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From: GeoffC on 26 Jan 2010 14:51
Sooooo.... Saab who made 93000 vehicles last year and hasn't made a profit
since 2001 is sold to Spyker who made 43 vehicles last year and has never
made a profit.
Sounds like somebody, somewhere, has confidence, (and lots of cash).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/26/saab-saved-spyker-deal

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Geoff


From: Adrian on 26 Jan 2010 17:49
"GeoffC" <me(a)home.invalid.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

> Sooooo.... Saab who made 93000 vehicles last year and hasn't made a
> profit since 2001

primarily because of internal accounting manouvering around various
corners of the GM empire.

What Saab has long needed is to be freed from having to build mediocre
parts-bin repmobiles, and allowed to use a bit of the intelligence and
innovation that they undoubtedly have. Fingers crossed.
From: Mike P on 26 Jan 2010 18:59


"Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:7s99skFa6aU1(a)mid.individual.net...
> "GeoffC" <me(a)home.invalid.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying:
>
>> Sooooo.... Saab who made 93000 vehicles last year and hasn't made a
>> profit since 2001
>
> primarily because of internal accounting manouvering around various
> corners of the GM empire.
>
> What Saab has long needed is to be freed from having to build mediocre
> parts-bin repmobiles, and allowed to use a bit of the intelligence and
> innovation that they undoubtedly have.

Spyker have a fair bit of innovation and engineering know-how. Their race
cars have done well, but I find their road car, well, weird TBF. Maybe a mix
of that and Saab could come up with something worth buying?

Mike P

From: Road_Hog on 26 Jan 2010 19:05

"GeoffC" <me(a)home.invalid.com> wrote in message
news:b164$4b5f47a9$5351e322$18218(a)cache4.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> Sooooo.... Saab who made 93000 vehicles last year and hasn't made a profit
> since 2001 is sold to Spyker who made 43 vehicles last year and has never
> made a profit.
> Sounds like somebody, somewhere, has confidence, (and lots of cash).
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/26/saab-saved-spyker-deal
>
> --
>
> Geoff
>
Why would a SAAB buyer want a car that is basically a Vectra chassis with a
different body and pay several thousand more for the privilege.


From: Dave Plowman on 27 Jan 2010 05:41
In article <hjo00o$34u$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
Road_Hog <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote:
> Why would a SAAB buyer want a car that is basically a Vectra chassis
> with a different body and pay several thousand more for the privilege.

Why indeed? Ford discovered just that with the Jag X type. BMC suits in
the '50s thought it wonderful to have 5 different makes all the same apart
from trim and look what happened to them...

And now there are far too many cars being made. To sell a premium price
model it must be special in some real way. And to compete with BMW, Merc
and Jag etc is not going to be easy.

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*Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?

Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12

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