Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:59:18 GMT From: Saab Guy <nothingnospamo.com> Subject: Re: From Businessweek: "Pontiac, Buick, and Saab would follow Oldsmobile to the scrap heap."
Did you see what could have possibly been Jan Willem-Vester replying to Saabnet? Did you see his post up a few lines that I pasted from saabnet to here for us? I too want to know more about the Saab Scania split. I would like to see SCANIA take Saab once again. What else do you know about the split? Saab Guy On 29 Apr 2005 10:53:26 -0700 "saabyurk" <tednospamrkon.com> wrote: > Saab Guy wrote: > > > Quote from end of document. Read last sentence here. Scary. I hope > that there is a good buyer of Saab. Maybe the EU could reverse their > decision back in the late 1980's to allow SCANIA to buy Saab? > > > I don't remember the EU being involved, or even that Scania wanted to > buy SAAB, only that SAAB-Scania split around 1990. I'm interested in > learning more though, if you could point me to some sources; I would > like that outcome because Scania knows engines and turbocharging very > well. > > Is it unrealistic to wish that someone like BMW would buy SAAB, and > then let SAAB be their FWD and turbo development division, with some > crossover in AWD vehicles? >