Comments on: Thoughts on the sale of Saab Automobile http://inside.saab.com/thoughts-on-the-sale-of-saab-automobile/ Lorum Ipsum tagline Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Bart Champagne http://inside.saab.com/thoughts-on-the-sale-of-saab-automobile/#comment-4613 Bart Champagne Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:03:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3580#comment-4613 Let's hope that the Chinese will not just drain the knowledge from Saab for their own use and dump what is left over. We don't want a second GM story. Well, at least I don't.   Let’s hope that the Chinese will not just drain the knowledge from Saab for their own use and dump what is left over. We don’t want a second GM story. Well, at least I don’t.
 

]]> By: Hans Rietveld http://inside.saab.com/thoughts-on-the-sale-of-saab-automobile/#comment-4612 Hans Rietveld Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:11:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3580#comment-4612 Excellent story Steven! Victor Muller is one of the persons who have been extremely important to SAAB. Without him SAAB no longer existed. I really hoped Victor had been able to make his dream come true and to produce the SAAB SAABS he had in mind. Even when his own dream fell apart, he fought probably 15 to 20 hours each day to save this beloved brand and he fought for everyone involved in SAAB. Not getting your pay check in time asks a lot of you (I’ve been in the same situation for over a year, so I know how you feel).  But at the end SAAB survives, most employees keep their jobs and Trollhättan will produce great cars. It has been suggested in one of the replies and I am totally in for it: I think we should have a SAAB ‘Victor Muller’ edition. Excellent story Steven!

Victor Muller is one of the persons who have been extremely important to SAAB. Without
him SAAB no longer existed. I really hoped Victor had been able to make his dream come true and to produce the SAAB SAABS he had in mind.

Even when his own dream fell apart, he fought probably 15 to 20 hours each day to save
this beloved brand and he fought for everyone involved in SAAB. Not getting your pay check in time asks a lot of you (I’ve been in the same situation for over a year, so I know how you feel).  But at the end SAAB survives, most employees keep their jobs and Trollhättan will
produce great cars.

It has been suggested in one of the replies and I am totally in for it: I think we should
have a SAAB ‘Victor Muller’ edition.

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/thoughts-on-the-sale-of-saab-automobile/#comment-4611 Anonymous Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:21:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3580#comment-4611 Muller will be remembered as the guy who saved Saab for 2-3 years. Swedish media for some reason is more an more lika a tabloid. You are not allowed to make money even if you invest heavily ourself. The big question now is will GM approve of the deal? That is a realy big hurdel in my book... Muller will be remembered as the guy who saved Saab for 2-3 years. Swedish media for some reason is more an more lika a tabloid. You are not allowed to make money even if you invest heavily ourself.

The big question now is will GM approve of the deal? That is a realy big hurdel in my book…

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/thoughts-on-the-sale-of-saab-automobile/#comment-4610 Anonymous Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:06:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3580#comment-4610 I also agree to to you Swade, and I do have a admire Victor for his enormous effort to save SAAB ! Thanks and all the best to SAAB! I also agree to to you Swade, and I do have a admire Victor for his enormous effort to save SAAB !
Thanks and all the best to SAAB!

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/thoughts-on-the-sale-of-saab-automobile/#comment-4607 Anonymous Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:58:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3580#comment-4607 Well, isn't it theoretically possible to throw the engine out, more batteries in and keep the rear electric axle only? Beefier motors might pose a problem, might not. Would also be good with quite a rework on the front suspension on that, I guess, but not necessary... Well, isn’t it theoretically possible to throw the engine out, more batteries in and keep the rear electric axle only? Beefier motors might pose a problem, might not. Would also be good with quite a rework on the front suspension on that, I guess, but not necessary…

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/thoughts-on-the-sale-of-saab-automobile/#comment-4606 Anonymous Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:41:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3580#comment-4606 I really hope that Victor Müller, as well as Jason Castriota and other amazing people I think he's gathered stays in the company. Too much changes in the management now and it will be hard to get back on track fast enough. When we can really say that SAAB is saved, and if it still looks like Victor did more than most of us could've done even in his seat, I think we need a Victor Müller edition of that upcoming 9-3. In a similar way, I think we really need a community edition of the 9-5. That save was something at least as special. We should all remember that it seems we can get this company through anything. We shouldn't ever be afraid of the future again. Griffin up, everybody! I really hope that Victor Müller, as well as Jason Castriota and other amazing people I think he’s gathered stays in the company. Too much changes in the management now and it will be hard to get back on track fast enough.

When we can really say that SAAB is saved, and if it still looks like Victor did more than most of us could’ve done even in his seat, I think we need a Victor Müller edition of that upcoming 9-3. In a similar way, I think we really need a community edition of the 9-5. That save was something at least as special.

We should all remember that it seems we can get this company through anything. We shouldn’t ever be afraid of the future again. Griffin up, everybody!

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/thoughts-on-the-sale-of-saab-automobile/#comment-4605 Anonymous Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:24:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3580#comment-4605 Muller did what he could - in the end it was a far cry from what he set out to do. As someone who watched his Saab's resale value disappear while waiting for production restart for six months - I'm not at all thrilled. He should have sold in July. Frankly, his turbo overheated in the last few weeks, I don't think he was far from breakdown in the end. All the best to Saab in the future, hopefully Swade will find the enthusiasm to root for his new masters. Muller did what he could – in the end it was a far cry from what he set out to do. As someone who watched his Saab’s resale value disappear while waiting for production restart for six months – I’m not at all thrilled. He should have sold in July. Frankly, his turbo overheated in the last few weeks, I don’t think he was far from breakdown in the end.

All the best to Saab in the future, hopefully Swade will find the enthusiasm to root for his new masters.

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/thoughts-on-the-sale-of-saab-automobile/#comment-4604 Anonymous Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:42:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3580#comment-4604 Looking forward to the day when everything is signed up :) Looking forward to the day when everything is signed up :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/thoughts-on-the-sale-of-saab-automobile/#comment-4603 Anonymous Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:53:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3580#comment-4603 What a great day for Saab and all of us. For me, VM will always be the one who didn't give up on Saab - and he was proved right! Now I can swap my leased 9.3 convertible into MY car :-) Thanks!!! What a great day for Saab and all of us.
For me, VM will always be the one who didn’t give up on Saab – and he was proved right!
Now I can swap my leased 9.3 convertible into MY car :-)
Thanks!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/thoughts-on-the-sale-of-saab-automobile/#comment-4602 Anonymous Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:21:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3580#comment-4602 Dear Swade, I fullheartedly agree with your comments on Victor. I find it frustrating to see that many people who do not have the guts to be an entrepreneur, are the first to point fingers. I have the same nationality as Victor, and I am proud to be Dutch and that I'm valuing entreppreneurship. If Victor would not have the appetite to take the risk of purchasing SAAB, SAAB would have been history. I hope that Victor will get the rewarrd he deserves. I would welcome him to be chief strategist and to safeguard together with Jason the SAAB values! Further I am not so worried that SAAB would have the same faith as Rover had a decade ago. There is so much value in the SAAB brand, and the Chinese are smart. The Chinese with ever increasing spending power are looking for premium products with its own idenitity. BMW and Audi are succesful. SAAB will be as well. I hope Victor will read this: Victor, goed gedaan! Ik heb diep respect voor je! Dear Swade,

I fullheartedly agree with your comments on Victor. I find it frustrating to see that many people who do not have the guts to be an entrepreneur, are the first to point fingers. I have the same nationality as Victor, and I am proud to be Dutch and that I’m valuing entreppreneurship. If Victor would not have the appetite to take the risk of purchasing SAAB, SAAB would have been history. I hope that Victor will get the rewarrd he deserves. I would welcome him to be chief strategist and to safeguard together with Jason the SAAB values! Further I am not so worried that SAAB would have the same faith as Rover had a decade ago. There is so much value in the SAAB brand, and the Chinese are smart. The Chinese with ever increasing spending power are looking for premium products with its own idenitity. BMW and Audi are succesful. SAAB will be as well. I hope Victor will read this: Victor, goed gedaan! Ik heb diep respect voor je!

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