Monthly Archives: November 2011

Press release: Update On Proposed Sale Of Saab Automobile And Saab GB

November 7, 2011 20:43 Line

By: Ludvig

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Trollhättan, Sweden: Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) and Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile announce they have taken notice of a press statement issued by General Motors Company (General Motors) today regarding the proposed sale of all shares in Saab Automobile and …
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Saabosphere – links we liked this week

November 7, 2011 12:00 Line

By: Swade

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Let’s start with a few internal links……. —— The Saab dealer tour of Austria continues. Here’s the 9-4x in Klagenfurt/Carintha yesterday….. The tour continues today at Auto Eisner, Autohaus Winter and Auto Ebner and then moves on to other venues …
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Is the internet slowly strangling the car industry?

November 7, 2011 1:37 Line

By: Swade

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This might seem like a strange topic to write about, given that I now earn my living writing about a car company on the internet, but sometimes you’ve just got to roll with these things when they come to you. …
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Saab dealer tour begins in Austria

November 5, 2011 15:48 Line

By: Swade

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I just received the first images and thoughts from the Saab dealer tour that commenced in Austria today. This follows hot on the heels of the successful dealer tour in Germany over the last few weeks. The tour kicked off …
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What I learned about selling cars in the US, from the top-10 selling cars in the US

November 5, 2011 15:28 Line

By: Swade

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I got this article in my inbox from million-mile Saaber, Peter Gilbert. I don’t always get time to read every link that lands in my mailbox, but it’s a weekend and seeing the top 10 list for the US did …
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A brief thought, courtesy of GM

November 5, 2011 14:29 Line

By: Swade

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I read this in the Wall Street Journal this morning: STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)–The former owner of troubled Swedish car maker Saab Automobile AB, General Motors Co. (GM), said Friday it would have a difficult time supporting a change in ownership …
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Snap Up a Saab promotion finishing week 1

November 5, 2011 3:31 Line

By: Swade

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Want to get yourself a new Saab for just a single week’s hard work? Saab of North Olmsted kicked off their Snap Up a Saab competition last weekend and it looks like they had a great take-off. If you haven’t …
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Custom Saab: Saab 9000 Transporter

November 4, 2011 14:49 Line

By: Swade

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The observant ones amongst you would have noticed a rather unusual looking Saab 9000 in some recent photos from the dealership tour in Germany. Here’s one of them. And what’s that there in the back? A yellow Saab 9000? A …
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Video: Making a Saab 100K Mosaic

November 4, 2011 10:50 Line

By: Swade

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Got your Saab 100K mosaic yet? It was hard work printing, then pasting all those photos on to the paper, color matching them, etc. Paper cuts galore! But we got there eventually Here’s a time-lapse: —— Thanks again for submitting …
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Saab Dealer Tour spreads from Germany to Austria

November 4, 2011 0:07 Line

By: Swade

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I spoke with Henrik Claesson from Saab Germany a few days ago and the dealership tour they conducted through Germany over the last few weeks has been an outstanding success. The dealerships involved in the tour were very appreciative of …
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