Saab: 19/12/2011 presentata istanza di fallimento

[Abarth03]

A me sà di news speculativa per costruire un pò d'interesse su SAAB. Al momento IMHO l'unico gruppo a cui forse potrebbe interessare lo stemmetto è Ford .....

[Guest EC2277]

In linea teorica alla Ford potrebbe interessare un marchio sportiveggiante da affiancare alla più elegante Lincoln. Peccato però che quel ruolo poteva essere occupato dalla Mercury e non credo intendano acquistare un altro marchio; sopratutto dopo aver dismesso i marchi Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover, Volvo e chiuso la stessa Mercury.

[Touareg 2.5]

The sad story of Saab is far from over as the court-appointed administrators who are overseeing the Swedish automaker's bankruptcy are now on the lookout for possible investors to either sell parts of the brand or the company as a whole.

In today's news, Bloomberg reports that Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, a maker of SUVs and a flagship company of the Mahindra Group, which is a multinational conglomerate based in Mumbai, India, is in private talks with Saab's administrators.

The report says that according to two unnamed people who are familiar with the situation, Mahindra & Mahindra is interested in "buying at least parts" of the bankrupt Swedish automaker. The Indian automaker's spokesperson, Roma Balwani, declined to comment on the matter.

Aside from the Indian company, the same insiders said that there's also "at least one Turkish company" interested in investing in Saab. The move is believed to be part of the Turkish government's initiative to create a car brand of its own, and for that reason it is helping a local manufacturer to obtain at least some parts of Saab.

[nucarote]

carscoop

Non era Tata ma Mahindra.

Ma a quanto pare non vorrebbero prender Saab in blocco..

Modificato 30 Dicembre 2011 da nucarote

[Guest EC2277]

Allora è meglio che aspetti di raccattare quello stemmino; sempre che ci riesca.

[Abarth03]

..... E comunque se le cose continuano ad andare come vanno ora tra un paio di anni Ford potrebbe portarsi a casa un'altro stemmino che brama da 25 anni.

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[nucarote]

Tu lo sai bene che il comandante non cede quella nave, piuttosto la fa affondare ma non la cede

Si ma ha fatto pure intendere che verso il 2016 potrebbe abbandonare la nave... per cui si potrebbero aprire ogni tipo di scenario.

[Touareg 2.5]

More than 200 Saab engineers are reported to be being recruited by a technology consultancy that has been set up in Trollhattan in the wake of the car manufacturer's bankruptcy.

Local media reports suggest Combitech, which is owned by the Saab AB defence company, moved to open a development centre in the car maker's home town in the immediate wake of the car firm's closure.

Recruitment of the 200 engineers is is reportedly underway already, with the company looking for high technology specialists to work within the defence industry and as external consultants.

A spokesman for Volvo Sweden has also confirmed that the company has already recruited 40 ex-Saab employees in the wake of its bankruptcy, adding that he expected another 100 to join shortly.

[Touareg 2.5]

Unconfirmed, but local, reports from Saab’s Trollhattan HQ say that up to 100 cars will be crushed over the next 48 hours as part of the receivership process. All the cars that had been completed before Saab folded will be cubed, say the sources, including pre-production examples of the Saab 9-5 estate as well as the handful of the Mexican-built 9-4x SUV that found their way to Sweden.

Reports suggest that a single 9-5 estate will be preserved for the Saab museum, whose future is also uncertain. The museum is currently closed, but moves are being made in Trollhattan to preserve it and its contents once the receivership process is over.

Enthusiast website Saabs United are also reporting that a new company has been formed in the UK for the distribution of Saab parts. It will be headed up former Saab UK managing director, Charles Toosey, according to the sources. It is said that there are 190,000 Saabs still on UK roads and that there are also 200 new Saab models still being held in the dealer network by the administrators.

[Multilink]

In linea teorica alla Ford potrebbe interessare un marchio sportiveggiante da affiancare alla più elegante Lincoln. Peccato però che quel ruolo poteva essere occupato dalla Mercury e non credo intendano acquistare un altro marchio; sopratutto dopo aver dismesso i marchi Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover, Volvo e chiuso la stessa Mercury.

Modificato 13 Gennaio 2012 da Multilink