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End of SAAB story?

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Read about that earlier today. I really would have wanted to see what kind of Saabs Koenigsegg would have produced. Perhaps they would have become "interesting" again.
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The thing that burns me is that it wasn't actually Saab getting cold feet like the Associated Press suggested... the Swedish government dragged their feet securing the loans they promised to the Koenigsegg group, and the delays closed their window of opportunity.

Stupid stupid Swedish government Bork Bork Bork!
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Someone needs to bork the Swedish government over the head with a real big stick for this one.
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watkins wrote:Someone needs to bork the Swedish government in the ass with a real big dick for this one.
What you meant to say.
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as shitty as this is for saab, it'll make all the newer cars cheaper for me to buy :)
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True! Legendary depreciation is good for you :)
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read about that just now... i'm really saab.
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GM is a bunch of dbags
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:lol: Just stumbled across this:

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They better man something. Around the world on Sunday there will be hundreds if not thousands of Saabers having meets at GM and Saab facilities, DC, NYC, and many other places. There was a huge gathering in Taiwan a few days ago.
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On Sunday we're taking the Sideways car (and about 20 others from the LA region) on a cruise up to Santa Barbara, and specifically, to all the places where they filmed Sideways :D

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We're gonna try to get Autoblog and other local media to cover the event!
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