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#1 theForgottenone

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Posted 25 December 2011 - 08:38 AM

Surprise nobody made a thread about it. So Sweden had two auto companies. One is in the process of bankruptcy and one own by Chinese, lol. I guess we no longer have car born from jet.
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Posted 25 December 2011 - 09:05 AM

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Posted 25 December 2011 - 02:57 PM

View PostA1C Beiber, on 25 December 2011 - 09:05 AM, said:

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Posted 25 December 2011 - 02:57 PM

View PosttheForgottenone, on 25 December 2011 - 08:38 AM, said:

Surprise nobody made a thread about it.
it has been talked about in other threads.
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Posted 25 December 2011 - 06:43 PM

Not even surprised.

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Posted 25 December 2011 - 07:07 PM

Even the Chinese didn't want Saab...
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Posted 25 December 2011 - 07:24 PM

They did want Saab but GM blocked the sale of the company because they said the Chinese would get a hold of their crappy design architecture. Trust me nobody wants GM's tech. I would personally buy GM stock if somebody gave it to me.
I never want to a GM product in my life. They basically screwed Saab and left them for dead.

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Posted 25 December 2011 - 07:37 PM

The Chinese already have access to GM architecture..the Equinox has a Chinese drivetrain.
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Posted 26 December 2011 - 12:48 AM

If i can get 2011 9-5 (4 cylinder) for 15K sometime in 2012 I might make a move on one. However apparently dealers have no more incentive money coming from SAAB so prices have not come down that much since the bankruptcy announcement. I did see a rumor posted online started by someone that claimed to work a SAAB dealer that 9-5 would be "let go" for $15K in January. The month before the bankruptcy I had seen nice low mileage 2011 SAAB 9-5s 4 cylinders listed for $27K.

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Posted 26 December 2011 - 02:52 AM

View Postswedishiron, on 26 December 2011 - 12:48 AM, said:

If i can get 2011 9-5 (4 cylinder) for 15K sometime in 2012 I might make a move on one. However apparently dealers have no more incentive money coming from SAAB so prices have not come down that much since the bankruptcy announcement. I did see a rumor posted online started by someone that claimed to work a SAAB dealer that 9-5 would be "let go" for $15K in January. The month before the bankruptcy I had seen nice low mileage 2011 SAAB 9-5s 4 cylinders listed for $27K.
GM will only honor warranty work to '09...something to keep in mind.
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