Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:07:52 +0100 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Saab Aerospace History
Johannes wrote: > Saab Guy wrote: > > > > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:21:00 GMT > > Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > in article 20050828115010.6a7d681d.nothingnospamo.com, Saab Guy at > > > nothingnospamo.com wrote on 28/08/2005 19:50: > > > > > > > On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:15:29 GMT > > > > th <someguynospamwhere.se> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Saab Guy wrote: > > > >>> Saab New Campaign "What we Learned in the AIr, now available on the ground" > > > >>> > > > >>> http://www.saab.com/main/GLOBAL/en/index_flash.shtml > > > >>> > > > >>> You've got to click on the SportCombi! > > > >>> > > > >>> Then take a look at the video in the trunk of the SportCombi! > > > >>> > > > >>> Very nice!!! > > > >> > > > >> Well, being a GM company since more than 5 years there is not much > > > >> aircraft technology knowhow left at Saab cars. > > > > > > > That's why they (GM) needs to community through their Advertising/Marketing > > > > partnership with LOWE LINTAS (NY) and LOWE BRINDFORDS (SWEDEN) part of LOWE > > > > Partners Worldwide to communite to Saab Technologies ( Saab Aerospace) in > > > > Sweden to get such historical information such as footage, etc. > > > > > > Don't SAAB planes have Volvo engines, anyway? > > > > > > PH > > > > > > > PH, > > > > So Saab will eventually put a Ford (Volvo) engine in their Saab? > > > > What's new, remember the Ford V4? :) > > > > SG > > Aerospace and cars... > The embattled British Leyland/Rover cars was handed over to British Aerospace > sometime in the 1980's, I think for one GBP. The then UK Trade Secretary thought > that there could be some synergy between the two engineering strands that might > rub off on the car production. He had probably read some SAAB car brochures -LOL! > Things didn't quite go after his head and British Leyland was sold again to BMW > who had another go at it. By the way, BMW also have aircraft ancestry. It didn't > work either, so the company was handed to a consortium in the UK for 10 GBP. It > worked up to a couple of months ago when it folded. A Chinese car manufacturer > is now looking at the company. It's actually been sold. Or rather various bits have been sold to different bidders. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4708739.stm " Rover sold to Nanjing Automobile " But Shanghai Automotive had already purchased the rights to their engines IIRC and maybe some other stuff too. Graham
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