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Saab’s hiring! 500 workers reportedly needed to boost production

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Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Plants/Manufacturing , Saab , Spyker Saab resumes production – Click above for high-res image gallery Interested in a job in the automotive world? Saab has the news that you’ve been waiting for. According to AFP news service, production of Saab vehicles will be boosted to six times the current amount in just two short years. In order to meet that ambitious target, the automaker has announced that it will need the help of 500 more workers.

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Saab officially resumes production, new 9-5 built first, next-gen SportCombi confirmed?

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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Saab , Spyker Saab resumes production – Click above for high-res image gallery It’s a good day in Trollh

2010 Saab 9-3X U.S. pricing announced

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Filed under: Car Buying , Wagon , Saab 2010 Saab 9-3X – Click above for high-res image gallery Saab has released pricing details on its 2010 9-3 lineup, a newsworthy action in that it wasn’t long ago that “Saab” and “2010 models” appeared to be mutually exclusive terms. Now that Victor Muller and Spyker have graciously relieved GM of the Saab albatross, it’s onward and (ideally) upward for 2010 as the new company, Saab Spyker Automobiles, chases after the profits that have perennially eluded Trollh

Saab-Spyker is Go: EIB reportedly approves 400M euro loan, Spyker shareholders agree to Saab purchase

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Filed under: Europe , Saab , Earnings/Financials , Spyker Spyker-Saab is reportedly passing “Go” and collecting $547 million while they’re at. According to Automotive News , the €400 million loan courtesy of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has received final approval. There’s even more good Saab-related news (that almost feels weird to type) – Spyker shareholders have approved the ” we’re buying Saab ” deal.

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Report: Saab dealers stumping up $24M in unsolicited funds to make Spyker deal a reality

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Filed under: Saab , Earnings/Financials Spyker’s deal to purchase General Motors’ ailing Saab division out of the throes of insolvency appears to be moving along quite nicely. Production of vehicles is underway, a plan is in place to launch critical new models and the European Union has approved of a European Investment Bank loan of 400 million-euros ($546 million) to Spyker. It would seem that the road to a successful acquisition is so sure that the executive committee of Saab dealers have made an unsolicited offer of $24 million dollars to help Spyker complete the deal.

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Spyker releases more details on Saab purchase, promises new 9-3 for 2012

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Filed under: GM , Saab , Earnings/Financials , Spyker The long saga of Saab has generated a lot of headlines for us in the past few months. The latest was word that the deal between General Motors and Spyker was initially rejected because of the fact that one of Spyker’s investors was tied to the Russian mafia. It wasn’t until the Antonov Group was bought out, allegedly, that the deal proceeded. Today we received a press release from Spyker giving a few more details about its rationale for buying Saab, and it hints of what’s in store for the brand now that the tiny Dutch supercar maker has agreed to purchase this Swedish stalwart.

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