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SOC on Top Gear?

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SOC on Top Gear?

 

Not quite true but some of our member’s cars will feature in a film covering the history of Saab later in the current series.

 

We were not able to make this public until the series started last night due to agreements that we had with the Top Gear team.

 

Following the their approach to us a few weeks back we have now supplied almost all of the cars for 2 days of location filming. However, although some of us were present even we do not know the full content of the film so it will be a bit of a surprise to all of us. It will, we are sure, contain some of the normal Top Gear humour so we don’t all expect to escape unscathed! We are assured that, overall, Saab will come out looking good.

 

Sorry but we are still not in a position to list all of the actual cars but I can tell you that they cover over 50 years of Saab production. You may already have seen two or three of the cars in the trailer at the start of the show, including my 9-5.

 

We do not know for sure when the Saab film will feature but our friends in Top Gear have indicated that it will be mid to end of February. Even they do not know yet as they tweak each episode right up to a few days before filming the show.

 

This was a great opportunity for our Club and some of our members to be involved in such an exciting and long awaited project. Although it has been an enormous amount of work there have been few opportunities for such a level of publicity for both the Club and the Saab brand.

 

I will post updates here as I hear more from them.

 

Thanks

 

Mike Philpott

Last Updated ( Monday, 30 January 2012 13:19 )
 

Museum Saved

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The city of Trollhättan, SAAB AB and The Wallenberg foundations have saved the Saab Car Museum with a bid of 28million SEK.

This is great news that our treasured Saab collection will remain complete and in Trollhättan for us to enjoy for years to come.

Fantastic!!

 

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 24 January 2012 23:04 )
 

Greetings

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It has been a sad week for our beloved Saab marque, all of the loyal employees, dealers & enthusiasts like us.

 

We have waited until now before posting in case of some better news but nothing concrete has come so far.

 

However, we all remain hopeful with stories of organisations possibly interested in buying Saab. Apparently Under Swedish law it is possible to sell a company complete whilst under bankruptcy. So let’s all keep our fingers crossed for a good outcome in the end.

 

We are sorry that we cannot add any more at this stage but will keep you updated as we hear more.

 

In the meantime I am sure that you will all join me in sending our very best wishes for Christmas all of our friends in Trollhattan & everyone involved with Saab worldwide & hope that we hear some better news soon.

 

A Merry Christmas to you all.

 

Greetings

E-mail Print PDF

It has been a sad week for our beloved Saab marque, all of the loyal employees, dealers & enthusiasts like us.

 

We have waited until now before posting in case of some better news but nothing concrete has come so far.

 

However, we all remain hopeful with stories of organisations possibly interested in buying Saab. Apparently Under Swedish law it is possible to sell a company complete whilst under bankruptcy. So let’s all keep our fingers crossed for a good outcome in the end.

 

We are sorry that we cannot add any more at this stage but will keep you updated as we hear more.

 

In the meantime I am sure that you will all join me in sending our very best wishes for Christmas all of our friends in Trollhattan & everyone involved with Saab worldwide & hope that we hear some better news soon.

 

A Merry Christmas to you all.

 

Saab Automobile Files for Bankruptcy

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Zeewolde, The Netherlands, 19 December 2011 – Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) announces that Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile), Saab Automobile Tools AB and Saab Powertrain AB filed for bankruptcy with the District Court in Vänersborg, Sweden this morning.

After having received the recent position of GM on the contemplated transaction with Saab Automobile, Youngman informed Saab Automobile that the funding to continue and complete the reorganization of Saab Automobile could not be concluded. The Board of Saab Automobile subsequently decided that the company without further funding will be insolvent and that filing bankruptcy is in the best interests of its creditors. It is expected that the Court will approve of the filing and appoint receivers for Saab Automobile very shortly.  

Swan does not expect to realize any value from its shares in Saab Automobile and will write off its interest in Saab Automobile completely.

 
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