RIP Saab end of another Motor Company.

You did post about this when i brought the car:

(That is an awful lot of money to spend on a reasonably new Saab - mainly because Saab is literally right on the edge of bankruptcy. Production has stopped several times in the last 2 months apparently due to them not being able to pay suppliers and numerous rescue deals have come to nothing.

It wont be around much longer and thus neither will the dealer network nor the warranty. Which is surely the point in spending £25k on a nearly new car...

This purchase reminds me very much of the idea of buying a 1 year old MG ZT in February 2005.... )

They have only sold about 100 2.8t Aero XWD in this country so now i have a very rare White Elephant. But Saab Uk remain adamant that they will remain and have about 3,500 Saab cars in there network for sale, just may mean very cheap Saabs for sale in the end, only time will tell.
 
Being fair, all of the more recent ones have been spruced up Vauxhalls with nice seats. That's hardly a recipe for a great car, and is not worthy of the innovative nature of their history.
In short, another marque killed by GM.
 
It's a shame, but no great surprise. Regardless of who owned it, sticking with the business model of making 2 models of saloon car notable for turbocharged petrol engines during a period where people have deserted the sector in droves to buy MPV's, 4x4's and Coupe's, and switch to diesel power, was never going to work long term.

People who bought Saab's because they wanted something premium and didn't fancy a BMW or a Merc. The premium bit diminished, the GM diesels weren't up to scratch and VAG did a great job of increasing Audi's market share to provide another alternative premium option.

RIP Saab.
 
I tend to miss out the 2.0t vector 9-3 that i owned for 4 months, when i go through my car history.

Nothing wrong with it, but god there was nothing RIGHT with it. Awful thing.
 
Never understood why they made the wheels look so ugly. At least give the thing some 18"s as standard. I think they came with 16"s which was way too much rubber rim on what was supposed to be a sporty fast luxury car..
 
What i can't understand is why Swedish Automobile sold Spyker cars and bought Saab

Given that spyker appear to be doing OK, they would surely have been better off not bothering ?
 
They were bought by CPP Global Holdings who own Bowler (of Bowler Wildcat fame)

Spyker cars were already built in the UK (production was moved from holland to be near CPP who built them), and CPP are buying a portion of Jaguars old browns lane site and will build them there.
 
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thedoc46 said:
Never understood why they made the wheels look so ugly. At least give the thing some 18"s as standard. I think they came with 16"s which was way too much rubber rim on what was supposed to be a sporty fast luxury car..
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The 9-5 Aero had 17" wheels with 225/45/17 tyres, though they were ugly 3 spokes. :p

I still miss my 9-5, it was a brilliant car.
 
:( I miss our 9000 Aero, that was a tank but had a mad turbo! Awesome for overtaking! Great car to learn to drive in :)
 
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****. I've just bought a used one. Is this going to adverse to me?
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Would that not depend on how old the car is? If you bought it direct from Saab with a warranty as a used car then it's likely to be adverse unless they have some way of getting another company to honour the warranty, if it's bought as an older car from anywhere else then I doubt it matters too much as it seems unlikely that all other support facilities and parts will instantly disappear. I obviously don't know for certain but that seems reasonably logical.
 
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Would that not depend on how old the car is? If you bought it direct from Saab with a warranty as a used car then it's likely to be adverse unless they have some way of getting another company to honour the warranty, if it's bought as an older car from anywhere else then I doubt it matters too much as it seems unlikely that all other support facilities and parts will instantly disappear. I obviously don't know for certain but that seems reasonably logical.
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There are already significant issues with parts supply. One of my friends runs a Saab indy in Bristol and has been waiting for 3 months for a pair of oil cooler pipes for a 9-5.
 
Sales not affected, lol. I think the fact they've not made any cars for months might just be affecting sales.

Well, assuming there even were any.
 
In reality, this is the longest drawn out death of a car manufacturer I can think of, it started back in 1995.

SAAB were the pioneers with turbocharging and had a good rep for build quality at one time.

As I say it died back in 1995 as that is when they split from the company that turned them into what they became and are now no longer....

That company was Scania.

RIP SAAB, at least the Griffin lives on on!
 
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Saab UK are just a limited company who will have the franchise to sell Saab cars and provide parts and service in the UK.

To say parts won't be affected is laughable. Saab UK don't have nearly enough cars on the road to support production of runs of things like body panels and trim.

Having a warranty is all well and good, but if your car goes wrong and they can't get the parts (and from personal experience, getting parts quickly wasn't something they were terribly good at when I had a 9-3 Convertible in 2005) you're stuffed.

Service parts on the newer cars will largely be GM stuff so will be available, but stuff for the older cars will die off very soon I would have thought.

When Rover went bust people were buying 75 Diesels and saying "Oh it's fine, its got a BMW engine". OK if you need a piston I suppose, not much use if you need a body panel or something!
 
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