GME have just released sales data for 2008 in total.

Saab sales were down less in Europe than in many individual markets elsewhere, but they were still down by a lot so it’s not something to be cheerful about.

From the release:

Saab sold 66,713 cars in Europe in 2008, down 21.9 percent. Cadillac sold 4,556 units, down 5 percent. Corvette sold 1,086 units, down 15.3 percent and HUMMER volume was down 1.8 percent to 2,286 units.

I guess if you were working for Cadillac in Europe you’d almost call that a win!

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UPDATE:

Saab worldwide sales data for 2008 has just popped into my inbox as I was writing this.

There were only 93,388 Saabs sold worldwide in 2008. That’s 25% down on last year and way less the 110,000 that was forecasted at the end of 2007. I’m pretty sure it’s the first time under 100,000 since the 9-3 Sport Sedan was released, but I’m not positive on that. It’s certainly the first time under six figures since I’ve been writing this blog.

Ouch!

Thanks ctm!

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UK sales data has also been released in the last couple of days.

Saab sold 886 vehicles in the UK in December, which was 28% down on the 1,228 vehicles sold in December 2007.

There were 16,074 Saab vehicles sold in the UK in 2008. This is a rather massive 32% down on the 23,642 vehicles sold during 2007, though with a lot less pre-registrations if I’m correctly informed.

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Hold your breath for 2009 folks.

Thanks Dave!

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