Publicado: Lun Ene 12, 2009 7:18 pm
segun parece hace ya unos meses, hubo un posible comprador pero no se llego a nada, aunque ahi esta.
El problema clave, es lo que durante años GM ha querido de Saab y es que se integrara en GM y toda su estructura, ahora que esta integrada, precisamente todo el desarrollo hecho por Saab para GM, es vital para GM, por lo que no puede dejarlo perder, e ahi el gran problema por el que GM esta intentando ver como montar una posible venta, intentando mantener todo el knowhow de Saab que le sirva para su futuro.
is possible that GM’s Saab brand could be part of the industry-wide consolidation, Foster said, adding that GM has been approached by one auto maker interested in buying the Swedish mark.
“We were talking to one auto company that has volunteered, was interested, by the sale,” Foster said.
But before any deal can be reached, GM must first complete negotiations with the Swedish government on proposed credit guarantees.
An agreement of some kind must be reached before a March 31 deadline by which GM must present the U.S. government with its global sustainability plan in exchange for billions of dollars in loans.
“We don’t need a detailed, signed loan agreement. What we need a good term sheet and we believe it’s doable,” Foster said.
The key question for Saab’s survival and attractiveness for potential sale is whether it can generate sufficient cash flow to support product development, Foster said.
“If we have an autonomous or quasi-autonomous company [that is] well funded, the pressure to sell it is not that evident,” Foster said, adding that “all options are on the table.”
Translated from from Svenska Dagbladet:
Right now on the agenda: Possible sale of Saab and if GM can survive the summer.
One problem is that governments only want to provide support for activities within their own borders. And that GM and Saab is now fully integrated.
GM now wants to solve this by separating the Saab from GM - like Ford has done with Volvo.
- It is new that we try to separate the Saab from GM - to make it clearer for governments to provide support, “said Carl-Peter Forster.
He stresses that GM will not reduce support for Saab - which continued to have strong ties in terms of technological development, parts, engine and component collaborations.
But it means that Saab in the future could be forced to sign a agreement for all the cooperation with GM. And there are many.
Carl-Peter Forster mentions for example, that Saab could have an agreement with GM in Rüsselsheim to produce the new 9-5 model next year.
But Saab’s important new model 9-4X, presented 2010, for example, will be produced in Mexico. What aid money can be used there? Hardly the Swedish government.
U.S. government?
- I honestly do not know how the U.S. government looks at manufacturing in Mexico, “says Carl-Peter Forster and looks tired.
While Saab Automobile Managing Director Jan-Åke Jonsson, who SvD meets in the Saab stand, confirmed that Saab is now distancing itself from GM - after all these years of strugge to integrate wihtin GM.
- It also means that we have greater autonomy, he says.
Jan-Åke Jonsson mentions that Tata Motors, which in March bought the Jaguar and Land Rover by Ford, were then forced to write more than 60 service contracts with Ford on various partnerships.
Will Saab like Volvo to publicly disclose their results?
- It is too early to tell, says Jan-Åke Jonsson.
Saab is now under a “strategic review” - which means that a sale is a way out. And another advantage of a separation is that Saab will be easier to sell.
According to Automotive News there are no buyers.
Carl-Peter Forster is irritated on those speculations.
- We have had talks with a buyer who approached the Saab for a couple months ago, he says.
But it did not reach any deal.
It also looks dark for Saab to make a smaller Saab, which in size is less than 9-3: an. The rhetoric has changed from a yes in principle - to doubtness
- Today we focus on 9-5, 9-4X and 9-3, “said Carl-Peter Forster shortly.
Even Jan-Åke Jonsson is on the same line. He would not comment on the major expansion of the model program for Saab.
- We must be realistic. Now we focus on a new 9-5, the present is 11 years old.
El problema clave, es lo que durante años GM ha querido de Saab y es que se integrara en GM y toda su estructura, ahora que esta integrada, precisamente todo el desarrollo hecho por Saab para GM, es vital para GM, por lo que no puede dejarlo perder, e ahi el gran problema por el que GM esta intentando ver como montar una posible venta, intentando mantener todo el knowhow de Saab que le sirva para su futuro.
is possible that GM’s Saab brand could be part of the industry-wide consolidation, Foster said, adding that GM has been approached by one auto maker interested in buying the Swedish mark.
“We were talking to one auto company that has volunteered, was interested, by the sale,” Foster said.
But before any deal can be reached, GM must first complete negotiations with the Swedish government on proposed credit guarantees.
An agreement of some kind must be reached before a March 31 deadline by which GM must present the U.S. government with its global sustainability plan in exchange for billions of dollars in loans.
“We don’t need a detailed, signed loan agreement. What we need a good term sheet and we believe it’s doable,” Foster said.
The key question for Saab’s survival and attractiveness for potential sale is whether it can generate sufficient cash flow to support product development, Foster said.
“If we have an autonomous or quasi-autonomous company [that is] well funded, the pressure to sell it is not that evident,” Foster said, adding that “all options are on the table.”
Translated from from Svenska Dagbladet:
Right now on the agenda: Possible sale of Saab and if GM can survive the summer.
One problem is that governments only want to provide support for activities within their own borders. And that GM and Saab is now fully integrated.
GM now wants to solve this by separating the Saab from GM - like Ford has done with Volvo.
- It is new that we try to separate the Saab from GM - to make it clearer for governments to provide support, “said Carl-Peter Forster.
He stresses that GM will not reduce support for Saab - which continued to have strong ties in terms of technological development, parts, engine and component collaborations.
But it means that Saab in the future could be forced to sign a agreement for all the cooperation with GM. And there are many.
Carl-Peter Forster mentions for example, that Saab could have an agreement with GM in Rüsselsheim to produce the new 9-5 model next year.
But Saab’s important new model 9-4X, presented 2010, for example, will be produced in Mexico. What aid money can be used there? Hardly the Swedish government.
U.S. government?
- I honestly do not know how the U.S. government looks at manufacturing in Mexico, “says Carl-Peter Forster and looks tired.
While Saab Automobile Managing Director Jan-Åke Jonsson, who SvD meets in the Saab stand, confirmed that Saab is now distancing itself from GM - after all these years of strugge to integrate wihtin GM.
- It also means that we have greater autonomy, he says.
Jan-Åke Jonsson mentions that Tata Motors, which in March bought the Jaguar and Land Rover by Ford, were then forced to write more than 60 service contracts with Ford on various partnerships.
Will Saab like Volvo to publicly disclose their results?
- It is too early to tell, says Jan-Åke Jonsson.
Saab is now under a “strategic review” - which means that a sale is a way out. And another advantage of a separation is that Saab will be easier to sell.
According to Automotive News there are no buyers.
Carl-Peter Forster is irritated on those speculations.
- We have had talks with a buyer who approached the Saab for a couple months ago, he says.
But it did not reach any deal.
It also looks dark for Saab to make a smaller Saab, which in size is less than 9-3: an. The rhetoric has changed from a yes in principle - to doubtness
- Today we focus on 9-5, 9-4X and 9-3, “said Carl-Peter Forster shortly.
Even Jan-Åke Jonsson is on the same line. He would not comment on the major expansion of the model program for Saab.
- We must be realistic. Now we focus on a new 9-5, the present is 11 years old.