Posts tonen met het label save saab museum. Alle posts tonen
Posts tonen met het label save saab museum. Alle posts tonen
woensdag 20 maart 2013
Team behind Save Saab Museum page
Today Ingrid has joined the team of our Save Saab Museum page. There are three Saabists now posting on the Save Saab Museum page on Facebook (and we have more than 1600 likes now). Ingrid is a Saabista driving in a 9-5NG sedan and living in Holland.
Simik is living in Los Angeles and drives a 9-5 too, he is very active in the Saab community of Los Angeles.
Rudy is living in Holland like Ingrid and has a 9-3 Convertible (besides that also a 9-3 sedan and a Saab 95V4). Together we want to enjoy you all with info about Saab and nice Saab pictures. Feel free to share your pictures and/or stories on our Facebook page!
dinsdag 2 oktober 2012
Save Saab Museum page on Facebook
Our Facebook page has more than 800 followers, (THANK YOU ALL) but still has the name "Save Saab Museum". As the Museum is saved, the name should be changed. Unfortunately this is not allowed by Facebook because the page has too many likes. I hope to write a letter or e-mail to Facebook somehow soon to ask them to make an exception. Unfortunately I did not find a way to contact Facebook. Does anyone know how to? In the mean time, please do not stop sending in pictures of Saabs.
And in case you want to Save your own Saab, above Saab (with Saab roofbox included) is for sale in the Netherlands for less than € 4000. Below a picture I`ve found on the web of an other Saab (not for sale as far as I know). I like the picture and wanted to share with the other Saabists.
donderdag 26 januari 2012
Saab museum saved!
As we all can see on the picture below Peter Bäckström from the Saab Museum is a happy man now. But we all are off course because the Museum Saab`s stay in Trollhättan.
Read here the Swedish article (if you`re able to because I`m not) about the Saab Museum, a happy Peter Bäckström and participation of the Saab Veterans. Feel free to post an English translation below for people like me.
Read here the Swedish article (if you`re able to because I`m not) about the Saab Museum, a happy Peter Bäckström and participation of the Saab Veterans. Feel free to post an English translation below for people like me.
dinsdag 24 januari 2012
Saab museum saved and stays in Trollhättan
Hip hip hurray! The Saab Museum stays in Trolhättan!
The city of Trollhättan, SAAB AB and The Wallenberg foundations have joined forces and to save the Saab Museum in Trollhättan. For the whole collection they have paid 28 million SEK.
The museum will remain in Trollhättan. The running costs of the museum, will be handled by the city of Trollhättan and Västragötalandsregionen (regional government). P4 West have previous reported that the region, the city and a collection of Saab-veterans wanted to take over the running of the museum. Read also this (dutch) article.
The city of Trollhättan, SAAB AB and The Wallenberg foundations have joined forces and to save the Saab Museum in Trollhättan. For the whole collection they have paid 28 million SEK.
The museum will remain in Trollhättan. The running costs of the museum, will be handled by the city of Trollhättan and Västragötalandsregionen (regional government). P4 West have previous reported that the region, the city and a collection of Saab-veterans wanted to take over the running of the museum. Read also this (dutch) article.
maandag 23 januari 2012
Trolhättan bid for museum not high enough
According to Ttela the bid of the city of Trollhättan for the complete car collection of the Saab Car Museum is not high enough. This because higher bids are placed.
Also the national museum in Stockholm has showed interest in the museum but lacks the financial funds to bid for the whole collection.
About the Innovatum plan we did not find news yet. Does this mean this bid was also too low?
From SU (no offence) there is no follow up visible about the e-mails we`ve sent. Am worried about the museum, not the cars. They`ll find their way to Saab lovers through the whole world soon.
Maybe it is possible to join forces (Innovatum/Trollhättan/Saab fans). If the Ursaab sleeps 2 month`s a year in the National Museum in Stockholm they might also participate in saving the Saab Museum.
Also the national museum in Stockholm has showed interest in the museum but lacks the financial funds to bid for the whole collection.
About the Innovatum plan we did not find news yet. Does this mean this bid was also too low?
From SU (no offence) there is no follow up visible about the e-mails we`ve sent. Am worried about the museum, not the cars. They`ll find their way to Saab lovers through the whole world soon.
Maybe it is possible to join forces (Innovatum/Trollhättan/Saab fans). If the Ursaab sleeps 2 month`s a year in the National Museum in Stockholm they might also participate in saving the Saab Museum.
zondag 22 januari 2012
Trollhättan bids for Saab museum too
According to the mayor of Trollhättan the city of Trollhättan has put in a bid for the complete Saab museum. As we all know there are more than 500 bids (not all of them for the complete Saab museum of course). There are more then 100 Saabs in the Museum, see them in this pdf.
There is the Innovatum bid too, unfortunately they did not join forces. Let us hope that one of these bids is high enough for the lawyers!
Besides that there are a lot of other bids as mentioned before. Like the bid for the 2 Saab cars above driving the Mille Miglia rally from 2011. SteveMcKelvie and his rally partner Harald von Langsdorff noticed that two of the museum cars had competed in the 2011 running of the Mille Miglia rally.
The Mille Miglia rally might be the most prestigious rally in the world at this time and just getting a car accepted for the rally is quite difficult. For example, this year they already have about 1,600 applicants for the 375 starting positions. Many very elegant, very expensive cars are not accepted. So when Mille Miglia eligible cars are for sale it provides an opportunity for someone to be able to enter the Mille Miglia. Harald and Steve pooled some funds and submitted a bid. More about these guys and their story on their blog.
There is the Innovatum bid too, unfortunately they did not join forces. Let us hope that one of these bids is high enough for the lawyers!
Besides that there are a lot of other bids as mentioned before. Like the bid for the 2 Saab cars above driving the Mille Miglia rally from 2011. SteveMcKelvie and his rally partner Harald von Langsdorff noticed that two of the museum cars had competed in the 2011 running of the Mille Miglia rally.
The Mille Miglia rally might be the most prestigious rally in the world at this time and just getting a car accepted for the rally is quite difficult. For example, this year they already have about 1,600 applicants for the 375 starting positions. Many very elegant, very expensive cars are not accepted. So when Mille Miglia eligible cars are for sale it provides an opportunity for someone to be able to enter the Mille Miglia. Harald and Steve pooled some funds and submitted a bid. More about these guys and their story on their blog.
zaterdag 21 januari 2012
No information about the Saab museum yet...
According to Ttela there is no new information about the Saab museum yet (because of the press conference just now in Gothenburg).
It just about one month after the bankruptcy now and the managers Hans Bergqvist and Anne-Marie Pouteaux are giving a press conference in Gothenburg.
They have received over 500 bids for cars of the museum, they should be evaluated next week, according to Anne-Marie Pouteaux.
The Swedish delegation that visited China and Youngman for two days came back with good news. There is no doubt that Youngman has sufficient strength to buy and develop Saab Automobile with sustained production in Trollhättan, says Christer Palm, representing the Swedish and European Organisation for the subcontractors, according to the Financial Times.
The group, (also representatives of the region and other stakeholders were included), visited several of Youngmans factories in Jinhua and were told by the owner Pang Qingian and his daughter Rachel Pang, president of Youngman Automotive. They presented a business plan for the visitors, and plans, according to DI, to start a Saab factory in Jinhua.
It just about one month after the bankruptcy now and the managers Hans Bergqvist and Anne-Marie Pouteaux are giving a press conference in Gothenburg.
They have received over 500 bids for cars of the museum, they should be evaluated next week, according to Anne-Marie Pouteaux.
The Swedish delegation that visited China and Youngman for two days came back with good news. There is no doubt that Youngman has sufficient strength to buy and develop Saab Automobile with sustained production in Trollhättan, says Christer Palm, representing the Swedish and European Organisation for the subcontractors, according to the Financial Times.
The group, (also representatives of the region and other stakeholders were included), visited several of Youngmans factories in Jinhua and were told by the owner Pang Qingian and his daughter Rachel Pang, president of Youngman Automotive. They presented a business plan for the visitors, and plans, according to DI, to start a Saab factory in Jinhua.
vrijdag 20 januari 2012
Saab 9-5NG history?
As we mentioned before Rachel Pang (image below) from Youngman is determined to obtain Saab and to start building cars again. At the moment the Turkish are also still in the race to save Saab. With these two companies interested in Saab the chances are rather high that the trolls can go back to work soon.
It seems that GM still wants to frustrate the rebirth of Saab. As we understood they do not want to coöperate with any new owner of Saab to sell them parts needed to complete a new Saab 9-5. Only for the Saab 9-3 it seems easier to start production again. Maybe they change their mind under certain conditions, e.g. not to sell the 9-5 in China? Read more on SU.
That GM is afraid of Saab so much is in fact a big compliment to the trolls. As I understood Ford is still willing to deliver parts to Geely (also Chinese) to complete Volvo cars. I do not understand why GM thinks so different compared to Ford. GM makes profit on these parts too right? Maybe I`m stupid but I do not understand why good cars need to be crushed too.
The Saab 9-3 back in production is a good start for New Saab, let`s hope that `ll be reality soon.
Finally, today is a very important day for the museum. Let`s hope the Innovatum bid `ll be accepted to buy all the cars of the museum. The Ursaab can stay in Trollhätan then, much easier for Rachel if she wants to show this car to prospects for New Saabs :). Unfortunately there is no news yet about the cars of the Saab museum.
It seems that GM still wants to frustrate the rebirth of Saab. As we understood they do not want to coöperate with any new owner of Saab to sell them parts needed to complete a new Saab 9-5. Only for the Saab 9-3 it seems easier to start production again. Maybe they change their mind under certain conditions, e.g. not to sell the 9-5 in China? Read more on SU.
That GM is afraid of Saab so much is in fact a big compliment to the trolls. As I understood Ford is still willing to deliver parts to Geely (also Chinese) to complete Volvo cars. I do not understand why GM thinks so different compared to Ford. GM makes profit on these parts too right? Maybe I`m stupid but I do not understand why good cars need to be crushed too.
The Saab 9-3 back in production is a good start for New Saab, let`s hope that `ll be reality soon.
Finally, today is a very important day for the museum. Let`s hope the Innovatum bid `ll be accepted to buy all the cars of the museum. The Ursaab can stay in Trollhätan then, much easier for Rachel if she wants to show this car to prospects for New Saabs :). Unfortunately there is no news yet about the cars of the Saab museum.
`ll the Ursaab move to Holland?
According to the Dutch newspaper Telegraaf there is a big chance that not only Saabs steel is sold to the Netherlands. The Louwman museum wants to have the Ursaab too (also the Swedish National Museum is interested in the Ursaab as we wrote earlier). Hope we know soon what happens with the Museum and the Ursaab as well. Today at noon is the deadline for bidding for cars of the museum.
Above a picture of the 96 Sport of Roger in front of the Louwman museum.
Click on the Ursaab image on top to go to the latest post on this blog!
Above a picture of the 96 Sport of Roger in front of the Louwman museum.
Click on the Ursaab image on top to go to the latest post on this blog!
woensdag 18 januari 2012
Production of new Saabs in 15 weeks?!
Rachel Pang from Youngman is scheduled to visit Sweden next week. Willing to put up 5 billion SEK, and another 5 billon SEK to develop the Phoenix platform/NG 900!
Part of the plan is to start up production of the Saab 9-3 in 15 weeks time. It seems that Youngman has found a way to work around the GM issues. Some parts of the 9-3 can be sourced through non-GM channels. The lawyer representing Youngman has said that the firm would seek to develop technology not controlled by GM.
If Rachel succeeds to obtain Saab (we all hope so) it is very important Saab`s heritage (the museum) remains alive. Please show your support by sending an e-mail with your details to museum@saabsunited.se.
Part of the plan is to start up production of the Saab 9-3 in 15 weeks time. It seems that Youngman has found a way to work around the GM issues. Some parts of the 9-3 can be sourced through non-GM channels. The lawyer representing Youngman has said that the firm would seek to develop technology not controlled by GM.
If Rachel succeeds to obtain Saab (we all hope so) it is very important Saab`s heritage (the museum) remains alive. Please show your support by sending an e-mail with your details to museum@saabsunited.se.
Swedish National Museum wants the Ursaab
The Swedish National Museum is interested in the Ursaab, which is an important part of Swedish design history.
The first Saab car ever has aroused interest in Stockholm. The black vehicle from 1947 is designed by Sixten Sason, one of the pioneers of Swedish industrial design. Sason started as a draftsman at Saab in 1939.
On this PDF you can watch the complete current collection of the Saab Museum.
The first Saab car ever has aroused interest in Stockholm. The black vehicle from 1947 is designed by Sixten Sason, one of the pioneers of Swedish industrial design. Sason started as a draftsman at Saab in 1939.
On this PDF you can watch the complete current collection of the Saab Museum.
Youngman back in the race for Saab
Update: A source close to SU says that Youngman is back in the race. The receivers are now back in touch with Youngman.
Several stakeholders are critical of the way the bankruptcy gets handled. TTela reports: “What are the receivers doing? That is the question posed by several stakeholders concerning Saab’s bankruptcy – Youngman’s advances are rejected, the Swedish stakeholders receives no feedback while Semcon could be getting their hands on some of the estate.”.
Fredrik Sidahl, CEO of FKG (An interest group for suppliers in Scandinavia), points out that the receivers were invited to visit Youngman’s facilities in China, but will not be represented today. “Every proposal for a complete solution should be carefully examined”. He notes that the receivers have not been in touch with neither himself nor any of his member companies.
Instead, among others, IF Metall (one of the unions) will meet with Youngman.
Lars Holmqvist, CEO of CLEPA, is also critical: “One can voice different opinion of Youngman, but they are the only ones truly familiar with the case after having spent half a year negotiating with the company. For other interested parties it would take months before a complete solution could be presented. There is no available time for that.”
“Youngman has a plan involving the next generation 9-3, producing a new Lotus in the Saab factory and access the Phoenix technology. They should be considered.”
On the contrary, the bankruptcy estate is running out of cash. “They are forced to divest assets in order to operate properly”.
Divesting assets makes it harder to reach a complete solution. Semcon seems to be getting closer to acquiring certain assets. Saab AB has also been mentioned having similar interests.
“There are assets that are interesting to many, but if these are divested what remains could be worth nill. And that could cause problems finding a solution that covers everything” says Darko Davidovic, General Counsel for IF Metall.
Saab AB’s spoke person Erik Magni says “We are interested in Saab’s engineers, through Combitech, which is something we have announced. That is all I know.”
CLEPA’s Lars Holmqvist thinks it starts smoldering [I have no idea how to translate "pyra" in this sentence -- going with Google for now] with his member companies. “They have debts of 1.5 billion SEK. If Saab gets split up they will not be able to recover debts. They want the production to restart. I do not want to make threats, but many big suppliers are staffed with lawyers who they can assign to look into this matter.”
TTela has not been able to reach Semcon and the receivers about this – and other matters. The receiver yesterday called for a press conference on Saturday.
Besides that, according to SaabsUnited the Turkish company Brightwell is also still in the race for Saab. According to that article the receivers are focused on the Turks. “I work closely with Victor Muller, the receivers and others from Saab’s management group” says Brightwell’s Zamier Ahmed – which is even confirmed by Victor Muller.
The lawyers of the bankruptcy work have invited selected media to attend a pressconference in Göteborg this Saturday. Maybe that is a good sign?
It all makes clear it is not over yet for Saab. That is the good news for today. Let us hope no one places a bid for (parts of) the museum too. Thus giving Innovatum a fair chance to take over the museum.
I`ve made the above picture last monday at Zeeland Airport by the way, a good day to drive with my Troll. I hope to be present at IntSaab this year with my Troll and one of my 9-3`s.
Several stakeholders are critical of the way the bankruptcy gets handled. TTela reports: “What are the receivers doing? That is the question posed by several stakeholders concerning Saab’s bankruptcy – Youngman’s advances are rejected, the Swedish stakeholders receives no feedback while Semcon could be getting their hands on some of the estate.”.
Fredrik Sidahl, CEO of FKG (An interest group for suppliers in Scandinavia), points out that the receivers were invited to visit Youngman’s facilities in China, but will not be represented today. “Every proposal for a complete solution should be carefully examined”. He notes that the receivers have not been in touch with neither himself nor any of his member companies.
Instead, among others, IF Metall (one of the unions) will meet with Youngman.
Lars Holmqvist, CEO of CLEPA, is also critical: “One can voice different opinion of Youngman, but they are the only ones truly familiar with the case after having spent half a year negotiating with the company. For other interested parties it would take months before a complete solution could be presented. There is no available time for that.”
“Youngman has a plan involving the next generation 9-3, producing a new Lotus in the Saab factory and access the Phoenix technology. They should be considered.”
On the contrary, the bankruptcy estate is running out of cash. “They are forced to divest assets in order to operate properly”.
Divesting assets makes it harder to reach a complete solution. Semcon seems to be getting closer to acquiring certain assets. Saab AB has also been mentioned having similar interests.
“There are assets that are interesting to many, but if these are divested what remains could be worth nill. And that could cause problems finding a solution that covers everything” says Darko Davidovic, General Counsel for IF Metall.
Saab AB’s spoke person Erik Magni says “We are interested in Saab’s engineers, through Combitech, which is something we have announced. That is all I know.”
CLEPA’s Lars Holmqvist thinks it starts smoldering [I have no idea how to translate "pyra" in this sentence -- going with Google for now] with his member companies. “They have debts of 1.5 billion SEK. If Saab gets split up they will not be able to recover debts. They want the production to restart. I do not want to make threats, but many big suppliers are staffed with lawyers who they can assign to look into this matter.”
TTela has not been able to reach Semcon and the receivers about this – and other matters. The receiver yesterday called for a press conference on Saturday.
Besides that, according to SaabsUnited the Turkish company Brightwell is also still in the race for Saab. According to that article the receivers are focused on the Turks. “I work closely with Victor Muller, the receivers and others from Saab’s management group” says Brightwell’s Zamier Ahmed – which is even confirmed by Victor Muller.
The lawyers of the bankruptcy work have invited selected media to attend a pressconference in Göteborg this Saturday. Maybe that is a good sign?
It all makes clear it is not over yet for Saab. That is the good news for today. Let us hope no one places a bid for (parts of) the museum too. Thus giving Innovatum a fair chance to take over the museum.
I`ve made the above picture last monday at Zeeland Airport by the way, a good day to drive with my Troll. I hope to be present at IntSaab this year with my Troll and one of my 9-3`s.
dinsdag 17 januari 2012
Administrators are hitting the brakes...
Unfortunately the administrators are hitting the brakes to save Saab (& Saab Museum). Read the post of SU below:
From Dagens Industri: Chinese Youngman are pushing to speed up negotiations for a purchase of all of Saab Automobile. But the bankruptcy administrators are hitting the brakes. At the same time Hemfosa (how owns a large part of saabs buildings) have stopped Semcon’s attempts to buy technology and equipment.
“If there is a party interested and willing to act and place a bid for the whole of Saab, including factory, the administrators needs to sit down ad talk with them”, say Fredrik Sidahl, CEO for FKG.
He strongly criticizes the administrators actions, which includes declining an invitation to travel to China to discuss a bid from Youngman and to hear them out about their plans.
Lars Holmqvist, CEO for the supplier organization CLEPA is very upset that the administrators are not considering the suppliers.
- The bankruptcy owes the suppliers 1,4 billion SEK (€170 million).
He further emphasizes that it is Youngman, who are the only company able to place a bid within the next couple of weeks. For the others the process will take months. At the same time Saab’s accounts need to get further funds very soon in order for the process to continue.
The technology company Semcon has shown interest to buy assets that the company uses for development within Saab. One condition is that Semcon are being allowed to rent the space in which the equipment is located. But the real-estate company Hemfosa who owns a larger part of the factory have refused. Since they want to be able to utilized the whole factory freely.
From Dagens Industri: Chinese Youngman are pushing to speed up negotiations for a purchase of all of Saab Automobile. But the bankruptcy administrators are hitting the brakes. At the same time Hemfosa (how owns a large part of saabs buildings) have stopped Semcon’s attempts to buy technology and equipment.
“If there is a party interested and willing to act and place a bid for the whole of Saab, including factory, the administrators needs to sit down ad talk with them”, say Fredrik Sidahl, CEO for FKG.
He strongly criticizes the administrators actions, which includes declining an invitation to travel to China to discuss a bid from Youngman and to hear them out about their plans.
Lars Holmqvist, CEO for the supplier organization CLEPA is very upset that the administrators are not considering the suppliers.
- The bankruptcy owes the suppliers 1,4 billion SEK (€170 million).
He further emphasizes that it is Youngman, who are the only company able to place a bid within the next couple of weeks. For the others the process will take months. At the same time Saab’s accounts need to get further funds very soon in order for the process to continue.
The technology company Semcon has shown interest to buy assets that the company uses for development within Saab. One condition is that Semcon are being allowed to rent the space in which the equipment is located. But the real-estate company Hemfosa who owns a larger part of the factory have refused. Since they want to be able to utilized the whole factory freely.
maandag 16 januari 2012
Saab museum in danger!
Regarding the Saab Museum in Trollhättan,the receivers decided Friday 13 January 2012 to start a competitive tendering regarding the cars in Saab Car Museum. The bids have to be in the hands of the receivers at the latest Friday 20 Januari 2012, 12:00 noon Swedish Local Time.
As I understand the bid has to compete with this plan, so it is better not to make any bid. If this plan fails there is still the plan B to save the Museum with Saab fans "united". I believe it is important to show your support via the mail to SaabsUnited, see also our PDF.
The above picture is made yesterday at Valkenburg Airport btw (during WAMWAS).
As I understand the bid has to compete with this plan, so it is better not to make any bid. If this plan fails there is still the plan B to save the Museum with Saab fans "united". I believe it is important to show your support via the mail to SaabsUnited, see also our PDF.
The above picture is made yesterday at Valkenburg Airport btw (during WAMWAS).
Video WAMWAS in the Netherlands with VM
The video below gives an impression of the WAMWAS in the Netherlands yesterday at Valkenburg Airport. Also a piece of the speech of VM is included.
A lot of people came to Valkenburg Airport, it shows Saab is NOT dead (I dislike it very much when people call Saab dead). VM makes that clear too. Let us hope the uncertainty comes to an end now and the trolls can proceed with making their fantastic Saabs. Let us save the Saab Museum now! Click here for the Swedish version...
A lot of people came to Valkenburg Airport, it shows Saab is NOT dead (I dislike it very much when people call Saab dead). VM makes that clear too. Let us hope the uncertainty comes to an end now and the trolls can proceed with making their fantastic Saabs. Let us save the Saab Museum now! Click here for the Swedish version...
vrijdag 13 januari 2012
PDF to reach Saab drivers without internet
We have made a pdf file about the Saab Museum yesterday. Feel free to e-mail it to other Saab drivers or to print it out and to spread it this weekend during the rallies. Just click here to download the pdf.
donderdag 12 januari 2012
News From Sverige Radio Regarding The Museum
This is a rough translation of the news regarding the museum:
Innovatum may take over Saab Museum
Innovatum has received an offer from Trollhättan and the region of money that could save the threatened closure Saab Museum.
- My guess is that the negotiations with the receivers are finished in a few weeks, says Helmersson, president of Innovatum to P4 West.
If the museum can be continued for the costs to be reduced. And where will the Saab veterans, formerly P4 West have reported, wanted to help save Saab Museum in.
Veterans offer to volunteer to help with the operation.
Veterans want to save Saab Museum
- I am very grateful to the veteran guys can think of doing this, says Helmersson, president of Innovatum.
Innovatum has received an offer from the region on economic aid to drive the Saab Museum. First you have Innovatum negotiate with the receivers on the cars in the museum will be resolved by the bankruptcy estate.
If this doesn't work out, us Saab fans have a Plan B!
Innovatum may take over Saab Museum
Innovatum has received an offer from Trollhättan and the region of money that could save the threatened closure Saab Museum.
- My guess is that the negotiations with the receivers are finished in a few weeks, says Helmersson, president of Innovatum to P4 West.
If the museum can be continued for the costs to be reduced. And where will the Saab veterans, formerly P4 West have reported, wanted to help save Saab Museum in.
Veterans offer to volunteer to help with the operation.
Veterans want to save Saab Museum
- I am very grateful to the veteran guys can think of doing this, says Helmersson, president of Innovatum.
Innovatum has received an offer from the region on economic aid to drive the Saab Museum. First you have Innovatum negotiate with the receivers on the cars in the museum will be resolved by the bankruptcy estate.
If this doesn't work out, us Saab fans have a Plan B!
dinsdag 10 januari 2012
Get ready to rally with your Saab
Please read below the post of today from Anne Springer on her new blog about Saab.
Is everyone getting ready for this week’s rallies? The excitement is building everywhere in the world! I think we’re going to have even greater turnout for the rallies than we did in ’10. Why? Because people don’t believe Saab is dead. As my Dutch friend says, you put the key in the ignition, and she fires right up! And Saab will too again, with the right key (investors).
Unfortunately the news has been a little slow recently. That is because the administrators are working hard on figuring out what each Saab element is worth, to be able to give prospective investors a better idea what they’re looking at. The biggest three investors want to keep the Trollhattan factory. Those investors include Brightwell Holdings of Turkey, Mahindra of India, and Youngman of China. Realistically, time is of essence to rehire key employees, and the other problem is the cost to restart production. Its not impossible, but to make the right bid, they need to know all the facts and figures.
Lucky for us, at least one of the administrators has owned a lot of Saab. They have faith Saab can continue, and we need to as well. Don’t let the news get you down, its just coming from an outsider’s prospective. What is key, is for the investors to see the heart of Saab, and see the wonderful people that will keep supporting Saab.
Griffin up! Let’s keep it going!
We hope to spread a pdf file to the organisation of the rallies of this weekend. We`ll ask them to spread it because we need to get some attention for the urgent situation the Saab Museum is in now.
Is everyone getting ready for this week’s rallies? The excitement is building everywhere in the world! I think we’re going to have even greater turnout for the rallies than we did in ’10. Why? Because people don’t believe Saab is dead. As my Dutch friend says, you put the key in the ignition, and she fires right up! And Saab will too again, with the right key (investors).
Unfortunately the news has been a little slow recently. That is because the administrators are working hard on figuring out what each Saab element is worth, to be able to give prospective investors a better idea what they’re looking at. The biggest three investors want to keep the Trollhattan factory. Those investors include Brightwell Holdings of Turkey, Mahindra of India, and Youngman of China. Realistically, time is of essence to rehire key employees, and the other problem is the cost to restart production. Its not impossible, but to make the right bid, they need to know all the facts and figures.
Lucky for us, at least one of the administrators has owned a lot of Saab. They have faith Saab can continue, and we need to as well. Don’t let the news get you down, its just coming from an outsider’s prospective. What is key, is for the investors to see the heart of Saab, and see the wonderful people that will keep supporting Saab.
Griffin up! Let’s keep it going!
We hope to spread a pdf file to the organisation of the rallies of this weekend. We`ll ask them to spread it because we need to get some attention for the urgent situation the Saab Museum is in now.
maandag 9 januari 2012
Saab Museum closed
It has been written before here and on SaabsUnited; the Saab Car Museum is closed. This Saturday (during the We are many, we are Saab meeting) Trollhättan is going to be flooded like a never before seen tsunami of cars and supporters.
SaabsUnited has called the lawyer that has the Museum issues on his table and politely asked him to arrange for an opening on Saturday. The answer was “NO it will not be opened”. SaabsUnited asked him to specify why this was the answer. The answer was that Saab is under bankruptcy, and that he has no staff avaliable to open the museum.
SaabsUnited said they have both Saab club and SU people that could be of help. From selling tickets to clean the floors after. Also that an opening could easily bring in 20000 Dollars or more. Take 100 SEK/ person X thousands of people. The math is easy. Split the revenue between the receivers and the Saab clubs.
* Let us hope that the lawyers change their mind soon. It makes no sense having the Museum closed on a day like this. A day for rejoice and happiness. A valuable day not only for the Saab supporters and Trollhättan citizens but also for the prospective buyer/buyers of Saab, and of course indirectly also the receivers /lawyers at Delphi and Wistrand in Göteborg.
Please open the museum for just this day, please!
SaabsUnited has called the lawyer that has the Museum issues on his table and politely asked him to arrange for an opening on Saturday. The answer was “NO it will not be opened”. SaabsUnited asked him to specify why this was the answer. The answer was that Saab is under bankruptcy, and that he has no staff avaliable to open the museum.
SaabsUnited said they have both Saab club and SU people that could be of help. From selling tickets to clean the floors after. Also that an opening could easily bring in 20000 Dollars or more. Take 100 SEK/ person X thousands of people. The math is easy. Split the revenue between the receivers and the Saab clubs.
* Let us hope that the lawyers change their mind soon. It makes no sense having the Museum closed on a day like this. A day for rejoice and happiness. A valuable day not only for the Saab supporters and Trollhättan citizens but also for the prospective buyer/buyers of Saab, and of course indirectly also the receivers /lawyers at Delphi and Wistrand in Göteborg.
Please open the museum for just this day, please!
donderdag 5 januari 2012
Anne Springer joins Saabsunited
Please read the first post below of Anne Springer on Saabsunited! Anne is also active on this blog and our Facebook page about the Saab Museum.
Hi! My name is Anne, and I am a Saaboholic (meaning addicted to Saab). You will find me on Facebook constantly sharing news updates and giving a good Rah! Rah! to keep people positive about Saab.
Why do I do this? I love Saab. I simply love it. I have fallen in love with the aerodynamic body design, the grinning grille assembly, and the quirkiness of the car once you get in the driver’s seat. Quirks, you have to love them! I find myself patting the dash at times, either words of encouragement, endearment, or straight out, “Settle down, kiddo!”. I’m no stranger to hugging my car either, I’ll openly admit that. But its all in the game of owning a Saab. They’re not perfect machines, but then again, there is no such thing. They will frustrate you, irritate you, puzzle you, but then at the end of the day when you find yourself looking down upon it, you remind yourself how good it feels to turn the ignition on and take off!
And I think Saab has a great future ahead of them. I feel it. Saab has a lot of great people behind the company, and I know with the right investor, they can be restarted. Its going to take a lot of time and money, yes. But when you consider their current and future line up, if the cards are played right, the future can be prosperous. I want to see Saab get into the right hands, of someone who both has a lot of automotive business knowledge, and financing to be able to work through the tough times. This can happen. And I believe us fans can help steer Saab into those hands. They are watching us, and the more we encourage and show what kind of people we are, the more people will listen and want. Sure, there have been a lot of negative reports. But we need not focus on that, negativity never solved any problems.
I believe we have to accept the mistakes that have been made; and the could of, would have, should haves, and move on. We need to start focusing what is in front of us, and what the future holds. That is very exciting, don’t you think? I do! We need Saab around. We need their innovation, safety and reliability. We need a reasonably-priced car that does it all, without having to chop bits of random cars together to make something that’s both comfortable, looks great, and performs well. There are things that Saab does that other automakers cannot do. How many times have you heard someone carrying a refrigerator in their Camry? But I’ve heard it done with a Saab hatchback!
Thank you very much for the warm welcome into the Saabs United family, this is truly an honour and a dream come true for me. I had no idea where this love could take me, and now I am starting to see it. I’m glad I am able to lend support in these troubled times. Go Saab, GO!
The Saab above is not the Saab 9-5 Anne drives but the Saab 9-5 in the showroom of the Saab dealer in Goes (The Netherlands). I`ve made this picture today.
Hi! My name is Anne, and I am a Saaboholic (meaning addicted to Saab). You will find me on Facebook constantly sharing news updates and giving a good Rah! Rah! to keep people positive about Saab.
Why do I do this? I love Saab. I simply love it. I have fallen in love with the aerodynamic body design, the grinning grille assembly, and the quirkiness of the car once you get in the driver’s seat. Quirks, you have to love them! I find myself patting the dash at times, either words of encouragement, endearment, or straight out, “Settle down, kiddo!”. I’m no stranger to hugging my car either, I’ll openly admit that. But its all in the game of owning a Saab. They’re not perfect machines, but then again, there is no such thing. They will frustrate you, irritate you, puzzle you, but then at the end of the day when you find yourself looking down upon it, you remind yourself how good it feels to turn the ignition on and take off!
And I think Saab has a great future ahead of them. I feel it. Saab has a lot of great people behind the company, and I know with the right investor, they can be restarted. Its going to take a lot of time and money, yes. But when you consider their current and future line up, if the cards are played right, the future can be prosperous. I want to see Saab get into the right hands, of someone who both has a lot of automotive business knowledge, and financing to be able to work through the tough times. This can happen. And I believe us fans can help steer Saab into those hands. They are watching us, and the more we encourage and show what kind of people we are, the more people will listen and want. Sure, there have been a lot of negative reports. But we need not focus on that, negativity never solved any problems.
I believe we have to accept the mistakes that have been made; and the could of, would have, should haves, and move on. We need to start focusing what is in front of us, and what the future holds. That is very exciting, don’t you think? I do! We need Saab around. We need their innovation, safety and reliability. We need a reasonably-priced car that does it all, without having to chop bits of random cars together to make something that’s both comfortable, looks great, and performs well. There are things that Saab does that other automakers cannot do. How many times have you heard someone carrying a refrigerator in their Camry? But I’ve heard it done with a Saab hatchback!
Thank you very much for the warm welcome into the Saabs United family, this is truly an honour and a dream come true for me. I had no idea where this love could take me, and now I am starting to see it. I’m glad I am able to lend support in these troubled times. Go Saab, GO!
The Saab above is not the Saab 9-5 Anne drives but the Saab 9-5 in the showroom of the Saab dealer in Goes (The Netherlands). I`ve made this picture today.
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