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He said none of the potential bidders for Saab have come forward with the financing needed to restructure the money-losing automaker.

The Detroit carmaker decided to wind down Saab in early 2009 as it prepared to file for reorganisation in bankruptcy protection in the US.

Muller said the financing for the Saab offer was in place, but did not reveal any further details.

This time SAAB has loosened up a bit on the black disguises and revealed both the front and rear lights.

The deal ends more than a year of uncertainty for Sweden's car industry since Volvo and Saab were put up for sale by their US owners.

One of GM's leading options for Saab is to simply kill it, one person briefed on the matter said.

The main stipulation for the government loan, which had not been offered to Saab until now, is that it find a new, non-General Motors owner.

Sweden effectively ruled out a state bailout for Saab, saying the brand's future would have to rest with finding a new private-sector buyer.

Fabela said he expected GM to keep a stake in Saab until the unit reaches profitability, which he said would probably take three years.

It wasn't immediately clear whether Mr. Wang in the talks is trying to acquire a right to use the Saab name, or the rest of Saab's assets.

The company is shutting down Saturn, and it began to halt operations at Saab after a deal with Koenigsegg in Sweden was called off.

A few weeks ago, Geely was said to be casting an eye over GM's Swedish unit, Saab, but nothing came of it.

Chinese companies are also at the heart of efforts to save Saab Automobile, another Swedish carmaker, from collapse.

Pang Da did not require regulatory approval in order to provide funds to Saab, he said.

Saab's application is expected to be approved Monday in the Vanersborg District Court, the company's statement said.

Interested in keeping Saab as a Swedish brand, Koenigsegg has apparently lined up financing to purchase the General Motors unit.

Saab Automobile filed for bankruptcy Monday, a move that could end the company's 60 years of car manufacturing.

Saab is the only one of GM's four U. S. brands certain to live on after being axed by the auto maker.

Saab has done quite well so far in keeping the 9-5 out of the public eye as well as the spy photographer's eye.

Augie Fabela said the U. S. car firm [GM. UL] would remain a minority owner in Saab, according to Swedish business daily Dagens Industri.

Meanwhile, GM found a new buyer for Saab, two months after a deal with Sweden's Koenigsegg fell apart.

Saab has been cash-strapped much of this year, halting production under massive debt to suppliers and unable to obtain financing.

At least 500 more dealers will be dropped in the months to come as it closes or sells off its Hummer, Saturn, Saab and Pontiac brands.

GM allowed Saab to file for reorganization in Sweden in February as it was preparing for its own trip through US bankruptcy proceedings.

More dealerships are expected to go when GM sells off the flailing Hummer and Saturn brands, as well as possibly Saab.

Driver instrumentation for the Saab BioPower Hybrid Concept is as discreet as the installation of its hybrid engineering.

Yep, you guessed it, despite yet another deadline passing and a reported four bids received there is still none behind the wheel at Saab.

GM's board meets next week and the question of what to do with Saab will top the agenda.

Saab spokesman Eric Geers said he was confident that a buyer for the whole of Saab Automobile would be found.

Exactly what might come of such an arrangement that wouldn't have come from continued GM ownership of Saab is not clear.

GM is still expected to phase out or sell most of its other poorly performing brands, including Pontiac, Saab, and Saturn.

Some analysts wondered if Henderson's inability to sell Swedish unit Saab may have forced the board to show him the door.

BAIC will probably also use some of Saab's technology in its own cars, a person close to the deal said.

A state-owned company, Beijing Automotive Industry Holding, is planning to join a Swedish-led consortium in a bid for GM's Saab unit.

The company's unions and suppliers had been threatening to petition for Saab's insolvency themselves because of unpaid wages and bills.

In a complex deal, Spyker, a Dutch maker of sports cars, will now acquire the marque and save thousands of jobs at Saab's Swedish factories.

Also, the wheels appear to be fairly close in design to what Saab has included on their teaser car.

Saab did not respond to a request for comment.

China's car companies are rumoured to be among the bidders for some of the west's most famous brands such as Volvo, Saab and Hummer.

Sweden has effectively ruled out a state bailout of Saab.

GM put Saab up for sale in January, together with other non-core brands such as Saturn and Hummer, as part of its own restructuring efforts.

Saab's idiosyncratic way of doing things, and its powerful unions, make it unusually difficult to sell.

The fate of GM's Saab and Hummer, both up for sale, hangs in the balance as well.

GM and Ford say they have had contact with potential bidders for Saab and Volvo, respectively, but have declined further comment.

"To think that you are going to save Saab would be a decision completely based on emotion, " Merkle said.

Dutch luxury car maker Spyker Cars said on Monday it was working on a final offer for Saab assets and would file its bid by the deadline.

Analysts say the Chinese firm may still bid for some Saab assets, but was unlikely to go solo on bidding for the company.

GM is looking to offload Saab and is seeking court protection from creditors similar to a U. S. -style bankruptcy.

It's building a new engine plant and final assembly plant with capacity to produce 300, 000 Saab-based engines and cars a year.

Now Saab has at least a chance of surviving .

Under GM ownership, Saab only sells a few hundred cars a year in China, and produces no cars there.

Saab has its work cut out for it for years to come.

Want to test-fly a Saab? Saab is looking for pilots around the globe and is offering you a test-flight in this interactive drive.

Saab describes the Arthur system as a brigade- or division-level counterbattery sensor system, aiding the suppression of enemy artillery.

A spokesman for the Genii consortium said it was still interested in Saab but acknowledged Spyker was favourite.

Separately, he told Swedish news agency TT that Koenigsegg would pay EIB back and that its plans for Saab were long-term.

Even when Saab finally decided to go with a four-stroke engine in 1967, it kept things weird by using a V-4.

In the longer run, that could mean a return to the spirited and quirky Saab that won so many fans back in the days of the 900T and earlier.

In the United States, G. M. is down to just four brands, after shedding Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Hummer during its bankruptcy.

Geely executives visited Saab's Trollhattan headquarters in recent weeks, followed quickly by a bid for the Swedish automaker.

Despite Saab's loyal following, in two decades of GM ownership it has had one profitable year.

Saab is desperately trying to shift some cars in order to get its factory started again.

He was a crime reporter for the Chicago City News Bureau, a PR writer for General Electric, even a Saab car salesman.

The Saab BioPower Hybrid Concept showcases the state-of-the-art two-mode hybrid transmission.

Our Best Dressed star from last week glided down the red carpet like a beautiful swan wearing an Elie Saab Fall 2009 Couture gown.

Selling Saab is a key element of GM's revitalization strategy, but the U. S. auto maker has struggled to seal a deal.

Saab, the Swedish niche brand, could file for bankruptcy protection within a month, GM said in its recovery plan.

GM had been running Saab for the past two decades but failed to make any money on the unit.

The J-10 is said to be close to the Saab Gripen , but China says it is purely indigenous .

There has also been no news of the unnamed German commercial bank that was said to be interested in Saab.

Saab also did not have a wide number of models to suit different budgets and driver tastes.

A deal with either Saab or Volvo would certainly help Geely get a leg up on its domestic rivals.

The reports say that at the moment Saab has $90 million (79 million pounds) in reserve cash.

GM is in the process of selling off Saturn, Hummer and Saab as part of its bankruptcy reorganization.

Separately, Saab said it was in talks to raise more cash by selling and leasing back property, and would announce a deal shortly.

A s tate-owned company, Beijing Automotive Industry Holding, is planning to join a Swedish-led consortium in a bid for GM' s Saab unit.

Saab and Volvo are on the block because their owners, General Motors (GM) and Ford respectively, can no longer afford to keep them.

BAIC had looked at Saab after GM's decision to sell it earlier this year, but failed to make a shortlist.

Like Saab, Volvo sits uncomfortably between the volume producers and such marques as Audi, BMW and Mercedes.

GM's bankers informed Merbanco about two weeks ago that it was not invited to participate in further talks about Saab.

GM's Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said on a conference call that any buyer of Saab could have access to GM technology.

They wisely pulled out when they saw the state of the Saab plant and learned of the onerous conditions imposed on any new owner by GM.

Then there's the Saab 900, still believed by aficionados to be the best turbo hatchback ever made.

Saab entered the automobile market after World War II after starting as an aircraft manufacturer.

No cars have been produced at Saab's Swedish plant for the past three weeks after suppliers halted deliveries in protest over unpaid bills.

Koenigsegg, a tiny maker of high-performance cars based in Sweden, pulled out of an agreement to buy Saab from General Motors.

Victor Muller, chief executive of Spyker said Saab's production should resume in a matter of days.

With the filing of bankruptcy protection by GM, however, Saab cannot expect any more help from the parent firm.

Saab's demise would have been economic doom for a large Swedish region.

The order means that Saab will assume an overall commitment for the system.

The Saab deal is BAIC's bid to kick-start its own line of cars, which it hopes to begin selling next year.

Saab lovers would be left crying over their floor-mounted ignition switches.

GM sold Saab in early 2010 as part of a drive to rationalise its brands but Spyker has struggled to keep the carmaker going.

According to The Detroit Bureau, Cadillac's sub-CTS global model will be a concerted effort, unlike the Saab-based BLS sold in Europe.

Now, if you're really paying attention you'll know it was Koenigsegg that kicked off th is whole Saab buying malarkey.

Right outside the Saab museum, a giant black cast iron steam engine stands as a monument to this unsentimental approach.

A final decision on who will be Saab's savior is likely to be made on Monday the 2nd May, stay tuned for more information.

But if Saab is not competitive in a couple of years, he adds, "that will be that" .

Both Saab and Hummer were really niche brands, and GM clearly has more expertise in managing volume brands than managing niche brands.

Saab and Volvo may receive government-guaranteed loans, ostensibly to improve the efficiency of their cars.

For Saab, it remains to be seen if Spyker Cars NV's plans to resurrect the brand are credible.

Saab previously won protection from creditors, making it more insulated when GM inevitably files for bankruptcy.

General Motors has reached a tentative agreement to sell Saab to the Swedish sports car manufacturer Koenigsegg.

BAIC visited Saab's headquarters during the sale but failed to make the shortlist.

The firm may also escape the fury of Saab's many fans who rightly blamed GM's mismanagement for the firm's decline.

That outcome, the reports have said, could threaten at least 3, 000 Saab jobs in Sweden.

But the contract could still unravel as agreement is required from other parties, including General Motors, Saab's former owner.

Saab official has cleared up yesterday's news that the Swedish automaker was being courted by nearly 30 individual parties.

In a surprise decision, a Swedish court rejected an application for bankruptcy protection filed by Saab.

However, there has been talk of the Swedish government offering incentives for Saab's new owner to keep production in country.

After World War II, it applied technology and experience from manufacturing aircrafts to car manufacture.

Saab will deliver two complete TUAV systems, including the aircraft, ground stations, intelligence units and ancillary equipment.

GM has been making preparations to wind down Saab's operations but the companies said Tuesday that efffort would be suspended.

Sweden's other major car brand, General Motors Co. 's Saab, is also involved in a deal involving a Chinese company.

It said last fall that it would try to find buyers for Hummer and Saab.

GM starved the brand of investment, he adds, and Saab should be given a fighting chance under new owners.

Two unprofitable smaller firms, Jaguar and Saab, were swallowed by Ford and GM respectively only to cost billions in further losses.

On the first day, Aishwarya wore a violet blue fully embroidered tulle and mousseline gown from Lebanese designer Elie Saab.

Between 2003 and 2007, Saturn, Saab and Hummer together averaged annual pretax losses of $1. 1 billion a year.

GM even found buyers for tiny Saab in Koenigsegg, a boutique Swedish sports-car firm, and China's Beijing Automotive.

GM has warned that Saab will be liquidated if a buyer is not found by the end of the year.

Although a Geely purchase would keep the brand alive, the Swedish government and Saab workers aren't overly excited about the prospect.

Training will be organised by MBDA and SAAB instructors and consists of two parts.

SAAB was a military aircraft manufacturer.

S. group still has preference shares in Saab and has supplied the Swedish auto brand with crucial components.

GM even found buyers for tiny in Koenigsegg, a boutique Swedish sports-car firm, and China's Beijing Automotive.

Saab owners, according to a study, have the greatest "psychological involvement" with their cars.

On two other occasions during the Tokyo Film Festival she wore Elie Saab Couture gowns.

Last month Swedish sports-car maker Koenigsegg Group AB unexpectedly dropped a separate bid for Saab.

GM may have only weeks to divest itself of Saab, whereas Ford is a slightly less desperate seller.

Take a tour through the innovative thinking of Saab - back in time and into the future along a drawing board that's 60 years long.

The company is facing a tough situation at Saab which is struggling to find funding.

The production of the 2011 Saab 9-4X crossover will push through even though Saab is no longer under GM.

Separately, GM said Tuesday it closed a deal to sell its Saab unit in Sweden to Dutch sports car maker Spyker Cars NV.

Speaking for his centre-left trade union, Mr Zuza grumbles that Mr Reinfeldt is too negative about Saab.

Saab has said it lost about $340 million in 2008. GM has not released more recent financial information for the brand.

The task is hard, but with the reservoir of goodwill that Saab can still tap, it is not impossible.

GM expects to complete a deal on Saab in the next few weeks.

The Swedish government is negotiating with Koenigsegg on whether to guarantee an EIB loan to Saab.

Saab and the Government of Pakistan continue as planned with the delivery of the system.

Beijing Automotive (BAIC) also recently bought Saab technology from GM.

The first was an Elie Saab Spring 2011 Couture gown.

The filing does not cover Saab's North American or UK sales entities.

Saab's Swedish plant has been idle for about six weeks after parts suppliers ceased deliveries until bills were paid.

GM can do without Saab, which looks doomed (despite claims that there are several interested bidders).

Saab's ARTHUR radar system locates incoming enemy projectiles and missiles.

As part of the deal, GM would retain redeemable shares of $326 million in Saab, Spyker said.

Saab shows how they try to look at things from a different perspective.

GM should resist any pressure or temptation to do the same with Saab; the two are very different.

Their integration into the Combat Management System is done by SAAB.

Earlier this morning, a Vanersborg, Sweden, court granted Saab a three month extension from creditors to restructure its operations.

General Motors sold Saab to Spyker cars of the Netherlands last month.

Saab cars were the first to have heated passenger seats, beginning in 1971.

Chinese companies have tried to dampen speculation, issuing regulatory filings that deny bids to buy Ford's Volvo or General Motor's Saab.

Saab has said they will use already existing GM equipment, but they also want to win over the environmental executives.

There is a glimmer of hope for Saab as a big new order will enable it to pay wages and suppliers and resume making cars.

Pang declined to answer if Youngman would consider becoming a minority owner in Saab, owned by Swedish Automobile .

based Saab 9-7X or, further back, Cadillac grafting its logo onto a Chevrolet Cavalier and selling it as the Cimarron.

Saab will face trouble due to the smaller volumes it will be working with in the future, including higher prices for materials and parts.

Meantime, BAIC has started integrating Saab technology into its vehicles with an aim to sell 100, 000 self-developed passenger cars in 2011.

At the Saab museum here in western Sweden, the car maker's company history sits parked in line.

Sweden's government has confirmed it has been in contact with Fiat regarding Saab but would not disclose any details.

And the third is Aleksandar Zuza of a Swedish trade union, IF Metall, which represents production workers at Saab.

That's right, Bernie is part of the Genii Capital bid for Saab.

Saab is expected to figure alongside many other items on the board's agenda.

The agreement announced yesterday will see Saab's new owners form a joint venture with BAIC to sell and later produce the brand in China.

A choice of front- or all-wheel drive is likely, in keeping with Saab's current lineup.

Saab has been under court protection from creditors since September.

Ford and Saab have produced "flex fuel" cars that can run on either boiethanol or normal petrol, or any combination of the two.

With cash short, Saab's survival is officially endangered.

The deal announced last week would give the -Chinese carmaker a stake in the investor consortium but no board representation at Saab.

The Radar ESM system from Saab (SME100) is a compact, high performance, tactical ESM system.

These wraparound units culminate in an upswept rear edge, introducing a Saab design theme from the 9-5 range and classic 900 model.

The buyers pledged to invest 2. 2 billion euros ($3 billion) in Saab, but there's bad news as well.

Now, Geely is supposed to be preparing to buy Volvo, a much bigger outfit than Saab, from Ford.

Saab is upgrading the vessels' combat and fire control systems to 9LV Mk4, the fourth generation naval command and control system.

Except of course that Saab produces cars in the 'wrong' place.

Yet Saab has lost money for years and Volvo has been only marginally profitable.

Saab has total assets, including plants, equipment and cash, of about 1 billion euros, and liabilities of 528 million euros.

Crippled by a liquidity crisis, Saab hadn't produced cars in months.

Last month, after two attempts to find a buyer for Saab had failed, GM ordered the winding-down of the firm's operations.

We invite people to come "behind the scenes" in the Saab design studio.

The second is the Swedish government's new willingness to underwrite a euro 400m ($563m) loan to Saab from the European Investment Bank.

Saab, however, could be a different story--though nobody outside GM knows for sure what it is yet.

This will help the group fund a bid for Saab, a unit of General Motors.

Heavyweight Swedish companies such as Saab, Telia and the airline SAS have shed thousands of jobs.

So will the Hummer, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn brands.

The deal helps Koenigsegg finance its purchase of Saab, which is being sold by General Motors.

Overall, owning Saab may have cost GM up to $5 billion, and GM loses as much as $5, 000 on every Saab it sells in America.

Saab is saved from bankruptcy It looks like Saab is safe.

GM paid $600 million to acquire half of Saab's car division in 1989, and bought the other half a decade later.

Which EU country treat foreign investment equally? Years ago when Japanese wanted to buy Saab, the Sweden court banned the purchase.

Saab and Volvo are on the block. But are there any buyers?

Spyker Cars, the small Dutch company which bought Saab from General Motors last year, announced on Thursday the deal had been cancelled.

Saab drew to a halt beside him.

JAR-145 approval for maintenance of Avro was received in 2001 and of Saab in 2002.

Clearer images have surfaced of the heavily-disguised 2010 Saab 9-5 caught on video recently during winter testing.

In addition, a 63 million installment of Saab's existing loan from the European Investment Bank should be released, Mr. Lofalk said.

So why did Pang Da and Youngman want Saab, a consistent loss-maker for decades?

The company's Saab line recorded a 60% drop to 2, 482 cars.

On Tuesday, GM said Spyker sealed a deal for Saab.

We're not interested in Saab or the other brands out there.

sofie van damme , pr for saab belgium was keen to highlight saab ' s use of bio - fuel.

BAIC declined to comment. GM said: "We are negotiating on various aspects of Saab and will announce when there is any further development. "

GM is also seeking buyers for its Saturn and Saab brands.

There is also talk within Saab of moving production of the 9-4x crossover, due for launch next year, from a GM plant in Mexico to Sweden.

The news of the agreement also indicates the upcoming Saab 9-4X and next-generation 9-5 sedan are likely still on schedule.

Saab and Youngman would each take 45 per cent of the manufacturing venture, with Pang Da holding 10 per cent.

1990 - GM buys a 50-percent stake in Sweden's Saab and purchases the remaining half a decade later.

Yesterday's step forward for Saab came as efforts to find a buyer for Volvo also entered a crucial stage.

Saab has lost money for many years as its sales have declined.

The second Elie Saab Couture gown was from the recent Fall 2011 collection.

The researchers carried out tests on five cars including a Porsche, Saab, Nissan and Ford and recorded the noise levels at 55mph and 75mph.

However, Saab's management, GM and their advisers recognise that time is running out to negotiate a new deal to sell Saab.

I don't agree, I think Pentax philosophy is strinkingly similar to SAAB.

Saab is also likely to offer a dual-clutch gearbox in the 93.

In last place was Ford's Land Rover brand (438 problems), below GM's Saab brand (326).

More time I am afraid, than Saab has left.

Our photographers recently caught up with the 2011 Saab 9-5 at Germany's famed Nurburgring.

But the problems won't end as soon as Volvo and Saab leave Detroit.

Since then Volvo has shown us a plug-in hybrid concept based on its C30 hatchback and Saab unveiled its unique 9-X BioHybrid concept.

He is weaving through traffic in a Saab he and Mammi recently purchased from a friend.

Saab's upcoming 2010 9-5 sedan has been spotted undergoing high altitude performance testing in the Alps.

Mr Li played down reports that his company plans to buy Volvo or Saab.

The RIGS system makes use of Saab's digital video display technology to project the picture into the aircrew's field of view.

Saab sales dropped 35 percent in 2008. U. S. sales this year for the brand were down nearly 62 percent through October at 7, 441 vehicles.

So who is most likely to win the heart of Saab?

Saab's total output has seldom topped 100, 000.

This is the grand vision that has eluded Saab for decades, partly because it needs a bigger home market than Sweden.

GM shut down its Pontiac and Saturn brands last year, and sold off Saab a few weeks ago.

Last year BAIC, the Beijing automaker, acquired some assets of Saab from GM, with central government approval.

Dropping the 60-year-old Swedish auto brand would eliminate 3, 400 jobs in Sweden and hit 1, 100 Saab dealers globally.

This raised doubts over whether Hawtai would receive Beijing's blessing for its plan to buy a 29. 9 per cent stake in Saab.

One key to the scheme is the Saab technology his company acquired last year from GM for $200 million, a deal Mr. Wang spearheaded.

"We are confident" Saab will find a new owner, Geers said.

Having been scared last year by the near collapse of Saab, Sweden has acquiesced to the sale of Volvo to the Chinese buyer.

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