Re: Keeping Saab alive...reading between the lines..... - Saab General Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News -
4/9 Saab Owners' Convention Day Pass Raffle |
3/26 M Car Covers (by State of Nine)
[General |
Members |
C900 |
9000 |
NG900 & OG93 |
93 |
95 |
NG95 |
99 |
Sonett |
Vintage Models |
Clubs |
Other Cars |
FAQs |
Gifts |
Member Photo Galleries |
Member Directory |
Classifieds |
Manuals |
*Buddy Registry |
*Mileage Registry |
Polls |
What's New |
Raffle |
Photo of the Month |
Sponsors]
I posted the following previously on a couple of other websites.
Since GM has nearly totally integrated Saab into GM Europe, its sale will be difficult at best. All engineering functions and 99% of design have been moved to Russelsheim, Germany. I4 engines are manufactured in Kaiserslaitern (Opel Werke) and V6 engines in Australia (Holden). Only the automobile manufacturing facility remains in Sweden. The current and proposed new Saabs are on platforms shared with Opel. It would seem that current and immediate future work would still have GM involvement. GM has taken an immense amount of intellectual property from Saab and it seems that they may not include that in the sale. So, my point is, what is really left to sell?
Ian
_______________________________________
Ian
1959 93b
1967 96V4
1968 99
1974 99L
1988 900S
1988 900
1994 900S
1996 900S
1999 9-5SE, 2.3lpt
1995 9000 CSE
2006 9-3SC, 2.0T
Posts in this Thread:
- GM announces Saab sale possibility, 9-3 Dog, Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:34:57
- Closing Brands and a Different Mix Proposed, Bill Homer , Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:38:42
- What we have here is, Noel, Wed, 3 Dec 2008 06:18:18
- Watching the news this morning (Wednesday), Wasabi, Wed, 3 Dec 2008 04:50:12
- Re: GM announces Saab sale possibility, MO, Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:59:10
- Keeping Saab alive...reading between the lines....., MI-Roger , Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:54:44
- GM announce selling SAAB--no bones about it---article, TG, Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:35:59
- Re: GM announces Saab sale possibility, PT, Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:45:22
- ...they're not alone in this mess, scott k, Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:37:10
- I don't understand why GM took so long ......, TKC, Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:51:05
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
Post a Followup
No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.
StateOfNine.com
|
SaabClub.com
|
Jak Stoll Performance
|
M Car Covers
|
Ad Available
|
Random Saabnet.com Member Gallery Photos (Click Image)
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right.
Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY.
Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages.
This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see
problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes
type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the
Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are
not anonymous. Site Contact | Site Donations | Other Sites by SP -
Poverty2Prosperity.org | Run Club Menlo Park | ScreenBot
Site Members do not see red text instructions, bottom of the page anchor ads, or box ads.
Click here to see all
the Site Membership Benefits!