Former Saab PR Manager Jan-Willem Vester Passes Away

Saab is far from experiencing a healthy period as the company fights for life and hopes that General Motors would find a new investor able to keep it alive. But one more sad news surfaced today as Jan-Willem Vester, who was the communications manager for Saab USA, died last night as he suffered from a brain tumor.

Jan-Willem Vester was one of the Saab officials that left the company as part of GM's internal reorganization during the crisis. That was the moment when he discovered a tumor, most of the time until now being spent to fight with the disease, as saabunited.com wrote.

Unfortunately, his death might coincide with the death of the brand as parent manufacturer General Motors might decide to kill the company, just like Saturn and Pontiac. GM held talks with Koenigsegg but the Swedish sports car manufacturer decided to walk away from the deal a few weeks ago. This left GM with only two options: wait and hope that somebody else will submit a takeover proposal for Saab or scrap the brand.

The deadline for a final decision is December 31 but it appears that several parties have already expressed their interest in the Swedish brand. Details are not yet confirmed but if we go the rumors' way, BAIC and Spyker are looking into ways to take control of the company. Meanwhile, speculations are claiming that BAIC has already purchased production rights for the old Saab 9-5, a model that is projected to arrive in China as soon as next year.