Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:08:43 GMT From: Saab Guy <nothingnospamo.com> Subject: Re: From Businessweek: "Pontiac, Buick, and Saab would follow Oldsmobile to the scrap heap."
I have also heard that SCANIA became an independant company in 1995. The history of SCANIA on scania.com doesn't indicate anything about Saab the automobile. I'll have to do more digging I guess. Saab Guy On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:59:18 GMT Saab Guy <nothingnospamo.com> wrote: > > Did you see what could have possibly been Jan Willem-Vester replying to Saabnet? Did you see his post up a few lines that I pasted from saabnet to here for us? > > I too want to know more about the Saab Scania split. I would like to see SCANIA take Saab once again. > > What else do you know about the split? > > Saab Guy > > On 29 Apr 2005 10:53:26 -0700 > "saabyurk" <tednospamrkon.com> wrote: > > > Saab Guy wrote: > > > > > Quote from end of document. Read last sentence here. Scary. I hope > > that there is a good buyer of Saab. Maybe the EU could reverse their > > decision back in the late 1980's to allow SCANIA to buy Saab? > > > > > I don't remember the EU being involved, or even that Scania wanted to > > buy SAAB, only that SAAB-Scania split around 1990. I'm interested in > > learning more though, if you could point me to some sources; I would > > like that outcome because Scania knows engines and turbocharging very > > well. > > > > Is it unrealistic to wish that someone like BMW would buy SAAB, and > > then let SAAB be their FWD and turbo development division, with some > > crossover in AWD vehicles? > >
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