{"id":116506,"date":"2009-12-30T16:35:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T21:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=47849"},"modified":"2009-12-30T16:35:16","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T21:35:16","slug":"dec-31-deadline-for-saab-bids-dropped-9-5-production-to-start-in-jan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/116506","title":{"rendered":"Dec. 31 deadline for Saab bids dropped, 9-5 production to start in Jan."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2010_saab_9_5_sedan_wide_main-a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<p>General Motors has officially taken away the Dec. 31 deadline for bids for its Saab brand and said that it will restart some production lines in January after a shutdown. Originally GM had given itself until the end of the month to consider bids for the loss-making Swedish brand as it moves forward with winding down the company.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2009\/12\/30\/spyker-ceo-still-hopeful-of-bid-for-saab-gm-still-considering-other-bids\/\">Spyker Cars CEO\u00a0Victor Muller said yesterday that he is hopeful to win the bid for Saab<\/a>. He said that Spyker has extended its bid until Jan. 7 and that he believes there are multiple bidders for Saab.<\/p>\n<p>Shutting down Saab would eliminate around 3,400 jobs and affect 1,100 dealerships.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-47849\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Saab spokesman Eric Geers said that the company will restart some production lines again in January for its new 9-5 sedan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have the orders and we have to deliver them as usual. We\u00a0also have the orders for the 9-3 and others. The factory has to\u00a0continue again,&#8221; Geers said.\u00a0&#8221;We are preparing the wind-down process. At the same time we\u00a0are open to options, to bids that come in. Therefore the\u00a0deadline has also been dropped,&#8221; Geers said.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Omar Rana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSLDE5BT0KQ20091230\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/I2EqYk73WaXELBUjK1eRyUNhFls\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/I2EqYk73WaXELBUjK1eRyUNhFls\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/I2EqYk73WaXELBUjK1eRyUNhFls\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/I2EqYk73WaXELBUjK1eRyUNhFls\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=0vDS4Aw6yG8:L5ulMe7028g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=0vDS4Aw6yG8:L5ulMe7028g:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=0vDS4Aw6yG8:L5ulMe7028g:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=0vDS4Aw6yG8:L5ulMe7028g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=0vDS4Aw6yG8:L5ulMe7028g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=0vDS4Aw6yG8:L5ulMe7028g:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=0vDS4Aw6yG8:L5ulMe7028g:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Motors has officially taken away the Dec. 31 deadline for bids for its Saab brand and said that it will restart some production lines in January after a shutdown. 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