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- Saab - Swedish car maker.
- 1937 Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget,
aircraft factory founded - SAAB then Saab.
1963 96
- 1966 First 4-stroke engine in the 95 and 96 models.
- 1978 Saab 900 launched.
- 1984 New Saab 9000 launched.
- 1990 GM Opel bought 50% of Saab.
- 1993 Saab 900 launched.
- 1997 Saab 9-5 replaced 9000.
- 1998 Saab 9-3 replaced 900.
- 2000 January, GM purchased the
remaining 50% of Saab.
- 2000 July, a special 4x4 9-3 Viggen won the Pikes Peak Open class.
- 2001 July: New 9-5 unveiled in Europe.
- 2001 Aug./Sept.: 9X concept for Frankfurst Motor Show.
- 2009 February 20: Saab filed for
reorganization, ie bankruptcy protection,
as owner GM stuggled to
survive and planned to reorganise and sell Saab.
- 2009, June 16: GM and
Koenigsegg Group AB, the Swedish sports car maker,
signed a preliminary agreement for the latter to buy Saab.
9 Sept., Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co (BAIC)
joined in the deal with ~€275m.
But K. backed out of the deal on 24 Nov. '09.
- 2009, September: New 9-5 at the Frankfurt motor show.
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- 2009, December 18:
Failing to find a buyer, GM
decided to "start an orderly wind-down of Saab." But ...
- 2010 January 26:
The Dutch "supercar" maker, Spyker Cars N.V.,
struck a 12th-hour deal to buy Saab for us$74 million and
form Saab Spyker Automobiles N.V.;
GM also kept us$326 million in preference shares.
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