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Showing posts with label Saab 9-1. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

What Lies Ahead in Saab�s Future?


Saab is in trouble. With mounting debts and limited capital investment, the Swedish company is a prime candidate to go the way of the dinosaurs. The troubled automaker has not built a single vehicle since the 1st of April, and a much touted deal with China�s Hawtai Motor Group has fallen through. They did however sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with another Chinese company called Pang Da Automobile Trade Co. Ltd, earlier this week, but we will have to wait and see if the deal goes through.
In light of this, I�ve thought up four plausible (though unlikely) scenarios for Saab. These range from the hugely cynical all the way to the brazenly optimistic. After all, isn�t it better than Saab has some future rather than no future at all? Without further ado, here are your options:

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Saab looking to downsize next-generation models

Saab is one of a handful of carmakers looking to buck the trend of building bigger and heavier cars with each new model generation. The upcoming 9-1, due to arrive in 2012.

The story is the same for the next-generation Saab 9-3, due in early 2010. Saab originally planned to use the new Ypsilon-2 architecture, used in cars like the Opel Insignia and upcoming production Buick Invicta, but has since decided to use the lower-medium Delta architecture.