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We’ve had Black September, which was quickly followed by Red October. This month, it’s Noooooooooo!vember as Swedish car sales lead us off into what is sure to be another trek into a sea of deep red ink.

The Swedish car sales market was, as a whole, down by 36% compared to last year. For the year to date, the market is down by 14%. So if you were expecting a better month for Saab sales, please think again.

Just remember, things are tough all over.

Saab sales

Saab Sweden sold 908 units of the Saab 9-3 during November, which was down 42% for the month, from 1,557 in the same month last year. So far in 2008, there have been 11,946 units of the Saab 9-3 sold. This is down 4.25% on the 12,477 sold to this point last year (but falling fast)

They also sold 427 units of the Saab 9-5 during the month, down by 51% from the 877 sold in the sme month last year. So far in 2008, there have been 6,764 units of the Saab 9-5 sold in Sweden, which is down by 31.65% from the 9,897 sold to this point last year.

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Green report

There were 698 Saab 9-3 Biopower models sold during the month compared with 1,285 in November last year. The 9-3 BioPower is still the second best selling ‘green’ car in Sweden.

There were 375 Saab 9-5 BioPower models sold during the month, which was down from 728 sold in the same month last year.

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The Caddilac report

That bastion of strength and banner of wisdom, the Cadillac BLS, didn’t even rate on the report that I saw, but ctm tells me that there were 4 units sold, which was down from the 6 sold last year.

Money well spent.

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