Monthly Archives: May 2011

Poll – What’s your favourite color Saab 9-3x?

May 4, 2011 9:22 Line

By: Swade

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I’d like to do a little experiment here. Yesterday I heard that one particular color in the Saab 9-3x range was the lowest selling color (there has to be one, of course) and thus was in danger of being cut …
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Saab 9-5 SportCombi durability testing

May 3, 2011 23:19 Line

By: Swade

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I’m spending quite a lot of time at the moment just visiting various departments within Saab, getting to know what they do. I spent a little time today at the climate controlled wind tunnel facility, where they can do various …
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Saabosphere – links we enjoyed this week

May 3, 2011 15:47 Line

By: Swade

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Following is a review of articles online about Saab that we enjoyed reading here at the Saab factory in Trollhattan. Please feel free to check them out for yourself. —— Saab Rises from its ashes at the New York Auto …
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Press Release: SAAB AUTOMOBILE AB ENTERS AGREEMENT WITH HAWTAI MOTOR GROUP ON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

May 3, 2011 8:22 Line

By: Swade

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Press conference live-tweeted on Twitter. —— Zeewolde, The Netherlands, 3 May 2011 – Following yesterday’s announcement that Spyker Cars N.V. (Spyker) secured its short term funding, Spyker announces today that Spyker and Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) signed an agreement …
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Relief and Determination

May 2, 2011 20:48 Line

By: Swade

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For those who haven’t heard yet, Saab has secured short term financing in the order of EUR 59.1million to re-start production at the factory. We are also set to announce a strategic partnership with Hawtai Motor Group, from China. The …
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Saab Automobile and Hawtai Motor Group to Announce Strategic Partnership

May 2, 2011 19:49 Line

By: Swade

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Saab Automobile and Hawtai Motor Group invite journalists to attend a press conference on May 3, 2011, for the unveiling and signing of an exciting strategic partnership between both parties. The press conference will take place at 14:30 Beijing time …
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Press Release: SAAB AUTOMOBILE SECURES SHORT-TERM FUNDING

May 2, 2011 16:30 Line

By: Swade

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I think the appropriate phrase is yeeeeeeeeee-haaaaa! —— Zeewolde, The Netherlands, 2 May 2011 – Spyker Cars N.V. (Spyker) announces that it secured the short-term funding of Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) by entering into a EUR 30 million convertible …
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Comment on events from April 30-May 1

May 2, 2011 14:02 Line

By: Swade

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After last week’s breakthrough, when the National Debt Office approved Vladimir Antonov as a shareholder in Spyker, we are now awaiting the decisions by GM, the EIB and the Swedish Government. Discussions are ongoing with members of the EU parliament …
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Saab 9-4x test drives now appearing online

May 2, 2011 10:54 Line

By: Swade

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It’s very exciting for us here at Saab to see test drive reports of the Saab 9-4x now appearing online. Long-lead publications had an opportunity to drive the Saab 9-4x at an event in the United States back in March. …
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