May 21, 2013
- Former executives suspected of accounting fraud charges It's been reported that three former executives of Saab have been released, having been arrested earlier today on accounting fraud charges.Swedish prosecutor Olof Sahlgren said that the three former executives are suspected of "aggravated attempts to avoid tax controls" by allegedly falsifying parts of Saab's accounts between 2010 and 2011. The crime carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison.The three executives, named as Jan Ake...
- Former executives arrested on accounting fraud charges It's been reported that three former executives of Saab have been arrested on accounting fraud charges.Swedish prosecutor Olof Sahlgren said that the three former executives are suspected of "aggravated attempts to avoid tax controls" by allegedly falsifying parts of Saab's accounts between 2010 and 2011. The crime carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison.The three executives have not been identified, but allegedly worked for Saab...
April 19, 2013
- These are some very early development units.
April 16, 2013
- 2009: GM owned SAAB Automobile AB as one single company February 2010: SAAB Automobile AB was divided up into a number of smaller companies, here are some of them: SAAB AUTOMOBILE AB responsible for car-production SAAB Tools AB: Managing all tools operated by the car-company SAAB Automobile Parts AB: Located in Nyköping, Sweden. Responsible for [...]
April 9, 2013
- Jaguar considers extreme 600bhp F-type; full Skoda Octavia road test; Volvo V60 hybrid on ice; 1200 miles across Sicily in a Porsche Cayman Another earthshaking Jaguar Land Rover exclusive is the headline news in this week’s issue of Autocar, which hits the real and virtual news-stands tomorrow morning.As the world gears up to provide the first driving impressions of the Jaguar F-type (more about that in next week’s issue), Autocar lifts the lid on secret plans to build a rip-snorting 600bhp...
April 3, 2013
- According to a report from Jalopnik, Sweden’s Saab brand may rise again, this time via a company called National Electric Vehicle Sweden, a Chinese-owned company that bought the bankrupt assets of the former General Motors brand
February 6, 2013
- Publicis Groupe's merger of Digitas and LBi yesterday into one mega-digital-agency-network has sparked an automotive client conflict, Ad Age has learned. Richard Monturo, VP-global marketing at Volvo Car Corp., told Ad Age that combining the two companies means that his digital account, lead by LBi -- which has supported the car brand for several years out of its Gothenberg, Sweden, office -- will bump up against Digitas' work for General Motors. (That includes direct and digital work for...
- Remember that 991-series Porsche 911 Turbo we spotted testing in Sweden last week? Well that wasn’t the prototype we caught testing – we also managed to snap a few pictures in the deep freeze near the Arctic Circle of an updated Opel Astra sedan, a car that’s mechanically related to the Buick Verano. Snapped by [...]
February 4, 2013
- The planned Saab 900 was based on the Phoenix platform and would have been revealed last year if the Swedish company had not run into financial trouble This is the still-born Saab 900 that was intended to revive the company under private ownership, after General Motors sold the company in 2010 to Spyker Cars.Codenamed Project 540 and based on the all-new, Saab-engineered, Phoenix platform, this five door hatchback should have been revealed late last year, along with a new version of the classic...
November 14, 2012
- Do you believe in reincarnation? Like how we hope that, maybe, all of our hard work as auto writers will result in an eventual return as a swarm of beautiful butterflies. If you are a Saab fan, the equivalent could be this bit of news: The 9-3 Convertible may rise again, as an electric vehicle. Word comes from the Dutch version of Autoweek that Chinese entity National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has indicated that it will bring an electric version of the 9-3 Convertible to market in the...
October 17, 2012
- Probably the most appreciated item of the Oktoberfest 2012 was the presentation by Vice President of National Electric Vehicle Sweden, Mattias Bergman. This is the first time anyone from NEVS talks in public. The following video clip is a low resolution version that we’ve uploaded until we’re done editing the final version which will come [...]
October 15, 2012
- Saturday evening, October 13th 152 saab fans from 18 different countries spent 4 hours at the museum listening to former Saab managers, how to build extreme tuning cars, all highly appreciated, but most people felt the most important part was told by Mattias Bergman from National Electric Vehicle Sweden. The event took us several hours [...]
October 9, 2012
- According to Just-Auto.com Victor Muller wasn't a fan of the Saab Griffin logo. The executive was quoted as saying he wanted to "abolish" the Griffin logo and return to the airplane emblem. Muller made it clear that if he'd had his way, the propeller would have replaced the Griffin across the Saab lineup long ago. National Electric Vehicle Sweden, the company that recently bought Saab, was forced to abandon the Griffin logo due to the fact that the emblem is still used by truck manufacturer...
September 22, 2012
- Anyone can be an ordinary dummy, whereas being a good crash-test dummy takes work. A few things you probably didn't know: the official name for a crash-test dummy is "anthropomorphic test device" (ATD), General Motors "has a long history" designing ATDs, and the process is so specialized that there's even a Rear Impact Dummy Task Group. GM is working with five other OEMs on the dummies that help ensure humans stay as safe as possible in car crashes. The latest advance is the second generation...
September 4, 2012
- National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS) acquired assets of Saab on June 13, 2012, and now the transaction is completed. Financial details remain undisclosed, however. NEVS is a Swedish company that was founded last spring with the aim of buying back Saab and producing an electric car at the Trollhättan plant. The vehicle will reportedly be sold in China as a Saab but under a new logo since NEVS wasn't able to secure those rights. With the increasing popularity of EVs around the world...