Saab 9-3 Turbo Edition Rolled Out
4 May 2009, 10:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Saab has just announced the availability of a new Special Edition model for the 9-3 range that is especially aimed at reducing CO2 emissions while maintaining the same level of performance. Furtherm...
Geely Visits Saab, Hints at Potential Agreement
30 Apr 2009, 09:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After months of uncertainty regarding Saab's future, here we have the first official name that might become Saab's long-desired parent in the near future: Chinese auto group Geely has visi...
Saab Fashionista Hybrid, the MAYA Path
29 Apr 2009, 13:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fact that one of the iconic Swedish automotive brands is engaged in the battle of and for its existence is no secret anymore. Void of power, Saab sees itself circled by nameless investors, gath...
Spyshots: 2010 SAAB 9-5
28 Apr 2009, 08:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although some media reports claim that SAAB is going to bite the dust as soon as the end of the year, with General Motors struggling to revamp its business and get rid of the Swedish brand, the auto...
Saab Showcases Its Operations to Investors
17 Apr 2009, 14:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Tired or not of Saab's story, there is no getting around the Swedish manufacturer. The ever growing number of investors who are supposedly taking interest in GM's unwanted brand are now be...
Saab, Investors' El Dorado...
16 Apr 2009, 09:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...or plain and simple wishful thinking. Or perhaps a marketing stunt, given the fact that the brand is up for sale. We will probably never now, but at least the Swedish manufacturer keeps us up to ...
Saab Gets Bankruptcy Extension, Investors Pile Up
6 Apr 2009, 14:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GM's unwanted child Saab got an extension on its Chapter 11-like bankruptcy protection, as a Swedish court decided the company needs more time to restructure. The Vanersborg court approved the ...
Abu Dhabi Royal Family Wants Opel...
6 Apr 2009, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...not a vehicle, but the entire company. At least this is what the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper claims, as it quoted Sheikh Hamdan saying that, even if this is so, "no decision ha...
Hummer Still on Hold
31 Mar 2009, 10:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A final decision regarding the future of GM's Hummer brand has been postponed for at least "few weeks", as the company is trying to complete a sale, Autonews reported. "Our e...
Saab Cuts Workweek to Two Days
20 Mar 2009, 11:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Saab's survival story (we can't call it a fight, because there is none) is becoming more and more of a horror tale. With no prospects, no sales and no support, not even from their own gov...
SAAB: Dead Brand Walking...
18 Mar 2009, 17:54 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... A few decades ago - let's not go too far and say only three or four - Saab was the epitome of Swedish quirkiness on four wheels. No, it wasn't Volvo, whose sole original trait was (and...
Six to Eight "Very Large" Companies Interested in Buying Saab
17 Mar 2009, 16:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / GM's Swedish unit Saab is again making the headlines after Sweden's Industry Minister Maud Olofsson said that six to eight "very large" companies have expressed their intention t...
Marchionne: We'll Fight Like Hell
10 Mar 2009, 14:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The economic crisis came under threat today, as Fiat CEO, Sergio Marchionne, said his company will “fight like hell” to make money this year, Autonews reported. The Italian official also...
Volvo and Saab Should Merge, GM CEO Says
9 Mar 2009, 18:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bob Lutz found it useful to speak his mind at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show and advised Volvo and Saab to merge into one company, completely separate from Ford and General Motors. The advice comes not o...
Five Bidders for Saab
9 Mar 2009, 09:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Saab fight for survival revolves around their ability to attract new ownership. As it seems interested parties do not cue up to by the company, Saab takes the matter into its own hands and seeks to ...
GM Europe's Bankruptcy Would Mean 300,000 Lost Jobs
4 Mar 2009, 11:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GM Europe's failure to save itself from a possible bankruptcy would mean the loss of 300,000 jobs on the continent, affecting the people working in manufacturing plants, suppliers and dealers, ...
Saab Arctic Performance Video
3 Mar 2009, 10:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A good way not to show signs of weakness in the face of your own government's stubbornness to lend a helping hand is to keep walking, as the famous saying goes. Saab, still facing an uncertain ...
Saab Stops Production Because of Customs Issues
26 Feb 2009, 08:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Saab's sad story continues, as the company finds it more and more difficult with mother company GM's decision to let it go. The company finds itself alone in the dark, as their own governm...
Saab Makes BioPower Top Priority in Australia
25 Feb 2009, 11:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even though nobody knows for sure whether Saab will continue to exist as a GM brand or as a stand-alone company, the Swedish manufacturer continues to work as normal and concentrate on its own busin...
Swedish Government Ready to Give Volvo Guarantee Loan
24 Feb 2009, 16:18 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / After the stormy financial crisis struck the Swedish automaker and Ford threatened it was searching for someone to buy it, Volvo is finally seeing a ray of hope. According to Autonews, Sweden...