Saab news

Nowadays there is still a lot of "news" about Saab. Unfortunately a major part of it is just rumor. This is why no post is made the last days on this blog. "If you have nothing clear to say, say nothing at all" was written this week on SU, and I agree with them about that.

But yesterday (sorry, according to Swedish media) was the cut off date for bids for Saab. No Turkish bid, because they could not make an agreement with GM. But, mr. Qingnian (CEO from Youngman) still wants to buy Saab (according to svt.se). Youngman wants to build new Saabs in Trollhättan as I`ve written before.

According to him (mr. Qingnian) Victor Muller has too many parties invited to save Saab and if he had managed Saab wisely Saab would never had gone bankrupt. I disagree with him about that, without Victor there was no Saab at all. According to Youngman they`re ready to put 2 Billion SK on the table to buy Saab.

The rumor about BMW to save Saab is still not confirmed by the way. But we`ll know soon what happens with Saab, that is confirmed anyway. We know there is a good bid for Saab to (from Youngman). That is good news.

Finally. A part of the Top Gear show this week was about the history of Saab. It is not my most favourite Top Gear episode, but nice to watch anyway.

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...

Victor Muller has not given up on Saab!

Victor Muller has not given up on Saab.

The CEO has spent almost the entire Christmas season trying to save the car plant.

(Update: There are now reports that the Chinese Dongfeng Motor is looking at Saab's bankruptcy estate.)

Just over a week ago, Muller was forced to give up and ask for Saab, "his passion" - according to himself, to be placed into bankruptcy. This is after months of negotiations with China's Youngman.

GM ceased their attempts to move forward with these plans, and it was a very upset Saab CEO who held a press conference at the factory in Trollhattan on Monday of last week.

Since then, Youngman, whose interest in the Swedish car brand has not wained, held talks with the receivers.

Exactly what the talks resulted in is not yet known, but it is clear that many Saab Speculators have heard from him [Victor Muller] [directly]. Victor Muller has verified this information with TTELA as recently as late last week.

Efforts to get Saab back on track have been going on for nearly the entire holiday season, writes Saabsunited.com.



On Tuesday, there were new reports of Dongfeng Motor, which previously had an interest in Saab, is one of the current speculators. This report is from wantchinatimes.com, referring to China Economic Net.

Dongfeng Motor, China's third largest car manufacturer is reported to work on developing its own brand. Saab's technology is considered to be valuable in the development process.

In the battle for the estate with Dongfeng is a [yet unnamed] Turkish company.