The inside mail from Carl-Peter Forster
The following is an internal email sent to Saab employees in Europe from Carl-Peter Forster, the head of General Motors Europe (and incidentally, the head of Saab Automobile as well). December 3, 2008...
View ArticleFriday Night Snippets
Because it was his first time leaving a comment here, the following went into the comment moderation queue and I didn’t approve it in time for it to sit in the sidebar. I thought it significant enough...
View ArticleQuick EnG Snippet on GM/Ford/Chrysler bailout talks
An interesting sidebar to the GM/Ford/Chrysler bailout talks: The junior Senator from my state, Bob Corker, is a member of the banking committee that is questioning and negotiating with the CEOs of the...
View ArticleThe inside mail: Jan-Ake Jonsson
The following was received by Saab staff in markets outside of Sweden in the last few days. It was not originally in English, but has been translated online and then tidied up (for readability only) by...
View ArticleDetroit Free Press: Saab and Volvo aren’t going anywhere
A very quick snippet to put before you an editorial in the Detroit Free Press that agrees with me — Saab isn’t going to leave the GM nest anytime soon. Mr. Mark Phelan of the Detroit Free Press No, not...
View ArticleEurosnippets – the non-sale of Saab and government guarantees
It’s Monday in the northern hemisphere and that means the news wires are ticking away once again. Here’s the latest, sent in from various people – thanks!! —— Reuters are reporting that the Swedish...
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Tuesday night snippets
Reuters have a couple of reports on the current Swedish saga… Report 1 – The good news: Chinese car maker Chery Automobile Co has no plan to buy U.S. auto assets, its chairman was quoted as saying by...
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2009 Saab 9-3 SportCombi Named “Top 5 Wagon”
The following is a press release from SaabUSA and it officially contains some good news. Woohoo!! —— DETROIT – The editors at NADAguides.com, a leading vehicle pricing and information website based in...
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Saab and Volvo merger: engineers want it
This story’s hitting the Swedish press all over the place today. I’ve had two emails about it already. Here’s the full story as printed at The Local: Representatives for thousands of engineers at Saab...
View ArticleDon’t call it a bailout Snippets from AutoNews.com
Automotive News have a couple of important articles in virtual print today. Subscription required to read the full thing, but the best bits are below. I gues the most important one is this one: The...
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