First new Saabs arrive in Belgium

June 7, 2011June 7, 2011 by Red J

A Tweet from Sofie Van Damme from Saab Belgium says that the first (after production restart) have arrived at Saab Belgium.
Prove after the jump

Now those cars have to be distributed fast to the different dealerships !!

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Ruben NL

Aren’t they built to order then?

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Red J

I don’t know, but they should be.
In either case, the cars come first to the importer and then they are delivered to the correspondent dealership, or am I wrong?

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Ruben NL

In order to save time and money (transportation costs), I would direct the new cars to th dealers straight away. But you’re right: the deliveries are made through the dealers.

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Jos

Interesting question… I guess that depends on how you define “at the importer”, they do not have to fysically go the the importer, meaning Beherman’s head office (which I guess is located in Brussels, or Antwerp maybe). I guess they simply drive them of the ship onto a lot that is designated to Beherman, then from there they go onto trucks or trains that distribute them to the dealers throughout Benelux of beyond. I remember looking a the loading bill on a new 9-5 being loaded of a truck at my local dealership in NL and there was some routing… Read more »

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Red J

Well, my Dutch is not the best one, but reading her tweet, I feel like the cars are on the parking lot of Beherman.

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swissy

According to my dealer all cars destined for costumers in Europe (Ex-Scandinavia) are frist sent to Ghent in Belgium from where they are distributed to the dealerships.

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Henrik B.

Very good indeed!

Cheers!

P.S.: Isn’t Sofie just sweet looking. 😉
She must really suite a Saab well…

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TonymacUK

My 9-3 SE Sportwagon has landed in the UK, Dealer`s tomorrow, I collect Friday afternoon!