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Dear Senator or Representative [Name]:
As a tax paying citizen of the United States of America, and by extension a part owner of General Motors, I am contacting you in urgent request for your support in the effort to convince GM to sell Saab Automobiles AB.
It is public knowledge that Spyker Cars has submitted a bid to GM that matches their initial offer for sale as well as submitted a revised bid that eliminated all additional concerns that were raised by GM when they walked away from negotiations and announced the closure of Saab on December 18th. It is also public knowledge that Merbanco and several other companies have contacted GM with strong expressions of interest to buy Saab Automobiles AB. It is clear and evident that a buyer exists for Saab and that the failure of a sale and closure of Saab by GM is entirely unnecessary, arbitrary and unfair. The negative impact of Saab's closure by GM are numerous and significant.
1. 218 small businesses across the US will be impaired or put out of business entirely.
2. 5,000 jobs are at risk at the dealership level across the US.
3. The US economy will lose an estimated additional 2,500 jobs that would be added back to the US dealer network after the launch of the all-new 9-5 and the 9-4X and the return of leasing to the Saab product line.
4. Close to $500 million small business assets are at risk of being impaired or liquidated.
Saab dealers collectively pump over $500 million into the economy annually via their business expense structure.
6. GM forced the Saab dealer network to sign a Deferred Termination Agreement this summer, which waived the dealers' rights to State franchise legal rights and remedies to dealership closure by the manufacturer. The dealers signed on the basis of expressions of GM's good faith efforts to sell Saab AB. If the dealer did not sign, they would be terminated immediately with no compensation and would not have the opportunity to be a Saab dealer after the sale of Saab was complete.
7. Saab is not competition for General Motors. GM will not lose sales should Saab be sold and continue to produce and market their automobiles. Similarly GM will not benefit by increased sales should GM force Saab to close and go out of business. Since Saab lost its leasing facilities in July 2008, the network lost hundreds of repeat customers per dealership. Consensus among the US Saab dealers is that Audi was the overwhelming beneficiary, followed by Volvo, BMW and other European car makes. Very few if any became domestic car buyers. A few of Saab dealers are among the most successful Cadillac dealers in the country. These dealers have indicated virtually no success in converting lost Saab customers as Cadillac customers.
An alternative exists. GM clearly has a buyer for Saab. They simply need to decide to complete the sale.
Thank you for your time and consideration. Please help us save this iconic brand as well as the jobs and stimulus that it provides our US economy.
Sincerely,
Customer Name
Contact
Saab owner since
posted by 71.110.16...
, Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:24:00
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