Subscribe free to our newsletters via your
. 24/7 Space News .




CAR TECH
Saab sold to Chinese investors: statement
by Staff Writers
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 28, 2011


Saab owner Swedish Automobile said it concluded a deal Friday to sell 100 percent of the struggling carmaker to Chinese partners Youngman and Pang Da for 100 million euros ($141.8 million).

"Swedish Automobile N.V. (Swan) announces that it entered into a memorandum of understanding with Pang Da and Youngman for the sale and purchase of 100 percent of the shares of Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) and Saab Great Britain Ltd. (Saab GB) for a consideration of 100 million euros", the company said in a statement.

After the announcement, the office of Saab's court-appointed administrator, Guy Lofalk, withdrew a petition to abandon the reorganisation of the beleaguered company, a step taken when talks with the Chinese partners had appeared to collapse earlier in the week.

The Vaenersborg court in southwestern Sweden was expected to decide whether to grant the petition on Friday.

The demand to end the reorganisation of Saab came after Swedish Automobile said the Chinese companies had failed to honour a partnership deal and provide 70 million euros in bridge financing while Saab underwent the restructuring process.

Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet reported earlier in the week that Pang Da and Youngman had instead offered 200 million kronor ($30.4 million, 21.9 million euros) to buy all of Saab.

.


Related Links
Car Technology at SpaceMart.com






Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.

Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle








CAR TECH
Toyota calls off weekend production in N. America
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 27, 2011
Japan's Toyota Motor on Thursday called off weekend production at four North American plants as the impact of Thailand's worst flooding in decades prompted supply shortage fears. Japan's biggest automaker said it had not decided on whether to resume production next week. "Flooding in Thailand has caused some interruption in production for a number of Toyota suppliers in that region," th ... read more


CAR TECH
Lunar Probe to search for water on Moon

Subtly Shaded Map of Moon Reveals Titanium Treasure Troves

NASA's Moon Twins Going Their Own Way

Titanium treasure found on Moon

CAR TECH
Opportunity Continues to Drive North

Opportunity Past 21 Miles of Driving! Will Spend Winter at Cape York

Scientists develope new way to determine when water was present on Mars and Earth

Mars Rover Carries Device for Underground Scouting

CAR TECH
NASA's NEEMO Mission Ending Early Due To Hurricane Rina

Explorer 1 The First US Explorer

NASA evacuates astronauts from deep-sea training

Is Your Space Elevator Going Up

CAR TECH
Major moments of China's rocket launches

China to launch Shenzhou-8 early November

China plans space lab docking

Living on Tiangong

CAR TECH
Russian space freighter leaves ISS

Station Crew Prepares For Progress Departure and New Arrivals

Russian Space Agency names next crew to ISS

ISS orbit readjusted by 3 km

CAR TECH
MSU satellite orbits the Earth after early morning launch

NASA Launches Multi-Talented Earth-Observing Satellite

The Arianespace launcher family comes together in French Guiana

NASA Langley Watches Ceres Launch Aboard NPP Satellite

CAR TECH
Three New Planets and a Mystery Object Discovered Outside Our Solar System

Dwarf planet sized up accurately as it blocks light of faint star

Herschel Finds Oceans of Water in Disk of Nearby Star

UH Astronomer Finds Planet in the Process of Forming

CAR TECH
Reversing course, Hewlett-Packard to keep PC unit

Video game makers ready barrage of blockbusters

RIM stock suffers on new tablet software stall

Wearable depth-sensing projection system makes any surface capable of multitouch interaction




The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement