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Saab soldiers on, now sold to National Electric Vehicle Sweden

The never-ending Saab saga continues once again. This time around, after having gone bankrupt yet again, the brand has been sold to National Electric Vehicle Sweden, a Chinese-Japanese consortium, for an undisclosed price.

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Looking back at the past decade in motoring: Part 2

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In the first part of this series, we looked through some of the worlds most exotic cars, and how they battled it out in a showdown for the most speed last decade. Now though, it’s time to take things down a notch and talk about some Chinese automakers fighting their way into the big automotive world.

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Spyker tries to purchase Saab once more

Spyker is having another stab at purchasing Saab, making General Motors yet another offer.

(By the way, this is our first article to use a “Read More” button. It should make a huge improvement in the long run. It makes the home page less cluttered. There’s a summary on the home page, and then you click the button for the full article. Thanks to our friends at FTS Sports Writing for helping us out with that.)

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More news on Saab’s future *UPDATE*

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With Saab struggling to stay alive, they are now resorting to selling some things to other companies. They have sold the tooling and rights for the pre-2006 Saab 9-3 and the previous generation Saab 9-5 (Pictured above) to Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corporation (BAIC), one of the companies in the running for buying Saab.

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Koenigsegg pulls out of Saab deal, two new bidders emerge

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As you may already know from other news sources (We never mentioned this, my apologies), Koenigsegg, who planned to buy Saab, pulled out of the deal. The brand’s future was beginning to look bleak.

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