If Saab closes, will the new 9-5 live on wearing a Buick badge?

Filed under: Sedan, Plants/Manufacturing, Buick, Saab, Rumormill 2010 Saab 9-5 – Click above for high-res image gallery In a rumor sure to irk many Saab faithful, Dagens Industri in Sweden is reporting that “sources within Saab Automobile are stating that GM now sees positive opportunities in a closing of Saab.” Ouch, that hurts in an [...]

BREAKING: Swedish Patient Succumbs – Deal for Saab is dead on the table, GM to wind down brand

Filed under: GM, Saab, Earnings/Financials 2010 Saab 9-5 – Click above for high-res image gallery After a protracted saga that has seen bidders drop in-and-out and old model tooling and assets sold off to the Chinese, the enigmatic brand known as Saab is dead. In a press release issued this morning, General Motors announced that [...]