Saabapedia.org » general motors http://www.saabapedia.org Saab blog. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:03:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Save Saab – The Protest Gallery http://www.saabapedia.org/save-saab-the-protest-gallery http://www.saabapedia.org/save-saab-the-protest-gallery#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:43:28 +0000 admin http://www.saabapedia.org/?p=195 Save Saab by selling it – that’s what Saab lovers gathered to tell General Motors at their Detroit HQ on a dark, chilly day – isn’t that everyday in Michigan? People came as far as New England, New Jersey…well a lot of places in the North East to tell GM: Sell Saab to Save Saab! Two doors or Four – old and new Saabs were there with owners and news crews for the protest.

Check out Jalopnik: Sell Our Saab for more coverage

]]> http://www.saabapedia.org/save-saab-the-protest-gallery/feed 0 Saab Officially Sells to Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co http://www.saabapedia.org/saab-officially-sells-to-beijing-automotive-industry-holding-co http://www.saabapedia.org/saab-officially-sells-to-beijing-automotive-industry-holding-co#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:54:51 +0000 admin http://www.saabapedia.org/?p=163 Drumroll please…Ladies and gentlemen – your FUTURE Saab asset owners are the one, the only – Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. This deal, made official yesterday and made public just last night, was for the ownership of assets such as the Saab 9-3 and 9-5 from General Motors to BAIC.

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This news comes from the Swedish business newspaper Dagens Industri – Chinese automaker Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. (BAIC, as the kids are calling it) has paid $197 million for the rights to the 9-5 model as well as some technology from the 9-3.

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This amount affords Saab/GM only three more months of operating funds. As we reported earlier in the week, The General is still talking with Dutch automaker Spyker to purchase Saab. If a buyer isn’t found, GM will simply close Saab down for good.

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