Comments on: Victor Muller speaks about Saab sale

By: Christophe Van Gampelaere

Christophe Van Gampelaere — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:11:00 +0000

Who cares what somebody else wants to pay for you car. Just keep it, and drive it untill it has 500.000 kms – then it will have been the best and at the same time cheapest car you ever had. I bought mine new, and I’m doing just that. Over the period that I had my car (8,5 years), my friends went through 2 or 3 cars, as theirs gave out at 150K – 180K kms. Every month I drive it, I save 800€ in lease cost that I otherwise would have spent on my next car.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:14:00 +0000

When this calms down, your 9-5 value might even go up!

I think the “users of these forums” is not only used car buyers, noor new car buyers. The users of these sites is mostly Saab buyers…

By: Ken Simons

Ken Simons — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:37:00 +0000

As we have all seen in acquisitions, first will come the announcement that there will be no changes, followed by the announcements of all of the various changes. Let us all hope that the new ownership can recognize those
elements that make Saab what it is and keep those elements in place. They will next need to communicate that
plan to us loyalists to help settle our nerves and keep us in the camp. And finally, Steven, my sincere thanks to
you for telling it like it is when you can, and letting us know when you cannot. Inside Saab is a valuable tool to
help us all understand what is going on, and without your honesty and openness, it becomes much harder to
stay loyal to this brand.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:39:00 +0000

I understand where you are coming from, but I take exception with your description of your 9-5 as “almost worthless”. Do you love your car? I love my Saab more than I could any other car – to me that’s priceless.

By: Just Saab

Just Saab — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:28:00 +0000

If I could give Victor one gift of thanks it would be sleep and time alone with his family.
Unfortunately, the work doesn’t stop for him. There’s a lot to be done to get to the mid-November close.
Thank you, Victor and Team Saab, for securing this brand’s future.

AJ Murphy
Just Saab

http://www.justsaab.com

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:37:00 +0000

Haven’t there been MOUs and promises of investment from these two companies before ? What makes this arrangement any different ? Wasn’t it their failure to pay up that got SAAB into bankruptcy protection in the first place. Until the money starts to flow, a little scepticism is necessary. Even if this deal works out there’s a long hard road back ahead. Why ? Just found out that my three year old 95 (one of many SAABs bought new) is only worth 20% of what I paid for it. It strikes me that many of the people using these type of forums don’t buy new SAABs – they buy great used bargains. But what SAAB will need is new car buyers in their droves and perhaps China is the only place that will now happen. Remember. when the ex-GM SAAB was producing cars they didn’t sell enough to generate enough cash to keep the business afloat. My wife will take a lot of persuading before she’ll ever let me buy a new SAAB again so I’ll watch with interest and hold on to my almost worthless 95 until things become clearer.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:11:00 +0000

I am hoping for the best, and grateful that Saab will continue, but not just in name only; I expect that they will build real Saabs (like my 2002 hatchback and 1996 convertible), and that when I pass these cars to my grandchildren – they will be able to get parts.

By: Jose Nino

Jose Nino — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:55:00 +0000

Indeed. Volvo has been widely acknowledged as being on top of their game right now, this under Chinese ownership. Additionally, Land Rover & Jaguar are done quite well and although people had concerns about their Indian owners, Tata, they too are at the top of their game.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:38:00 +0000

Not necessarily. Remember that Volvo is also owned by a Chinese company (Geeley), and no one is talking about Volvo’s pending demise.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:26:00 +0000

Victor says he will remain involved with Saab in the future; I hope so. He’s one man I feel I can trust to make Saab cars what Saab cars are supposed to be. I hope he doesn’t suffer any personal loss as a result of this deal. Thank you Victor for your tireless efforts.