IMPORTANT NEWS: National Electric Vehicle Sweden has agreed to buy the assets of Saab Automobile and the sale is expected to be finalized during the summer.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Saab sales in August 2011

Sweden
According to Bil Sweden, there were 63 new Saab cars registered in Sweden i August, compared to 527 cars in August of last year. So far this year 3,300 new Saabs have been registered in Sweden, compared to 4,544 the first eight months last year.


USA
According to Automotive News, Saab sold 363 new cars in the USA in August. The comparable figure for August 2010 was 290 cars. In other words a increase of 25 percent. Not bad given all the bad press reports about Saab's future lately! So far this year 4,218 Saab cars have been sold in the USA.


UK
SMMT reports that 92 new Saabs were registered in the UK in August. The comparable figure last year was also 92 cars. So far this year 3,774 new Saab cars have been registered.


Norway
According to OpplysningsrÃ¥det for veitrafikken AS, there were 10 new Saab's registered in Norway in August, which was actually 3 more than in July! But still 23 less than in August of last year.


Ireland
According to Motorstats, 4 new Saab were registered in Ireland in August, compared to 9 in August of last year.