Saab Automobile, which declared voluntary bankruptcy last week, remains determined in its search for a suitor to save it from oblivion. According to reports, the Swedish carmaker is in talks with the Turkish government, after the latter supposedly expressed interest in the carmaker.
Citing sources close to Saab’s management, German mag auto motor und sport reported that the talks have been initiated by Victor Muller, Swedish Automobile’s chief executive, adding that the discussions were still at a very early stage. It was however reported last week that Turkey’s Industry Minister Nihat Ergun said that the government was not interested in Saab.
Elsewhere, another report by Swedish business daily Dagens Industri said that one of India’s largest carmakers may also be interested in buying parts or all of the company. Any deal would however need the approval of former owner and key licence holder General Motors, which blocked the last bid – by the Chinese – to save Saab.
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Saab is a better car manufacturer compared to PROTON. If it can’t survive, do you guys think PROTON will without the protection from the government? Hhmm…
People living in Sweden: 9.379.116
People living in Malaysia: 28.401.017
SAAB has a much smaller home market than P1
Why everything must link to proton laaa?
Standard la orang kaya2 sume mesti bash proton. Dulu mase “terpaksa” pakai proton, anak pegang pon putus jari. Lidah dalam pipi… Anyway, nice to see the first interior shot. Knowing P1, this design should make it to the final product. My only concern is the paddle shifter, push start button and other niceties are only being kept for the higer trim level which will be priced waaaay higher than the trim level below it. To any P1 bosses reading this, please, we couldn’t care much less for a start button, paddle shifter, laser canon, ejector seat. But we could make do with 4 + air bags, ABS, EBD etc. across all trim level. We want to play, and we need to put our “helmet” on for security. (That’s what she said!)
Why there are always s—kers?
Saab vehicles actually had personality. Proton’s all about making money and I doubt Mahathir cared much about driving pleasure or comfort when he founded Proton. Saab contributed a lot to the auto world and it would be a very different scene if Saab didn’t exist. They were the first to dabble in turbocharging their cars. Saab > Proton, period.