Volvo & Saab Request Aid from Swedish Government

GM and Ford are petitioning the Swedish government to aid their Saab and Ford brands respectively

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RussianMafia

I hope they both disappear. Although my dad loves Volvo's. He has 3 xD. How stupid of him.

December 1, 2008 10:46 am

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Pentium

I really don't know why you hates them? GM and Chrysler should disappear!! what are they doing?!!

December 1, 2008 10:50 am

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Motor_Yakuza

Actually he is smart, Volvo is a good car, very safe and with a good looking, well the design is a bit conservative, but overall is a very good car.

December 1, 2008 10:49 am

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RussianMafia

It's boring as hell :/

December 1, 2008 10:54 am

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Motor_Yakuza

So? he is a middle age guy, not a 20 years old, at he's age, Volvo looks good.

December 1, 2008 10:59 am

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RussianMafia

Well another reason he buys them is because nobody loves them in Russia, so he isn't afraid of them being stolen, he has stock anti-theft system on all 3! While he has a satellite alarm system for my car (Golf GT)

December 1, 2008 11:04 am

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RussianMafia

And yeah, GM and Chrysler should disappear for sure.

December 1, 2008 10:55 am

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alessandro

They were sold to americans so they need help now. Sweds should buy them back an sell to Europeans. Renault is a Volvo buyer for sure but in this economic reality the act itself may be just delayed. Saab could be interesting offer too I suppose.

December 1, 2008 12:11 pm

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rcw

People may argue the history of profitability for both Volvo and Saab, as neither have ever been huge cash makers, however, I MUCH preferred these lines prior to their sale to the U.S. companies. At least in the past they seemed special in some way. I understand that all brands must move forward and evolve with the times but I miss the specialness that they used to have.

December 1, 2008 4:15 pm

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alessandro

To build back the cultural specialty, these brands had once, will be an uneasy task. World is changed and that sense or "touch" of culture is gone or barbarized to the nothing. "Born in same shop with DRAKEN fighters" like things were truth as they are far awy from it now in GM SAAB printed twaddle unfortunately. Saab was my favourite car then, years ago but not anymore. Same happened to Volvo.

December 1, 2008 5:55 pm

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wjaprep

Good. European automakers should never merge/be bought by American car companies, look @ how Chrysler almost destroyed Mercedes-Benz. Saabs use to be such very cool cars, and then GM came along and fcuked that up by killing the hatchbacks and bringing in the... *twitches* 9-7X. As for Volvo, well they kept most of their... "coolness" but yeah, They should be bought by the Swedish, just like Aston was bought by the Brits and Merc by... well... the Germans.

December 1, 2008 7:15 pm

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Vibe15

i agree. Volvo and SAAB should be bought by Sweden if Ford and GM are planning to sell those brands.

May 10, 2009 3:12 am

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Mazda3

I agree. if Ford is planning on selling Volvo, then why don't they sell it to SWEDEN, NOT A CHINESE CAR MANUFACTURER. Or they should do what Ford did with Mazda and lower its stake

May 13, 2009 11:26 pm

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radmeister

One word to all you Volvo/SAAB haters, if it wasn't for SAAB GM wouldnt have the ecotec line of engines, Ford wouldnt have the safety and all the safety gear if it wasn't for Volvo. The S60-R is better than any sedan Ford offers, and the Black Turbo-X is the coolest 4 door sedan from GM. I hope these companies split from their retarded american parents and join europe again.

December 2, 2008 12:00 am

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The_woo_factor

I am poor...GIMME GIMME GIMME

December 3, 2008 6:34 am

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Mazda3

i agree. Volvo and SAAB SHOULD be bought by Sweden. idk why Ford and GM are having trouble selling those brands when the solution is right in front of them.

May 10, 2009 3:26 am

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