So the news now is that the Saab assets have been bought by a Chinese-Japanese group to build electric cars in Sweden. I would post a link but I'm lazy! Apparently the plan is to put electric drivetrains into the 9-3, on sale by late 2013, initially in China. The 9-5 and 9-4X are not included, to go around GM's intellectual property rights. Not really explained is whether they will be branded as Saabs. Strange times.
On another Saab note, our NAPA cataloging software has been showing 2012 Saabs. A while ago I noted to the NAPA people that while Saab did get certification for the 2012 models, no cars have been built by Saab since early last summer. Their reply -- according to them some 2012's did get built, and a few thousand are sitting on a dock somewhere in New Jersey! No speculation what would happen to them, but you almost have to imagine that they very well might make it onto the market somehow eventually. Although who would handle the sales is anybody's guess.
I'm understanding that these are EU models, does anyone have any insight to the possible U.S.-spec 2012 cars that may or may not have been onshore as in my post above?
If they really were in New Jersey, they may not be anymore...
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