Saab day: Saab shadow of the past and present

The Swedes have the opportunity to see Victor Muller on TV today. The show “Saab's last fight” will be shown on TV21 Väst at 4:13 pm. Muller tells about the money he borrowed from Antonov. And he talks about the € XNUMX million from his personal wealth that he lost on the Swedish investment. He also talks about Jan Ake Jonsson and his departure from Saab.

For the first time he admits that the departure of the Saab CEO for suppliers and investors had more meaning than he originally wanted to believe. That Jonsson saw the Saab reality much clearer than the Dutchman comes up here too. For Saab the departure was a turning point. Shortly thereafter, the tapes and the drama began.

Jan Ake is back in Trollhättan today. In the Innovatum he acts as a “Bussiness Angel” to help new companies become self-employed. His reputation in Sweden and Trollhättan is still flawless. Jonsson is considered down to earth and reliable, his opinion is in demand.

Victor Muller is a shadow of the past. Jan Ake Jonsson is part of the story, but he also plays a role in the present. In Stockholm and now again in Trollhättan. Because the Saab world is small and you meet again and again. When we entered the museum on Friday, we almost felt reminded of old times. Many familiar Saab faces were gathered and at first I hoped for a “Saab Reborn” event.

Unfortunately, it was just a meeting of Lean Nova, a Saab spin-off that holds a lot of expertise in Trollhättan. What is good for the present and could be crucial for the future. There are still no good breaking news from Sweden that we are all waiting for.

In Gothenburg, “Svenska Bil”, a large Saab dealer, closes its branch and only focuses on Stockholm. Just like ANA in Trollhättan, which is leaving the building at the ANA roundabout, Gothenburg has been hit hard by the situation.

These are messages that result from the aftermath of the past. The future could look better if the administrators choose the right investor. Our Swedish friends have very precise ideas about who they want to see in the Stallbacka - and who they don't.

The reports of our trip are almost done. Tomorrow is the first part. Impressions and assessments of the current situation first-hand.

Text: tom@saabblog.net

 

 

 

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Philmos
Philmos
11 years earlier

Saab is disappearing more and more from public perception, it is simply done for many just as it was with Rover back then. This is fatal for a brand.

Meanwhile, Saabs are also less in the streetscape, at least here in Austria, especially in Vienna, it simply lacks the new car supply, and old Saabs from the 90ern divorced more and more, eg 9000 and 900 II. Many Saabs are simply by Volvo or BMWs or Audis replaced.

Time is running out!!!

Julie
Julie
11 years earlier

Not only for me it is highly incomprehensible that despite the many entrusted with the matter lawyers still no selection was made regarding the new owner.

With this extremely slow approach one supports such cases as “Svenska Bil” - even in the eyes of the dealers only this well-known dumpling seems to be recognizable at the moment. How long do you want to drag the matter out without a decision?

Some blog readers had compared the whole thing with Scandinavian crime novels (these are known to be “stretched” almost infinitely) - unfortunately one can only agree with this opinion.