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So farewell, then, Saab. Your Swedish cool, your quirks and quickness couldn't save you. You didn't make the end of 2011, and a 64-year-long career as a much-loved maker of distinctively Scandinavian motors finally conked out.
Sadly Saab is not alone. Many other brands have fallen by the wayside in recent times, whether the result of economic meltdown, changing fashions, or sheer mismanagement.
The last 15 years have been a particularly torrid time for American brands. No less than seven of them - Plymouth, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Eagle, Saturn, Hummer - have been axed in that time.
So here are the 12 biggest brand casualties of the last 15 years. But be warned: with the world economy as it is, these may well not be the last...
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16/02/2012 16:37
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17/02/2012 12:16
THE REASON FOR THE DEMISE OF THE BRITISH CAR INDUSTRY WAS NOT THE FACT THAT WE ARE BAD AT RUNNING LARGE BUSINESSES IT WAS LARGELY DOWN TO THE LEFT WING /COMMUNIST UNIONS WHO DESTROYED THE INDUSTRIAL BASE OF THIS COUNTRY
GUESS WHAT THEY ARE STILL IN BUSINESS OF DOING THERE UPMOST TO RUIN THE REST OF THE UK
THEY AND THERE PUPPETS IN THE LIEBOUR PARTY WHO WANT MORE DOMINATION BY THE CORRUPT E.U WHO WANT TO COMPLETELY RUIN THIS COUNTRY
16/02/2012 17:10
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16/02/2012 18:22
ive got to say its a real shame about saab.but they had an era where they were amazing.last august i bought a 1999 v reg saab 95 estate 2litre turbo for 800 quid.i got a lot of car for that figure.heated electric seats, dual climate,air con.a truly stunning sound system.all round luxury and comfort.this is my fourth saab.i cant fault them.what else do you get for 800 quid?a mondeo?a peugeot 206?my advice to anyone wanting to buy a car below a grand,always chose saab if you cant afford bmw etc.
17/02/2012 18:05
16/02/2012 22:00
Quite lucky really, as i had 2 Saabs a 1994 900 convertible and a 93 2007 sport-wagon diesel then lost my locking wheel nut key ,called Saab who said nothing as closed down, decided to convert my cabrio into static garden ornament ,and the other into time machine , still looking for flux capicitor or am i?
17/02/2012 00:27
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19/02/2012 12:45
Jaguar and landrover were sold to Tata for a song and instead of the uk government buying them and restaking our claim in the industry they instead write off the loan made to India totalling more than 3 times more than jaguar and landrover could have been bought for,the lunatics running the aslymn springs to mind add in the fact that Gordan Brown gave all our gold away,it was a really good time for us to blow millions.China tried to buy saab but it seems clear GM did,nt want to sell and yet GM went for a hand out by the american government,beggers belief really.
19/02/2012 17:40
Ok,for the benefit of george paley,between 1999 and 2002 gordon brown whilst chancellor took the decition to sell off half our gold reserves 395 ton whilst gold was at a all time low for 20 yrs and despite a impending economy slow down and ultimate recession,he did this against the advise of the bank of england but with support of ed balls,ed milliband and baroness vadera who were his close advisors at the time.The gold was sold in 17 auctions over three yrs for between 256 and 296 dollars,the price of gold today is around 1200 dollars,so i think i,m justified in saying he gave it away,he has cost us more than 10 billion about £600 each.
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