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 GM to phase out Saab without deal by year end

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PostSubject: GM to phase out Saab without deal by year end   GM to phase out Saab without deal by year end EmptyDecember 3rd 2009, 11:51 pm

DETROIT - General Motors Co. said it will phase out its storied Swedish Saab brand if no deal is reached by the end of this month.

GM's board met Tuesday to decide Saab's fate after a group led by Sweden's Koenigsegg Automotive AB dropped out of a deal last week to buy the company. About 4,500 jobs at Saab are at stake.

New potential buyers have emerged, GM said, so the board put off a final decision until the end of December. The automaker said in a statement that no "suitable arrangement" for Saab is found by then, it would "will begin an orderly wind down" of the unit.

GM would not identify the potential bidders. Last week, the Chinese company Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings said it would re-evaluate Saab, but stopped short of saying it would make an independent bid. Beijing Automotive had been part of the Koenigsegg team.

The private equity firm The Renco Group Inc. and the investor group Merbanco Inc. have reportedly also been interested in Saab.

The failed Saab sale marks the third time this year that GM couldn't close a deal for an unwanted brand that it is shedding as part of its reorganization.

GM decided to close Saturn after a deal with auto dealer Roger Penske fell through. And the automaker's board decided to keep the European automaker Opel after deciding it was too heavily integrated into the company for GM to let it go.

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PostSubject: Re: GM to phase out Saab without deal by year end   GM to phase out Saab without deal by year end EmptyDecember 3rd 2009, 11:57 pm

BYE BYE SAAB, YOU WILL NOT BE MISSED!!!! not by me at least, i say sayonara!!!!
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