record whilst working on Inside Saab in the latter part of 2011.
As Swedish Automobile was a company listed on the Dutch stock exchange, the official company line […]
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Swade wrote a new post, Update: Jan 14/15th Saab Support Meetings 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Hi all,
I just wanted to take a quick opportunity to highlight the work being done by people around the world in organising Saab support meetings on the weekend of the 14th and 15th January next year.
When […]
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Swade commented on the post, Why January 14th could be very important for Saab and Saab owners 2 months ago
Reasonable, mate. That’s all. I’m even further out of the loop than you are
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Swade commented on the post, Why January 14th could be very important for Saab and Saab owners 2 months ago
Occasionally. Got lots going on at the moment….
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Swade wrote a new post, Why January 14th could be very important for Saab and Saab owners 2 months ago
NOTE: I’ve just been reminded that some gatherings will be on the 15th rather than on the 14th. Check outside-saab.com for when a gathering will be on in your area (or start one yerself!). Obviously, what’s […]
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Swade wrote a new post, D-Day? 2 months ago
Hi peeps. Swade here.
Tim got in touch and asked if there was anything I could add at SU with regard to the current discussion surrounding Saab and what we face today. Realistically speaking, there isn’t. […]
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Swade commented on the post, New administrator appointed 2 months, 1 week ago
G’day gents.
Just thought I’d drop in and reassure that all the people mentioned here – Jason, Mats, Kjell and other key personnel (Knut, Matthias, etc) – are all still on board and working within the […]
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Swade commented on the post, Driving the 9-4x Aero 3 months, 1 week ago
Very pleased you finally got a chance to take it for a spin, mate. It’s all I said it was, yes?
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Swade commented on the post, Fat Lady news snippets (What are GM and SweGov up to now?) 3 months, 1 week ago
A little bit of XWD history to add to this part of the discussion……
The guy responsible for the development and implementation of XWD into Saab (and de-facto into GM’s FWD platforms, which Saab had […]
Swade, what a big brain you have!