Déja Vu for Saab

Leonard Hofstadter

At present it can only pay the wages of half its employees. And this is far from the company's only recent woes.

Anyone know what the Sweedish is for death by 1000 cuts?

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/258371/

A part of me would die at the thought of seeing Saab hit the scrapyard. The other half of me knows that you'd want to be insane to buy a new car from a brand that could be out of existance in a few weeks time.

VolvoMan

I think the biggest problem with SAAB is the general lack of loyalty and support to the brand by its own country, as well as the government. The Swedes are a cold, emotionless nation and wouldn't shed a tear if one of their world known companies was to shut its doors.

dell1211

VolvoMan wrote: »

I think the biggest problem with SAAB is the general lack of loyalty and support to the brand by its own country, as well as the government. The Swedes are a cold, emotionless nation and wouldn't shed a tear if one of their world known companies was to shut its doors.

why would anyone buy a saab? the chances of them being around in 6mths time to honour your warranty when your 9-5/vectra gives trouble is slim

from a swedes point of view they can do the loyal thing and buy a volvo

Tabnabs

dell1211 wrote: »

why would anyone buy volvo? the chances of them being around in 6mths time to honour your warranty when your 9-5/vectra gives trouble is slim

from a swedes point of view they can do the loyal thing and buy a volvo

VolvoMan

Tabnabs wrote: »

+1

Tabnabs

VolvoMan wrote: »

I think the biggest problem with SAAB is the general lack of loyalty and support to the brand by its own country, as well as the government. The Swedes are a cold, emotionless nation and wouldn't shed a tear if one of their world known companies was to shut its doors.

2010 sales in Sweden according to BIL Sweden

Rank-Brand-Sales-Share-Inc/Dec
1 Volvo 53,718 18.6% 28.5
2 VW 35,692 12.3% 54.6
3 Toyota 21,628 7.5% 14.3
4 Ford 17,856 6.2% 36.0
5 Audi 16,170 5.6% 32.6
6 BMW 13,959 4.8% 22.8
7 Renault 13,791 4.8% 96.7
8 Kia 13,237 4.6% 41.2
9 Skoda 12,492 4.3% 57.2
10 Mercedes 10,475 3.6% 36.9
11 Peugeot 10,167 3.5% 34.9
12 Hyundai 10,163 3.5% 43.2
13 Saab 8,676 3.0% 22.8
14 Opel 6,487 2.2% 19.7
15 Citroen 6,087 2.1% 33.0
16 Nissan 5,510 1.9% 61.5
17 Mitsubishi 4,866 1.7% 68.2
18 Subaru 4,365 1.5% 44.7
19 Honda 4,126 1.4% -0.6
20 Mazda 3,296 1.1% 1.8
21 Suzuki 3,073 1.1% 52.8
22 Fiat 2,744 0.9% 38.7
23 Seat 2,629 0.9% 24.8
24 Dacia 1,715 0.6% 161.8
25 Chevrolet 1,488 0.5% 48.2
26 Chrysler 1,395 0.5% -3.9
27 Lexus 821 0.3% 19.92
8 MINI 750 0.3% 7.8
29 Porsche 477 0.2% 62.8
30 Land Rover 394 0.1% 51.0
Övriga Fabrikat 1230 0.4%
Totalt 289,477 +35.7

jimmyw

dell1211 wrote: »

why would anyone buy volvo? the chances of them being around in 6mths time to honour your warranty when your 9-5/vectra gives trouble is slim

from a swedes point of view they can do the loyal thing and buy a volvo

The thread is about Saab, not Volvo;).I would gladly buy a Saab again ( Did but had to sell it:mad:) before I would buy a Ford,Toyota, Nissan etc.

dell1211

lads is it not obvious i made a typo in my 1st paragraph, should have been saab not volvo