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Old 03-25-2009, 02:39 PM   #1
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DETROIT -- General Motors and its Saab unit have agreed to share technology for at least the next five years. The arrangement is designed to make Saab more attractive to potential buyers, which is key to winning loan money from the Swedish government.

GM will let Saab use its global platforms, components and other systems in exchange for Saab's safety, chassis and engine technology, Jan-Willem Vester, Saab spokesman, said today.

The agreement comes in the wake of GM's Feb. 17 viability plan to the U.S. Treasury Department. In that report, GM said Saab would separate from GM in January 2010.
"Fritz Henderson got a question: 'Would Saab still be allowed to tap into GM's technology?' and he answered positively," Vester said. "Don't expect it to end abruptly anytime soon because Saab is launching several new products and will need to depend on several of GM components and systems."

Saab plans to launch three new vehicles over the next 18 months, Vester said. Saab will get an all-new 9-5 sedan, a new 9-4 crossover and the 9-3X, an all-wheel-drive sport wagon. The 9-3X will debut at the New York auto show in April, Vester said.

GM has pledged to support Saab with $400 million, but Saab executives are currently courting outside investors, Vester says. Saab needs additional funding to market and launch its new products and to make the brand salable, he says. The Swedish government is agreeable to helping support Saab but has said any financial aid is contingent on GM being able to attract a new owner for Saab.

"The Swedish government has said, 'We're not interested in owning Saab,'" Vester says.

Saab employs about 5,000 people in Sweden. There are another 15,000 people indirectly associated with the brand.
The brand's global sales plummeted to 93,925 vehicles in 2008, down 25.2 percent from 2007. In the U.S., Saab sales plunged to 21,368 vehicles in 2008, down 34.7 percent from 2007.
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Courting other investors....yeah like Chrysler did with Cerberus? Oh yeah, I can see that one now, "well SAAB we paid all we could, now go get us some of that bailout money!" I bet they are courting lots of investors...lots of smart foreign ones. If GM doesn't want to be the next AIG (if you forget the bonuses, they still gave 58 billion bailout money to foreign banks) they better be careful here. Paint it and fix some rust, but please sell it as is with no warranty.
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