LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Saab: Saab Automobile
built 267 days ago
Saab Automobile AB is a subsidiary of General Motors. Once an exclusively Swedish automobile maker, Saab Automobile now manufactures cars in Japan, the USA and Sweden. Until 1990 the company was owned by SAAB, an acronym for "Svenska Aeroplan AB" (The Swedish Aeroplane Company), which ... included SAAB Aerospace and truck manufacturer Scania. General Motors bought half of Saab Automobile in 1990, with an option to acquire the entire company within a decade. Before exercising that option GM shared its ownership of Saab Automobile with Investor AB, the main owner of Saab.
Source:
Saab Automobile AB is a Sweden manufacturer of premium cars and currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors. It is the exclusive automobile royal warrant holder as appointed by the H.M., the King of Sweden. Since its inception, Saab has built a reputation for iconoclasm and ingenuity in design and engineering and turbocharged performance as well as for being a pioneer in both safety and green technologies. Saab competes directly with products from Audi, BMW, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo.
Source:
On April 21-22, the dealer council will meet in Sweden for the first time under Jan-Ake Jonsson, a Saab veteran named the brand's managing director. He is based in Sweden. But the new chairman of the Saab Automobile board is Carl-Peter Forster, president of GM Europe. Saab believes the current 9-3 portfolio has the most short-term potential to boost volume. Saab will add a 9-3 sports wagon this spring. Said Janse: "It could generate 60 percent of 9-3 sales." Saab dealers ... want the 9-3 all-wheel-drive version promised three years ago.
Source:
In September 1977, Saab took the automobile world by surprise when it presented its first model with turbocharging at the IAA. Exactly 30 years on, the Swedish premium brand is celebrating this anniversary with the Turbo X, the most powerful Saab to date and top-of-the-line car in the completely newly designed 9-3 model line. The spotlight is ... on Saab’s leading position with its BioPower range in the fast-growing European “Flexfuel” vehicle segment.
Source:
Saab Automobile is now certified in accordance with the ISO 14001 environmental management system or SS-EN SO 14001:1996, as it is officially known. At a ceremony in Trollhättan, Anders Jonsson of Det Norske Veritas certification body handed over the certificate to Peter Augustsson, President of Saab.
Source:
According to a tally conducted by Forbes.com, the Saab 9-3 Sport Combi has been included in the top-five list of kid-friendly vehicles, ranking third on the list. That’s right moms and dads, Forbes is actually saying that your kids are in good hands with Saab. To determine if an automobile could be considered kid-friendly and qualify for the list, Forbes had to make sure that it had the following:
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Saab Automobile