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I echo your sentiments on this one:both as far as the design is concerned, and as far as congratulating SAAB staff for doing this on such a resource scarcity.

I’m in Askersund this week and I saw it on the news this morning while having breakfast… Truly sh*tty news…

Glad to see some activity going on!

Well, cheaper for sure as the pie-in-the-sky factor in electric cars is still quite present, though technology advances will surely make electric cars less and less “pie-in-the-sky”… however, cheaper is still […]

As long as there’s sufficient demand and they have the SEK to fund the restart-to-new-products cycle, I’m all for it.

Vector + Aero trims (both basically fully loaded) with the Aero bringing enhancements power-wise and handling-wise. For the extra special, get someone to do a Viggen limited edition.

And yes, I think this […]

Spyker is a money burning black hole, yes.

Well, 20% ownership can be used as a threshold in measuring significant control over a company’s operations. Given that Spyker itself is/was essentially bankrupt, Youngmang providing the financing would make them […]

Well, the Isettas carried BMW’s logo, so… I don’t see much of an issue with this. I’d only worry about brand identity loss for BMW if they showed FWD 3-Series and 5-Series models

SAAB was a fit for BMW a few years back when BMW presumably did look into SAAB (something a former GM little birdie e-mailed to me a few months back)

Right now, why bother? BMW gas a clever product […]

BMW reportedly took a look into SAAB before GM’s bankruptcy and decided to look elsewhere. Pretty much standard business development work…

Unhappy to see Saabsunited opening the door to comments on US politics… Apologies if what I’m about to write is too strong, or even seen as innapropriate, but I’d rather see entries on how SAAB could eventually […]

Didn’t know MapTun Performanceis located in Örebro… I was in Örebro 2 weeks ago; lovely city!

Other considerations would be Youngman taking an equity stake in SAAB Automobile AB, and what that could mean to GM-owned IP. GM might be stupid sometimes, but their stupidity usually lies on product planning, not […]

Eastern Europe, Russia and Latin Amercia are kinda big on sedans, right? Other than that (and volume in those markets might not justify building a sedan), fully agree with your view.

Youngman is not exactly a bank, so SAAB wouldn’t simply borrow money from Youngman; other considerations were part of that deal hence GM’s rejection of said deal. GM would be stupid to jeopardize its relationship […]

Expected… It’s the biggest challenge apart from financing to whoever buys SAAB (assuming the whole thing being sold here)…

Well… ‘Retirement’, ‘pursue other personal projects’, and such, are pretty much the standard ways to annouce a departure of a senior company official. They don’t always have to be the ultimate reasons (as those […]

They’re not here… What were they about?

Aha! Not familiar with that part of Göteborg… I kept closer to the city centre when I visited back in 2007… Miss the city!