You thought Saab was gone? Think again.

Everyone who hasn't been on a vacation in a cave for the last year or so has certainly heard about the sinking ship called Saab. Long did they struggle, and they always seemed to ninja their way out when it looked as they'd go bust. The ninja-tricks repertoire wasn't endless though.

"Last Saabs ever produced"

Inevitably time cought up with them, and on the 19th of December 2011 Saab had to sign into bankruptcy. The media around the whole Saab-case was spectacular when they finally sank, the bankruptcy made headlines all over the world, and everyone, no matter how much they'd hated or loved Saab in the past, seemed to get misty-eyed about the phrase "last Saabs ever produced". Top Gear even did a "Saab history special" to honour the quirky Swedish carmaker.

Saab gaining strength like an amoeba in a rehydrated puddle

Now months have passed, and the idea of a Saabless future has slowly made itself comfortable in the cognitive parts of one's brain, but that notion might be useless. Saab, it seems, is a cat, and it still has a few lives to go.

According to Hans Bergqvist, the man in charge of the bankruptcy nest, six new offers well exceeding the nest's value of 400 million euros have been made. Good news for the Swedish, because all bidders plan to continue production in the Trollhättan factory in one way or another.

Bergqvist hasn't revealed any information on the bidders, but at least the Chinese Youngman Group has come forward and said they've made an offer.

The decision on Saab's new ownership will be made by summer, so Saab might ninja its way out of this one too, who would have guessed? It seems as though you can't simply kill off Saab like that.


-HS

source: tekniikanmaailma.fi


Good news, right? At least we'll see the exciting aero-x concept develop (hopefully)