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Old 06-12-2009, 05:59 PM
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Koenigsegg to by Saab?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gm-reportedly-nears-deal-to-sell-saab

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Old 06-12-2009, 06:30 PM
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well, anything is an improvement over the current situation. the swedish gov't already said they aren't interested; the story mentioned three potential buyers.
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Old 06-12-2009, 11:27 PM
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How deep are their pockets? Unless the plan is to allow the brand to merely be the entree for badge-engineered products of other manufacturers, they will need very deep pockets to develop new product.
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Old 06-12-2009, 11:42 PM
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How deep are their pockets? Unless the plan is to allow the brand to merely be the entree for badge-engineered products of other manufacturers, they will need very deep pockets to develop new product.
because they've been using gm-opel as a platform, i think?

(what a debacle; gm has the uh "inverse midas touch")
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Old 06-13-2009, 08:10 AM
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I am looking forward to see what they can do.
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Old 06-13-2009, 03:55 PM
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They can't do to much worse than GM did.

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