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Saab car brand restarts production
in Sweden under new ownership
Two and a half years after Saab shut down production, a
new sedan recently rolled off its assembly lines in Sweden.
National Electric Vehicle Sweden, the
Hong Kong-based company which
bought the brand out of bankruptcy
in September last year, presented its
new 9-3 Aero Sedan as the first in a new
series it will produce.
The first 200 cars will be delivered this
Spring and cost 279,000 kronor (£26,000).
Next year will also see a 9-3 wagon,
followed by convertible and electric
models.
Saab ceased production in April 2011,
after six decades of building cars, and
filed as its earlier Dutch owner, Spyker
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Cars, battled with financing. It filed
for bankruptcy in December the same
year, dealing a huge blow to the town of
Trollhattan in south-west Sweden and
its 3,000 employees. NEVS now employs
around 600 people, including many
former Saab employees, and acting
President Mattias Bergman said he felt
“incredibly happy, proud and humble”
that the company has been able to restart
production.
Starting on a small scale production will
be based on order intake. The company