Tag Archives: Swadeology

Goodbye from Inside Saab (for now)

December 21, 2011 23:50 Line

By: Swade

Comments (112)

Hi all, It’s been a quiet few days here on the site, basically because there’s no communications coming my way, nothing to say, and permission needed before I relate that nothingness to you anyway. All communications are now the domain …
Read more →

Quick thoughts on an ending

December 19, 2011 13:15 Line

By: Swade

Comments (142)

Apparently if I wait a few hours to write this, as I’d like to, then it would have to be approved first by whoever the court appoints as the bankruptcy administrator. Screw that. Like many of you, I’m going through …
Read more →

D-Day?

December 19, 2011 2:02 Line

By: Swade

Comments (14)

It’s Monday here in Australia as I write this. Later today, in Sweden, there will be a court hearing to determine whether Saab’s reorganisation should continue. To say there’s a lot hanging in the balance would be the understatement of …
Read more →

Watching the Saab reorganisation reports

December 17, 2011 1:08 Line

By: Swade

Comments (10)

Tis the season to be jolly nervous….. The Examiner is posing some Dear Santa questions from various stakeholders in the car industry: Saab Owners: A glimmer of hope for the future of their beloved, quirky sport sedan. Actually, I think …
Read more →

Why do you want Saab to survive?

December 8, 2011 14:56 Line

By: Swade

Comments (85)

I re-tweeted a message from Ben Pulman, the road-test editor of CAR Magazine, earlier today: The picture he links to is one of UrSaab, from the 1997 50th Anniversary photoshoot. I’ve written before about how, generally speaking, motoring media professionals …
Read more →

Waiting (again, still)

December 7, 2011 1:08 Line

By: Swade

Comments (18)

People are still working. People are still getting incredibly frustrated. I’m one of them. As I mentioned in one of my previous posts here, there seem to be so many big personalities involved in this affair and the focus is …
Read more →

Waiting (still….)

December 5, 2011 0:31 Line

By: Swade

Comments (6)

Thoughts for a new week……. A lot of people are writing to me, asking if we’re going to hear something soon about the sale (or otherwise) of Saab Automobile. Let me answer all of you at once: I’m waiting just …
Read more →

The ‘why?’ of Saab staying alive

November 22, 2011 12:21 Line

By: Swade

Comments (28)

We’ve all been hanging on the ‘what?’ for so long. We’re all fatigued due to the lack of visible, tangible progress in the potential sale of Saab Automobile. I’d like to take a moment and think again about the ‘why?’ …
Read more →

How did you end up buying your first Saab?

November 9, 2011 16:16 Line

By: Swade

Comments (26)

Something to pass the time…… A story from earlier in the week prompted a few Saab purchase stories from the pre-internet days. Forgetting the internet for a moment, it’s always interesting to hear how people first get into Saabs. I …
Read more →

The autoextremist on winners in the car industry

November 9, 2011 2:56 Line

By: Swade

Comment (1)

I’m a regular reader of many automotive columnists and this week’s Rants entry from the AutoExtremist caught my eye. The article is actually about Toyota and the troubles they’ve suffered in the last few years – some of which were …
Read more →