Author Archives: Swade

Thoughts on the sale of Saab Automobile

October 28, 2011 22:34 Line

By: Swade

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The deal to sell Saab came through in the late afternoon for me here in Australia. There were a couple of conference calls back to the office and a few emails here and there, just to try and share the …
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Victor Muller speaks about Saab sale

October 28, 2011 10:30 Line

By: Swade

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Saab’s Chairman and CEO, Victor Muller, spoke with Swedish Radio this morning about the deal just announced to sell Saab to Youngman and Pang Da. As you can tell, the whole thing’s been pretty tiring for him and the Saab …
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Press Release: SWEDISH AUTOMOBILE SIGNS MOU WITH PANG DA AND YOUGMAN FOR THE SALE OF SAAB AUTOMOBILE AND SAAB GB

October 28, 2011 9:46 Line

By: Swade

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Zeewolde, The Netherlands, 28 October 2011 – Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) announces that it entered into a memorandum of understanding with Pang Da and Youngman for the sale and purchase of 100% of the shares of Saab Automobile AB (Saab …
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Press Release: SWEDISH AUTOMOBILE ISSUES SUBSCRIPTION NOTICE UNDER GEM FACILITY

October 28, 2011 9:40 Line

By: Swade

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Zeewolde, The Netherlands, 28 October 2011 – Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) announces that it issued a subscription notice for 3 million shares under the current EUR 150 million equity facility between Swan and GEM Global Yield Fund Limited. The exact …
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At the end of the world…..

October 28, 2011 2:37 Line

By: Swade

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Could this be the northernmost Saab ….. (cue Clarkson voice) ….. in the world? Arjan Bronkhorst is a professional photographer – and a Saab fan – so when he spotted an early model Saab 900 abandoned in Spitsbergen he just …
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Saabosphere – links we like this week

October 27, 2011 11:05 Line

By: Swade

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I have a feeling that next week, we’re going to be liking a lot of links from Ohio! For this week, however, here’s a quick run down of some key Saaby stories on the web. —— Life with Saab has …
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We need your Saab images for a Facebook milestone celebration!

October 27, 2011 4:04 Line

By: Swade

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UPDATE: We are now over 99,400 fans and growing. The ETA for 100,000 is somewhere early next week. We’ve already received in excess of 1,000 images for use in the mosaic but we want more!!! I’m preparing two mosaic base …
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HUGE Saab promotion in Ohio – Snap up a Saab!

October 26, 2011 0:45 Line

By: Swade

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Saab of North Olmsted are undertaking a massive Saab promotion next month and if you’re in their region, north-eastern Ohio, then YOU could play a big part in it. For four consecutive weeks, Saab of North Olmsted will give out …
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2011 Viking Rally

October 25, 2011 14:43 Line

By: Swade

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The Dutch can lay claim to many things in this world. Historic explorers, seas of orange sports fans, Victor Muller, hash bars (no link between those last two, by the way) and something that might surprise a few of you: …
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A thought on Saab marketing and service

October 25, 2011 1:54 Line

By: Swade

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From the people I talk to, I know there’s a lot of interest in Saab’s marketing and advertising. As a prelude to our Q&A part 2, where one of the questions related to this, I can foreshadow the answer by …
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