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Originally Posted by Blacky
Saab was shut down during the Great Government Bailouts as was Pontiac, Saturn and Isuzu. It had nothing to do with disobeying directives. There was a huge outcry from the quirky die hard Saab fans around the world.
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Saab was sold to Spyker, not shut down. Spyker went belly up shortly thereafter, and tried to sue GM for $3B a bit later. That didn't work either.
Saab unfortunately failed to keep up with technical progress in automobile design and manufacturing since the 1990s. No doubt part of the reason was their small size. Getting swallowed up by larger entities happened to a lot of companies, witness Jaguar, Rover, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini.
I loved my old Saab 95 wagon with its lever shocks, German V4 and freewheel between the engine and gearbox. They were innovative cars, for a while.