{"id":225390,"date":"2010-01-26T13:25:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T18:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tendance-auto.com\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2010-01-26T13:25:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T18:25:24","slug":"vente-de-saab-a-spyker-gm-a-dit-oui-officiel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/225390","title":{"rendered":"Vente de Saab \u00e0 Spyker: GM a dit oui! OFFICIEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cette fois c&#8217;est officiel, Victor Muller et ses associ\u00e9s\u00a0vont devenir\u00a0les nouveaux propri\u00e9taires de Saab. Il n&#8217;est donc plus question de fermeture, et Saab\u00a0semble sauv\u00e9!<span id=\"more-1658\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(&#8211;&gt; Toute l&#8217;actualit\u00e9 de Saab, en continu, c&#8217;est sur le <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tendance-auto.com\/fils-news-en-continu\/saab\/\"  >Fil News du Griffon<\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;&gt; Malgr\u00e9 les\u00a0d\u00e9clarations\u00a0d&#8217;Ed &laquo;&nbsp;Pinocchio&nbsp;&raquo; Whitacre hier, 25 janvier,\u00a0en conf\u00e9rence de presse et son &laquo;&nbsp;rien de chang\u00e9, nous liquidons Saab&nbsp;&raquo;; sa compagnie, General Motors,\u00a0a accept\u00e9\u00a0de vendre \u00e0\u00a0Spyker le\u00a0constructeur su\u00e9dois. Le n\u00e9erlandais vient de le confirmer \u00e0 Bloomberg et \u00e0 l&#8217;AFP.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><em>Despite Ed &laquo;&nbsp;Pinocchio&nbsp;&raquo; Whitacre&#8217;s\u00a0 declarations yesterday, on the 25th in a press conference, and his &laquo;&nbsp;no change, we&#8217;re winding it down&nbsp;&raquo;; his company, GM, has\u00a0come to sign\u00a0an agreement with Spyker on selling Saab to the dutch supercars maker. spyker has confirmed to Bloomberg and AFP.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">&#8211;&gt; Le vice-pr\u00e9sident de GM, John Smith, a diffus\u00e9 un communiqu\u00e9 officiel du groupe pour annoncer l&#8217;accord (la traduction suivra&#8230;):<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">DETROIT \u2013 General Motors and Spyker Cars NV today confirmed that they have reached a binding agreement on the purchase of Saab Automobile AB.<\/p>\n<p>&laquo;&nbsp;Today&#8217;s announcement is great news for Saab employees, dealers and suppliers, great news for millions of Saab customers and fans worldwide, and great news for GM,&nbsp;&raquo; said John Smith, GM vice president for corporate planning and alliances.<\/p>\n<p>&laquo;&nbsp;General Motors, Spyker Cars, and the Swedish government worked very hard and creatively for a deal that would secure a sustainable future for this unique and iconic brand, and we&#8217;re all happy for the positive outcome,&nbsp;&raquo; Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the agreement, Spyker intends to form a new company, Saab Spyker Automobiles, which will carry the Saab brand forward. The sale will be subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of applicable regulatory, governmental and court approvals. Other terms and conditions specific to the sale will be disclosed in due time.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish government is at present reviewing the transaction and the related request for guarantees of a Saab Automobile loan that has been requested from the European Investment Bank. Assuming quick action, the transaction is expected to close in mid-February, and previously announced wind down activities at Saab will be immediately suspended, pending the close of the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>&laquo;&nbsp;Throughout the negotiations, GM has always had the hope to find a solution for Saab that would avoid a wind down of the brand,&nbsp;&raquo; added Nick Reilly, president, GM Europe. &laquo;&nbsp;We&#8217;ve worked with many parties over the past year, including governments and investors, and I&#8217;m very pleased that we could come to such a good conclusion, one that preserves jobs in Sweden and elsewhere. GM will continue to support Saab and Spyker on their way forward.&nbsp;&raquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8211;&gt;Les deux derniers verrous ont saut\u00e9: Vladimir Antonov s&#8217;est retir\u00e9 de Spyker au profit &laquo;&nbsp;d&#8217;un nouvel investisseur&nbsp;&raquo;, dont l&#8217;identit\u00e9 n&#8217;a pas encore \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9e, mais qui ne g\u00e8ne plus personne. Et d&#8217;autre part, la BEI a accord\u00e9 le pr\u00eat de 400 millions d&#8217;euros voulu par GM pour vendre Saab. Le gouvernement su\u00e9dois a accept\u00e9 d&#8217;honorer sa promesse sur ce plan, et s&#8217;est donc lui aussi engag\u00e9 \u00e0 garantir ce pr\u00eat, malgr\u00e9 un retard \u00e0 l&#8217;allumage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Now that Vladimir antonov has retired from Spyker and been replaced by someone nobody knows the name\u00a0but GM and US authorities seem to accept, and that EIB seems to have agreed 400 millions loan, nothing could stop Spyker from winning it\u00a0anymore. Swedish govt has btw promised to do his job on guarantiing the loan&#8230;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">-GM, par ailleurs satisfait de l&#8217;offre r\u00e9\u00e9valu\u00e9e de Spyker depuis sa pr\u00e9sentation le 07 janvier, n&#8217;avait donc plus aucun objection \u00e0 la vente, malgr\u00e9 les propos toujours &laquo;&nbsp;engageants&nbsp;&raquo; (&#8230;)\u00a0de ses sympatiques dirigeants, Ed Whitacre et Bob Lutz.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>From the beginning, on the 7th. january, Spyker&#8217;s offer was interesting for GM, despite sympathic Whitacre and Lutz declarations those last weeks&#8230;<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>-Victor Muller, \u00e0 force de t\u00e9nacit\u00e9,\u00a0semble donc avoir\u00a0gagn\u00e9 son pari.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Thanks to his tenacity, and it takes some with GM, Victor Muller\u00a0seems to have\u00a0made it.<\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_972\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 260px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tendance-auto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/AR-301129955.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-972\" title=\"Victor Muller\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tendance-auto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/AR-301129955.jpg\" alt=\"Victor Muller, patron de Spyker\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victor Muller, patron de Spyker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><em>For Spyker&#8217;s industrial plans for Saab, below, you can find an interview Victor Muller gave to AOL Autos 4 weeks ago. <\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">\u2013&gt; On connait d\u2019ores et d\u00e9j\u00e0 quelques d\u00e9tails du projet industriel de Victor Muller pour Saab: gamme ax\u00e9e autour des 9.3, nouvelle 9.5 et le plus rapidement possible 9.4X. Le 31\/12 dans une interview \u00e0 AOL Autos, Muller avait en outre d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu\u2019il n\u2019y aurait pas de 9.1, m\u00eame s\u2019il disait \u00ab\u00a0r\u00eaver de porter le concept Aero X \u00e0 la production\u00a0\u00bb. Depuis, il semble que l\u2019homme soit moins d\u00e9finitif, et il cherchera sans doutes \u00e0 trouver les moyens de r\u00e9aliser ce r\u00eave\u2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 610px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tendance-auto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Saab-Aero-X-001.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-664\" title=\"Saab Aero X 001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tendance-auto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Saab-Aero-X-001.jpg\" alt=\"Victor Muller trouvera-t'il les moyens de porter l'Aero X \u00e0 la production? Il en r\u00eave en tous cas...\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victor Muller trouvera-t&#39;il les moyens de porter l&#39;Aero X \u00e0 la production? Il en r\u00eave en tous cas&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">-Par ailleurs, Victor Muller est d\u00e9cid\u00e9 \u00e0 revenir sur le plan de GM de r\u00e9duire le nombre de succursales aux US de 218 \u00e0 137, et entend au contraire toutes les conserver.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">-Enfin, certaines concessions Saab vendront des Spyker. Au sujet des voitures de sa propre marque, Muller a pr\u00e9cis\u00e9 que l\u2019apport de l\u2019ing\u00e9nierie de Saab et notamment de son savoir-faire en mati\u00e8re de traction int\u00e9grale leur\u00a0serait tr\u00e8s b\u00e9n\u00e9fique.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 610px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tendance-auto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Spyker-C8-Spyder-001-bis.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-660\" title=\"Spyker C8 Spyder 001 bis\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tendance-auto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Spyker-C8-Spyder-001-bis.jpg\" alt=\"Vendre des supercars en concession Saab? C'est pour bient\u00f4t si Spyker l'emporte.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vendre des supercars en concession Saab? C&#39;est pour bient\u00f4t si Spyker l&#39;emporte.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">&#8211;&gt; En marge de ce dossier, \u00e0 noter les d\u00e9clarations de Sergio Marchionne, plus t\u00f4t dans la journ\u00e9e; le boss de Fiat &amp; Chrysler a dit: &laquo;&nbsp;J&#8217;aime beaucoup Saab, c&#8217;est une belle marque. Mais il est tr\u00e8s difficile de faire de l&#8217;argent avec un constructeur sur cette niche&nbsp;&raquo;. Pas tr\u00e8s optimiste pour l&#8217;avenir, il a ajout\u00e9: &laquo;&nbsp;Si ma perception de cette industrie et de ce qu&#8217;il faudra pour d\u00e9velopper des v\u00e9hicules dans le futur est juste, je pense que les acteurs marginaux du secteur vont \u00eatre de plus en plus marginalis\u00e9s&nbsp;&raquo;. Rappelons qu&#8217;il a failli devenir patron de Saab au printemps dernier alors que Fiat convoitait Opel, et que Saab faisait partie du &laquo;&nbsp;package&nbsp;&raquo;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">-Plus septique encore\u00a0sur le sujet, le patron de Scania, le su\u00e9dois\u00a0Leif Ostling, a de son c\u00f4t\u00e9 r\u00e9pondu \u00e0 la question de savoir s&#8217;il aimerait\u00a0diriger Saab: &laquo;&nbsp;Non, pas m\u00eame avec le meilleur salaire du monde&nbsp;&raquo;. Il rappelle qu&#8217;en 4 d\u00e9cennies, Saab a co\u00fbt\u00e9 4 milliards d&#8217;euros \u00e0 ses propri\u00e9taires, dont 2 rien qu&#8217;\u00e0 General Motors. Quant-\u00e0 savoir ce qui le rend pessimiste sur le dossier, il a d\u00e9clar\u00e9: &laquo;&nbsp;Je ne suis pas pessimiste, je suis r\u00e9aliste&nbsp;&raquo;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">-L&#8217;heure n&#8217;est certes pas \u00e0 la tristesse, mais Victor Muller et ses \u00e9quipes ont vraiment du pain sur la planche !&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">&#8211;&gt; Pour la suite des \u00e9v\u00e8nements, c&#8217;est sur le <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tendance-auto.com\/fils-news-en-continu\/saab\/\"  >Fil News<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><span style=\"COLOR: #808080\"><strong><span style=\"COLOR: #808080\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nouveau:<\/span> pour profiter facilement et rapidement des notifications de nouveaut\u00e9s sur le site, pensez \u00e0 vous abonner via <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TendanceAuto\"  ><span style=\"COLOR: #808080\"><strong><span style=\"COLOR: #ff0000\">Twitter<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"COLOR: #808080\"><strong>. 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