SAAB bankrupt

[macelena]

http://www.businessinsider.com/saab-bankrupt-2009-2

[+76.IAP-Blackbird]

Best solution would be to split them from GM and make them working together with Opel, wich also should be splited from GM.

[Roopod]

I wonder if it has anything to do with pensions and worker contracts? Sweden has a socialist economy, doesn't it? Bankruptcy may make some contracts null and then would be either dropped or renegotiated. Depending how Swedish law goes, that is...

[+allenjb42]

I've always wanted to get a Saab ever since John Gardner gave James Bond a Saab 900 Turbo in his books. Maybe I can pick up a cheap one now, or a Viggen or Gripen....

[+SkippyBing]

I'm not totally sure how declaring SAAB bankrupt is supposed to make it easier to sell, but then that's probably the management genius we've come to expect from GM.

 

I wonder if it has anything to do with pensions and worker contracts? Sweden has a socialist economy, doesn't it? Bankruptcy may make some contracts null and then would be either dropped or renegotiated. Depending how Swedish law goes, that is...

 

I'm not really sure where you're going with that but most European countries have far stronger workers rights than in the US so I'm fairly sure that tactic wouldn't work.