Bloomberg is reporting that GM has settled on Swedish specialty automaker Koenigsegg as the best suitor for Saab.
AutoObserver: GM Picks Koenigsegg as Front-Runner for Saab
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tryan says:
11:18 AM, 06/11/09
Well, at least the brand will make a return to ownership within its homeland.
Check this out, the news already made it to Koenigsegg's Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koenigsegg
We definitely live in the age of instant, real-time chronicling of events, don't we?
elciddragon says:
12:56 PM, 06/11/09
I think this means that Saab is in for a very interesting next few years. I think that a brand like Koenigsegg will inspire some true sporty cars from Saab and really bring them back to their fighter jet days since the closest you can get to an airplane is a CCX!
estreka says:
07:13 PM, 06/11/09
Good choice I think. The question is, where can you buy Saabs once GM gives them the boot?
stovt001 says:
08:00 PM, 06/11/09
I think this will go well. I'll be very interested to see what fruits this bears. It is too bad to see it leave GM since even though the brand itself isn't profitable, the turbo 4 cyl technology really helped GM.
brn says:
06:23 AM, 06/12/09
I'm having a hard time with the logistics of this. How does a tiny (aren't they less than 100 people?) specialty car builder take over and successfully run a company like Saab?
This makes less sense than Fiat taking over Chrysler.
firstwagon says:
12:10 PM, 06/12/09
You don't need a lot of people to run a company, quite the opposite really (GM has proven that).
What you need it the right people.(and good capital backing).
This could be the saviour for SAAB. GM wasn't doing anything productive with it anyhow.
redliner says:
04:56 PM, 06/12/09
Hmm, I think this could be the start of somthing good.