Saab

Briefs, January 9, 2013

9 Jan 2013

National Electric Vehicle Sweden, the buyer of bankrupt former carmaker Saab that is owned by Chinese-Swedish businessman Kai Johan Jiang, has signed a deal with Qingdao, Shantung province, as...

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HK-owned company completes purchase of Saab

3 Sep 2012

A Hong Kong-owned company says it has completed the acquisition of bankrupt car maker Saab and will move ahead with its business plan to make electric cars under the Swedish brand.

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French Chamber Gala Dinner takes wings of desire and gowns of elegance at Grand Hyatt

8 Jun 2012

The French Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual gala dinner in the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt hotel Wan Chai. The event, last Friday, was aptly themed Les Ailes du Desir (The Wings of Desire). '...

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Ssaab's Chinese rescue in peril

24 Jun 2011

Saab's Chinese white knights may have arrived too late, with the struggling Swedish carmaker announcing yesterday it is unable to pay its employees' wages.

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Lai See

14 May 2011

Another Chinese white knight knocked from the saddle?

Alas, struggling Saab Automobile has been left standing at the altar by its Chinese white knight.

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Lo's legacy lives on in latest Saabs

11 Feb 2011

Saabs used to be seen as more of an expatriate drive in Hong Kong.

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Footdown

Car club counts down to Olympics

The Collectors Car Club of Hong Kong is to hold a 2008 Olympic Games 200-Day countdown display and parade at the Anchor Street Football Ground in...

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Police pair jailed 30 months for scam

Officers who staged 19 crashes found guilty

Two traffic policemen who staged 19 car accidents and cheated the drivers out of HK$25,000 'compensation' were jailed for 21/2 years...

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Footdown

Something in the air

The Aero X is more than a timely 60th-birthday boast for Saab. It also warns the world's marques to monitor their Hong Kong dealers' marketing or risk their...

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Triumphant homecoming for father of the ride

The Saab Aero X (above) is a triumphant homecoming for General Motors car designer Anthony Lo Wai-kei (right).

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It's a bird, it's a plane ...

Hong Kong has a new tourist attraction - and stakes a claim in car history - at a sleek exhibit in Tsim Sha Tsui this weekend.

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Lack of confidence weighs on Ankor Group

Ankor Group, hurt by the slowdown in consumer confidence, has announced an attributable loss of $42.6 million for the year to December.

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