Article: SAAB production to restart in August

[rpiereck]

You can view the page at http://saabworld.net/content.php?r=9...tart-in-August

[Burnsside42]

Didn't realize the ENGINES rights were sold to the BAIC as well - that sucks. It was a good series of engines - but it was an old engine in need of a worthy replacement - which imho, never came.

[rpiereck]

Didn't realize the ENGINES rights were sold to the BAIC as well - that sucks. It was a good series of engines - but it was an old engine in need of a worthy replacement - which imho, never came.

Old news but BAIC did indeed buy some SAAB assets like the H-engine: Beijing Auto Works | Confirmed: BAIC buys 3 Saab platforms, and two turbo engines | China Car Times - China Auto News and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing...ology_transfer

[nordwulf]

In another article from P4 West, it is mentioned, NEVS said in the letter to their suppliers "We will in the foreseeable future offer very competitive conventional powertrains both 9-3 platform and our new platform."

Mikael Östlund, NEVS press officer, said to P4 West 'We do not want to close any doors to a market demand for our products, but we look at the demand and make decisions based on that.'

Nevs vill utveckla nya bensinbilar

Perhaps they should change their name from NEVS to NVS. I still don't understand what National refers to.

120.000 vehicles within 2 years? As with everything concerning Saab in the past 4 years, let's just wait and see..

[rpiereck]

All these late news are very optimistic for the brand, but I think while they might ultimately be great news for those formerly employed by the old SAAB in Trollhättan, we still need to see what this will mean for the European and American SAAB consumer and enthusiast.

120,000 vehicles is highly optimistic especially when you consider that on SAAB's best year ever they sold 135,000 cars. Me thinks the market attitude both in the US and the EU will be a wait-and-see, while sales might be stronger in China on the beginning.

There is interesting conversation on the topic at Swade's blog (NEVS press release on the Chinese Saab factory and my 2 cents on the whole shebang - Swadeology), where someone alludes to something I did not know, that Saab-named cars can only be made in Sweden, not in China, where they might be named 瑞典汽車 (Chinese for Swedish Automobile). (NEVS press release on the Chinese Saab factory and my 2 cents on the whole shebang - Swadeology)

[Dave T]

If it is the same engine, I am optimistic. If the 9-3 gets a new engine, I am not optimistic that production will restart in August.