In August, GM announced it had a deal with the Swedish supercar maker Koenigsegg but, in November, it was announced that Koenigsegg had backed out. Then Spyker, the Dutch manufacturer of wildly-styled exotic sports cars, put in a bid but that deal, too fell through. So GM announced in mid-December its decision to wind down the brand.
Pieces of Saab will live on though. Some tooling and technology used to make the Saab 9-3 and 9-5 cars were sold the Chinese automaker Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Co. Ltd. Unfortunately, GM's stewardship of Saab may end up being best remembered for brand-stretching retreads like the 9-2X, a Subaru Impreza with a Saab grille, and the 9-7X, shown here, a Saab version of the Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV.
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