{"id":239425,"date":"2010-01-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/27\/videos-saab-and-spyker-ceos-talk-about-the-sale-workers-celebr\/"},"modified":"2010-01-27T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T20:00:00","slug":"videos-saab-and-spyker-ceos-talk-about-the-sale-workers-celebrate-in-trollhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/239425","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Saab and Spyker CEOs talk about the sale, workers celebrate in Trollh\u00e4ttan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/videos\/\" rel=\"tag\">Videos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/gm\/\" rel=\"tag\">GM<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/saab\/\" rel=\"tag\">Saab<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/spyker\/\" rel=\"tag\">Spyker<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/27\/videos-saab-and-spyker-ceos-talk-about-the-sale-workers-celebr\/#continued\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/saab-spyker-press-con-still-630.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Click above to watch the videos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/27\/videos-saab-and-spyker-ceos-talk-about-the-sale-workers-celebr\/#continued\">after the jump<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>The latest chapter of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/saab\/\">Saab<\/a> saga appears to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/saab\/\">a happy one<\/a>, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/spyker\/\">Spyker<\/a> coming up with a winning bid during the 11th hour and saving the proud Swedish automaker from closure at the hands of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/gm\/\">General Motors<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/27\/videos-saab-and-spyker-ceos-talk-about-the-sale-workers-celebr\/#continued\">After the jump<\/a> are a few videos related to the deal, including a 10 minute video of the Spyker\/Saab press conference, with Saab CEO Jan &Aring;ke Jonsson and Spyker CEO Victor Muller<span class=\"description\"> talking about how the deal was done, and <\/span>where the two companies go from here. If you click through, you&#8217;ll also find jubilant footage of the celebration in Trollh&auml;ttan, where workers were given the day off as the liquidators were told to go home.<\/p>\n<p> All is not wine and roses, however, as Spyker will doubtlessly have its hands full trying to fill up Saab&#8217;s product pipeline after the current crop of GM-derived new models (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/19\/spy-shots-engineers-still-testing-saab-9-5-sportcombi-should-s\/\">9-5 sedan<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/19\/spy-shots-engineers-still-testing-saab-9-5-sportcombi-should-s\/\">Sportcombi<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/25\/saab-9-5-and-9-4x-in-low-volume-production\/\">9-4X<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/03\/04\/geneva-2009-2010-saab-9-3x-ideal-wagon-for-lingonberry-picking\/\">9-3X<\/a>) wear thin, so it will be interesting to see how they go about developing their next generation of products.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Spyker could benefit from Saab a lot faster than the other way-around, though, as it should be able to leverage a portion of the Swedish automaker&#8217;s 1,400 dealerships worldwide to expand its global reach. Muller says that even leveraging 10 percent of the Saab dealers will be significant. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/27\/videos-saab-and-spyker-ceos-talk-about-the-sale-workers-celebr\/#continued\">Hit the jump<\/a> to watch the fascinating videos for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/saab-a-history-in-pictures\/low\/\">Saab &#8211; A History in Pictures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/saab-a-history-in-pictures\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/saab-historical_-(66)_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/saab-a-history-in-pictures\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/saab-historical_-(2)_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/saab-a-history-in-pictures\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/saab-historical__thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/saab-a-history-in-pictures\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/saab-historical_-(3)_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/saab-a-history-in-pictures\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/saab-historical_-(4)_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p> [Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fYioLV2jYyQ\">YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/27\/videos-saab-and-spyker-ceos-talk-about-the-sale-workers-celebr\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Videos: Saab and Spyker CEOs talk about the sale, workers celebrate in Trollh\u00e4ttan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/27\/videos-saab-and-spyker-ceos-talk-about-the-sale-workers-celebr\/\">Videos: Saab and Spyker CEOs talk about the sale, workers celebrate in Trollh\u00e4ttan<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST.  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