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Report: China’s Youngman to wage new bid for Saab

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Filed under: China , Europe , GM , Saab , Earnings/Financials Ladies and gentlemen, those of you preparing to leave the theater because you thought the Saab opera was over, well, take a seat. After sinking a fair bit of money into the troubled Swedish automaker while chasing the deal, Youngman isn’t ready to walk away. According to Reuters, the Chinese firm is ready to make a new bid for the Swedish brand as soon as next week, and it could be worth more than a billion Euros.

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Report: Saab USA still looking for ways to honor warranties

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Filed under: Car Buying , Government/Legal , Saab , Earnings/Financials As previously reported , Saab has announced that it is ceasing all warranty coverage on its vehicles in North America in the wake of its official bankruptcy in its home country of Sweden. That’s bad news for anyone who’s purchased a vehicle from Saab here in the States expecting to receive a few years of warranty coverage, but Saab Cars USA CEO Tim Colbeck is hoping to offer a solution. Speaking to The Detroit Bureau , he said: “We’re committed to develop a way to handle warranties for all owners of 2010 and 2011 Saab models.

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2014 Saab 9-3 design sketch leaked

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Sketch of upcoming next-generation Saab 9-3 comes from a presentation Saab made last year to the European Investment Bank.

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Submit your questions for Autoblog Podcast #254 LIVE

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Filed under: Etc. , Technology , Ford , Honda , Saab , Toyota We record Episode #254 of the Autoblog Podcast tonight, and you can drop us your questions via our Q&A module below. Check out our discussion topics or chime in to help determine what else the crew chats about this evening.

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Spy Shots: Are you the next Saab 9-3?

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Filed under: Spy Photos , Hatchback , Saab , Design/Style Assuming the Chinese government approves the sale of Saab to the Pang Da and Youngman companies (a very big “if,” truth be told), the Swedish automaker could indeed have a bright future… in time. With the new 9-5 and 9-4X not in need of any dire updates just yet, it’d be smart for Saab to focus on reworking its biggest volume offering, the aged 9-3 .

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Report: Saab may drop 9-3 name for car’s successor

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Filed under: Sedan , Europe , Plants/Manufacturing , Marketing/Advertising , Saab Saab has said it may kill the long-standing 9-3 nameplate in early 2013. A successor to the popular model is in the works for that timeframe (assuming, you know, that the company survives for that long), but Saab brass say they haven’t decided whether to kill the moniker. If Saab does decide to switch things up, the car’s new handle will likely be pulled from the automaker’s heritage, and for now, that’s all the company will say about the possible re-naming. Saab also said that it is looking to refire production as early as the end of this month, and finally managed to pay their white-collar workers in full this month

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