Comments on: Small Market Saab sales – July 2007

By: ctm

ctm — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:38:20 +0000

Brendan,

That’s good. People renting car may go for something they are not used to and try it out over a weekend or so – often because they don’t pay for it themselves. And it’s better than just the average 10 min testdrive around the block. Some will like it and think about Saab the next time they are about to buy a car.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:55:44 +0000

A lot of the Saab Australia sales are to Avis

After seeing 5 dame edna 9-5s on the road in Sydney all in one day, I knew something was up. So after a bit of investigating it seams Saab Oz has struct a deal with Avis so that the 9-5 gets some visability. However they also have 9-3 convertables as well.

By: Joe Lobo

Joe Lobo — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:41:57 +0000

Talking about brotherhood here, we wouldn’t take this from the Kiwis doing this to our Commodores, Falcons, Camrys etc etc etc. If their government made it so difficult for us to export our cars accross the Tasman 1/2 of our car makers will close shop. Those Scandinavian countries should support each other a hell of a lot more, this is ridiculous !!!!

By: ctm

ctm — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:09:05 +0000

PT,

Convertible’s are made in Austria. Years ago, Valmet in Finland built Saab’s but not since GM took over

I don’t know about Finland but it could be due to some taxes for “bigger cars”. I know there was such an issue like 25 years ago or something in Denmark and Norway putting huge taxes on some cars and that affected Saab and Volvo badly. Saab’s market share:
Denmark: 0,49%
Norway: 1,62%

By: PT

PT — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:40:19 +0000

Indeed Joe. The convertible is even made in Finland. Actually for that matter, the Aero engine is made in Australia……..forget that thought.

By: Joe Lobo

Joe Lobo — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:32:03 +0000

I can’t believe that the market share in Finland that is basically next door to Sweden is so low. Despite our position in OZ we are doing a heck lot better job than many other countries. Canada is comparable to our market when they are next door to the US. So, it makes sense to have a solid, well supported with proper network in OZ as the market is there. Saab OZ/GM have to continue with the current programs and incentivise customers, it’s the winning formula.

By: Jyri

Jyri — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:23:04 +0000

Estonian market:
2007 6 months: 57
2006 6 months: 69

By: PhilipK

PhilipK — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:34:22 +0000

Belgian sales for July :
316 (2006 : 287)
YTD 2205 (2006 : 2926)
SAAB has a market share of 0,6% vs 0,8% in 2006.

By: cj

cj — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:53:12 +0000

Canadian sales amount to 200, vs 247 in the PY. Total YTD sales of 1423 vs 1467 in the PY.

The total market is up 0.6% vs july PY.