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Another one down
"Swedish carmaker Saab is to be shut down by General Motors after the collapse of a last-ditch attempt to sell it to Dutch sports car manufacturer Spyker. GM announced today that with "regret" it was starting an orderly wind-down of 62-year-old Saab's operations. The marque, which grew out of an aircraft manufacturer shortly after the war, employs 3,400 people in Sweden and sold 93,000 cars in 2008, but has struggled to turn a profit." |
Is it me or is this starting to look like GM is trying to monopolize a little bit? Thats the fourth company gone now?
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maybe saabs weren't ugly enough to sell. they went too mainstream.
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GM stuck their nose in too many other mfgs. and because of GM's extreme fuckups, all these other companies are being flushed. Way to go GM! :rolleyes:
Ford FTW |
I saw this coming from a long way away... Kinda sad actually.
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Oh well, GM has very little to offer. I'd rock the fuck out of a G8 or a CTS-V. Every other company they gobbled up will probably be getting the boot in the future.
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Saab was doing fine until GM started in with them. Shame.
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All these companies were producing some good shit too. I think so.
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Originally Posted by kotomile
(Post 497878)
Saab was doing fine until GM started in with them. Shame.
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hahaha
volvo ftmfw!!!! |
I absolutely love saabs. When I get out of college I am buying an oldskool 900 turbo. I think it's a shame that they will be gone and out of business but, thats life and it sucks.
http://www.turbotsd.com/classic_900/...s/pearlspg.jpg This is my dream 900 turbo :drool: http://th.interia.pl/40,b79b947201674307/Viggen5th1.jpg Oh, can't forget the pimp viggen. |
850 T5, S60R, V70R, 242 > all saab
you know why the call it "saab" right? it's what you do a week after purchase :bowrofl: |
Originally Posted by NA6C-Guy
(Post 497900)
I don't know if I would say fine. You don't see a lot of any year model Saab on the road these days. Hippie car. Though I did kind of dig the last model 93. Of course also the Draken.
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Treading water franticly wearing 10lb ankle weights, but yeah, they were somehow keeping their heads above the water. But I don't disagree that GM is messing shit up.
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Saab shoulda never got in with GM. Personally I think Saab's are ugly and 2 weeks ago I pulled a Saab tranny from a 900 turbo. WHAT A BITCH THAT WAS. Never saw a car with the flywheel and clutch in the front. Made it real easy to take apart, NOT.
My friend has a Saab 93, like a 2006? It has some sort of power programmer and I'll tell you this...IT RIPS SHIT UP, but I still hate it. It has the "I feel fast cause I have the torque of a 15 second Mustang 5.slow". It fits the category of a SRT-4...turbo car, front wheel drive with 4 doors. Therefore, bury it in the scrap pile, cause it's not my bag, baby. |
At least Saab lives on in aerospace and Scania.
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