Terrible news for the workforce right before Christmas. I feel the writing has been on the wall for some time now, I think GM was trying to pitch Saab as a premium brand without anything actually premium on offer.
Lack of direction
GM's ownership lacked the scope and direction shown by Ford with its not too dissimilar Volvo business. Saab effectively remained a two car brand despite tantalising concepts suggesting it would move into the SUV sector. While Volvo developed a fully fledged line-up.
It very much is a shame, but as Rich states GM did nothing with the brand. The cars were all underpinned by old Opal chassis' and very little independent development was done.
Also, Saab drivers were always such nice people (Si excluded obviously
I have a Saab 9-3 TDi as my company car and i must say it is sad news as i would have liked the Aero version of the 9-3 when it was due for replacement. They are not a bad car at all for day to day driving. Much better than a vauhall.
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