Production was stopped when Saab’s former owner General Motors initiated liquidation of the company. With the appearance of a new owner, Spyker, the liquidation process was interrupted, but it was pretty far gone by then. Subcontractors had emptied their stocks so no components were delivered to the Saab factory—they had to start over sourcing raw materials, building new components, and delivering them to the factory. Production started on Monday morning, and in three weeks time it is projected to have reached 1,100 cars. The big challenge for new owner Spyker will be to improve sales, which were very poor last year, when less than 40,000 cars were built.
“We will spread the gospel that Saab is back again,” said Spyker CEO Victor Muller, who is leaving for a ten-day tour to visit resellers together with Saab CEO Jan-Åke Jonsson.
