Saab Automobile sales lift off in Sweden

Saab Automobile today announced an important next step on the road towards becoming a successful independent company by posting strong sales on its Swedish home market. Saab Sweden’s sales registrations in September amounted to 1,022 vehicles, representing a +106% increase compared to the same month in 2009, and were the highest for a single month since 2008. After September, Swedish sales for the first nine months of the year surpassed last year’s figure for the same period.

This strong sales performance reflects an excellent response to the all new Saab 9-5 sedan from consumers and media alike and indicates Saab’s resurgence in both the private and the corporate sectors in Sweden. Model year improvements for the 9-3 range, including diesel engines with CO2 emissions of just 119 g/km, are also driving customer orders at the highest pace for Saab Sweden since 2008 and fuelling continued good registration numbers for October and November.

Magnus Hansson, Regional Director Saab Sweden & Nordic at Saab Automobile, said: “These figures prove that Saab continues to gain traction in the market place of our important home market. As one of Saab’s three largest markets, Sweden is extremely important for the success of Saab overall and together with our dealers we will continue our efforts to promote the new 9-5 and 9-3 updates. Behind our brand and all product news we are confident that Swedish consumers will respond well and that we will build on this good sales momentum for Saab in Sweden. ”

Jan Åke Jonsson, CEO of Saab Automobile, added: “Saab continues to deliver on its business plan, and we expect our sales to increase still further as we continue to bring new cars and updates to the market. With the recent enhancements to our current range combined with the introduction of new cars in the near future, we fully expect Saab Sweden to build on this success over the coming months.”

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Joakim Nilsson

Great news, the new Saab 95 really seems to be a great car.

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October 3, 2010
Michael Jacquin

Go Saab! Congratulations on this excellent performance and all the very best for a speedy recovery.

# 2

October 4, 2010
egil S.

Jeg har hatt gleden av å prøvekjøre nye SAAB 9-5. En fenomenal bil. En stor bil. Godt sammenskrudd, og nydelige kjøreegenskaper, med en fenomenal god plass i baksetet også.

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October 4, 2010
Gerry Blandford

I have owned and loved 7 Saabs over the past 43 years and was devastated when they suddenly disappeared from my local dealership in Kingston, New York, literally overnight. That left me with having the closest Saab service center a minimum of 46 miles away and my experience with GM provided services in Manhattan had been totally disastrous As a result I immediately sold my last Sport Combi 9-3 and am now in a VW Tiguan.which is no Saab! Reliability is poor, service has been neglectful and there are features which prevent me from enjoying driving the vehicle.
I want my Saab back and you now have some new vehicles (95 and 9-4x) that would probably allow me to enjoy my very last car! BUT what can I do without a local reliable Saab quality dealership? When will there be a sufficient network of SAAB trained dealers and service centers for my area of the US? Provide one and I would buy a new Saab immediately and strongly recommend their ownership to all. Over the years I have unquestionably sponsored the sale of many Saab cars - I would love to be able to do i t again!

# 4

October 18, 2010
Karl-Axel

Den 21 sep 2010 hämtade jag min 12:e saab. En 9.3 med automatlåda- en körupplevelse !

Karl-Axel

# 5

October 19, 2010
oliveira

parabens saaab .ja agora gostaria de saber se a saab vai lançar o 9-5 em carrinha como nos modelos anteriores.

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October 19, 2010