RIP Saab (A Thread for Saab Lovers)

This Abandoned Saab Dealer Was a Time Capsule Until the Thieves Arrived - The Drive​

Some secrets are best kept quiet.

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Abandoned places have an eerie allure, especially when valuables are left behind. Unfortunately, it's often best for places like these to remain forgotten—because once the masses find out, things tend to go downhill fast.

Such was demonstrated by an abandoned Saab dealership in France, which has been targeted by vandals and thieves since becoming widely known a few years ago.

The shuttered Saab dealer was recently featured in a YouTube video uploaded by Forgotten Buildings, which explored the sales floor of the more-than-decade-defunct carmaker.

The dealer closed down with cars still on its showroom and shop floor, while its offices remain packed with official documents and office supplies.

It's a particularly strange fate for a business that—at the time of closure—clearly had plenty of assets to liquidate. So, what happened?

Link to full article below:

www.thedrive.com

This Abandoned Saab Dealer Was a Time Capsule Until the Thieves Arrived

A defunct Saab dealer in France would still look ready for business if it weren't for time... and more than a little crime.
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The NEVS Emily GT Might Actually Go Into Production: Rumor

An anonymous investor reportedly plans to purchase the Emily GT project and build it in Trollhättan.

The automotive world has been missing out on Saab’s particular brand of weird cars for more than a decade. Since General Motors announced plans to shut Saab down, several companies have tried and failed to save or bring it back. National Electric Vehicle Sweden was the latest to try, and it failed, as well. But while NEVS journey ended in bankruptcy, along the way, its engineers created a car that might actually end up on the road one day. And we seriously hope it does.

Known as the Emily GT, the electric sedan boasts four in-wheel motors and a 175-kWh battery pack that’s good for more than 600 miles of range. At least in European testing. In the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency would probably rate it closer to 525 miles, but that’s still far more range than you get out of most electric vehicles. But considering NEVS engineers stuffed such a large battery in a family sedan, it better be.

And apparently, someone wants to build it. Saab Planet found an article from the Swedish-language version of Auto Motor & Sport that claims an unnamed investor is in the final stages of a deal to purchase both the Emily GT project, as well as a “mobility ecosystem” known as PONS. Assuming the deal goes through, the Emily GT will be built in Trollhättan, Sweden just like Saabs were back in the day.

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The NEVS Emily GT Might Actually Go Into Production: Rumor

An anonymous investor reportedly plans to purchase the Emily GT project and build it in Trollhättan.
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Someone Has Been Trying To Sell This Saab 9-4X For Over Two Years

A rare crossover from a defunct Scandinavian auto brand for $27,000? Who wouldn’t want it?

One of those 673 has been sitting for sale at a most unexpected place in Oregon: a Saab dealer. For 711 days, Gary Small Saab in Portland has been trying to get rid of its 9-4X. It’s asking $26,995 for an example with 89,112 miles on it.

If that price seems high to you — and it is— consider this: That price is actually $8,005 lower than what the dealer wanted originally. When the 9-4X was first listed for sale way back in December 2021, Gary Small Saab wanted $35,000, which is more than the original MSRP of a base 9-4X when it was new.

So why would such a rare vehicle be sitting for over two years with no takers? Its rarity could be a problem; it’s a crossover with fewer than 1,000 examples from a defunct automaker that hasn’t sold a car in the U.S. in ages, which means there probably aren’t many people looking to buy one. It also means that getting routine service or sourcing parts after a minor fender bender could be tough.

jalopnik.com

Someone Has Been Trying To Sell This Saab 9-4X For Over Two Years

A rare crossover from a defunct Scandinavian auto brand for $27,000? Who wouldn’t want it?
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Company that tried to save SAAB has shut down - Motor Authority​


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NEVS, a Swedish electric-vehicle startup most widely recognized for its attempt to restart production of Saab cars early last decade, shut down this month.

In a terse statement on the NEVS website, the company said it is closing down its production development activities as part of a “hibernation plan.” The company also said it is taking inquires about the sale of its properties.

Automobilwoche (subscription required) reported last week that Polestar has applied to use a former Saab R&D facility in Trollhättan, Sweden, for development of electric powertrains.

NEVS was last owned by Evergrande Group, the Chinese conglomerate whose main property development arm ran into financial trouble in 2021 with debts of more than $300 billion. At that time, with funding drying up, NEVS began to look for a buyer.

Evergrande managed to stay afloat and in late 2022 another of its EV startups, Hengchi, started customer deliveries of vehicles in China.

NEVS had also planned to launch its own electric vehicles, but the company later focused on developing mobility services, including a self-driving taxi service.

NEVS originally acquired the assets of Saab in 2012 after the automaker went bankrupt the previous year. The original plan was to continue production of Saab cars in both Sweden and China, and while NEVS managed to briefly restart production of the Saab 9-3 in 2013 at Saab's own plant in Trollhättan, production came to a stop less than two years later after NEVS ran out of funds.

NEVS then lost the rights to the use of the Saab name (the rights are owned a consortium that includes the Swedish defense group also known as Saab) in 2014, and later tried to launch EVs under its own name but ultimately failed to do so.
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Company that once tried to save Saab has shut down

NEVS has gone into hibernation a decade after its battle to save Saab.
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