Five people in the former management of bankrupt Swedish auto maker Saab Automobile AB are being prosecuted for a bookkeeping offense, Sweden’s Economic Crimes Bureau.
Investigation is conducted even four years, and the whole process was completed today in court in Vänersborg District Court. After four years an jury found Saab managers not guilty today of serious economic crimes in Saab Automobile.
Immediately after the court verdict, Victor Muller was contacted by the paper’s journalists SVd, he asked them:
“I do not know the judgment, what was it?“
And after he was informed that he was acquitted, It is several seconds where the lanky Dutchman stands to ear without saying anything. Then he exclaims:
“– I am extremely happy! I had confidence in the Swedish legal system all the time and thought that they are doing a good job.”
“This confirms that we were right all the time, we were very conservative and had only one interest – to save Saab.“
Victor Muller was CEO and Chairman of Saab Automobile in bankruptcy in December 2011. He also had a starring role in the Dutch Spyker, which owned Saab for the last time.
In this case, Prosecutor of course has the right to appeal, so that this case is not yet completely finished.
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I truly believe Victor. At the end of the day Victor is a car guy who wanted to save the iconic SAAB brand. Instead, the globalist Swedish government lead by (then) Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation – Maud Olofsson – wanted to end the Swedish automotive industry because it didn’t fit “their” world view and Sweden’s role in that hierarchy.
I bet proud Swedes really do want their county back and building SAAB’s in Tollhatten would be part of returning Sweden to the Swedish people.
Victor Muller received significant compensation during his time as CEO of Saab, with reported salaries and bonuses of around 14-18 million SEK during one of the last years before bankruptcy, plus his company Tenaci received 60 million in interest for loans to Saab. Yes he just wanted to save Saab or…
Interesting article. Much respect for Victor Muller, the board and all the workers at the Saab factory. Such a shame, that GM let it go to waste and that Swedish authorities didn’t understand the importance of Saab.
Interesting article. Much respect for Victor Muller, the board and all the workers at the Saab factory. Such a shame, that GM let it go to waste and that Swedish authorities didn’t understand the importance of Saab.
Gm à coulé délibérément “Saab” qui faisait du tort au marques americaines
TO Jorma Talas:
much respect to Victor Müller!? Who used SAAB for money laundry and stole tax money from the Swedish goverment without their knowledge!?
Honestly, I don’t think GM liked the competition because they made a much better car than GM could ever make or wanted to make! However, I own two Saabs, a 2011 9-3 Aero XWD sedan and a 2007 9-3 FWD sedan. my front wheel drive has 230,000 miles on it and it still runs like a champ my 2011 has 89,000 miles, but since there are only 18 of this car produced, I figured I’d put more miles on the 2007 so I’m doing my part to keep Saab going!
If SAAB starts up again, will it have the same character, quality and performance as before?
Or an Electric box made from GM parts?
I am in doubt!
Saab Automobile can still be saved! We need some money! And the rest is not to worry about! We have it all!
So how much money did Victor Muller get out with? From the Swedish government..?
At the end of the day, that was all interesting
, wasn’t it?
To Mathias Johansson>
the main goal
To Mathias Johansson >
yes, that was all he was interested in. I dislike him strongly!
Would be lovely to have the SAAB brand back in the saddle again. It takes guts, a bright eye for the future and a tribute to the past. It should be a brand that takes its own direction, as that is what it always has been, a brand that stood out from the crowd.
I think Saab will return as a brand again.
It’s still a loved brand like few in the history of cars.
No one can sell cars in low volumes “cheap”….that is the main issue. If someone save saab and manufacture and sell cars in similar volumes as earlier each car would cost 10 times as much.
Bonjour a tous je suis de belgique et dans nôtre famille nous avons toujours eux des voitures saab dans la famille là fierté de saite marque et d’une qualité et solidité irréprochable de la qualité de la marque saab bien plus qu’une voiture et la solidité irréprochable mes parents on eux un accident pas de leurs responsabilités avec notre 9 .3 et je suis très fière de ma 9.3 et les à protéger totalement la céllule de labitacle ne ça pas déformé je remercie saab pour leurs voitures de qualité sécurisent et d’une solidité irréprochable nous roulons depuis plus de 40 ans ++ et nous en sommes fier et une fierté de rouler en saab et saab s’est ls solidité confort et robustesse la qualité fin bref j’adore saab et je voudrais que la marque saab revienne sur les chaînes de refabrication saab et saab ne devrait jamais stopper leus fabrication le mite saab j’imagine toujours saab qui revienne sur le marché de la refabrication des nouvelles saab avec impatience svp la Suède vos voitures sont de qualité supérieure a toutes les autres marque dans l’Europe même a l’extérieur de l’Europe saab es la voiture de ma vie je vais racheter une 9.5 dernière génération pour ça solidité a quand vous allez relancer la marque saab vôtre pays ne devrait pas lésé tomber la marque saab qui es mitic de la Suède un mot simplement saab la voiture de ma vie un veux pour 2026 que saab revienne sur les routes le mit saab nous somme des saabist de puis plus de 40 ans + meilleurs veus pour saab n 2026 je voudrais savoir si il reste encore des stock de voiture saab que long peux racheter cher vous en Suède des 9.3 et 9.5 et 9 3 woigen break et 9.5 woigen bkek nouvelle encore merci
Io ci credo ancora alla rinascita della Saab. Ho acquistato tre Saab una più bella dell’altra ancora ho la 9.3 aero ed è uno spettacolo 360000 km è un missile. Sulla strada non ce ne stanno auto come Saab solo per il correttore posteriore di curva di 40* non si sposta da terra .
I am new to the Saab community. I sat here reading most of the posts. My feeling is that everyone realy loves the brand. Question what would the cost to bring the brand back. We all would invest. Put a group of old guys together that know the brand best lets see what happens…
We net to come back with a new model Saab is the best car ever
Das Problem ist die Zeit: Saab ging pleite, bevor es peinlich wurde. Volvo schafft nur noch 180 km/h und dann der Elektromüll… ohne jeden Charakter!
To Malte Reich
naja, man muss ehrlich sein: jede Automarke braucht eine Mindeststückzahl um rentabel zu sein. Das beginnt glaube ich bei 400.000 Stück pro Jahr. Saab hat aber nur knapp über 100.000 geschafft. Ohne Subventionierung ging das nicht. Und dazu war halt keiner mehr bereit. Fazit: zu wenig Kunden haben saab gekauft. Ich bin da eine Ausnahme. Ich hab insgesamt vier Stück gefahren und fahre heute noch einen
Muller var en lycksökare utan ekonomi att kunna rädda Saab. GM var glada för att man slapp alla avvecklingskostnader för Saab.
To Christer Gebo
Ja, GM riskerade en dealer class action i USA om de lagt ner. Och de ville inte sälja till ett stort företag som ex intressenter som Mahindra och Dongfeng för att förhindra ev konkurrens i Asien. 😉
Saab had fantastic- if expensive, engineering but the sales volumes didn’t pay the bills. It was too niche, which GM attempted to keep afloat by cost cutting with platform / engine sharing, but this just killed it in the eyes of the Saab loyalists. Volumes deteriorated further as a result, and the rest is history. Sad.
Guys… This is from april 7, 2017… I remember that Europe at that time they didn’t want the Chinese to to buy the brand, because they were interested in it, and so GM, which basically let it die…
Look what happened to companies that Ford took over, if only! Saab would be a class leader, regards John not Lesley (wife)
1985 Saab 900Turbo was the first real car I bought with money from my first real job. Odometer broke around 300k miles and a drove it 110 mile commute for another 4 years. Gave it to my FIL and he drove it 2 more years. Regular oil changes and a clutch.
That’s it.
12 years, 4 jobs, 3 kids, 2 wives and a clutch.
Damn you Saab & GM for killing my car company.
A fresh start! Come on! The 9-5 is stronger than anything else in its league! Let’s make it electric or even further with hydrogen/electric!?
but GM wasn’t alone responsible for killing SAAB. Victor Müller is much more. He used SAAB as a company to do money laundry. All GM said was that they didn’t want to sell to the Chinese.
You should read the book Saabs sista strid by Jens B Nordström.
To Linda Karlsson
no they stop support Saab because for them the production were to small and didn’t give them enough profit . And GM was the biggest share holder. After that others took over but had no economy to continue productions. So for med GM is the company who has big economic power to blame.
To Anders Wettainen
the production was to smal but GM agreed to sell SAAB. Guess you haven’t read the book about SAAB?
How romantic and desperate at the same time…🤦♂️ No wonder it didint work out!!
To Petri Petrie
It wasn’t desperate, they had plenty of investments lined up….GM deliberately blocked all, screwed them over, lying about technology being stolen by China, but sold technology, even made/makes cars there!
To Eric James
GM Invested Billions to keep Saab somehow alive 20 more years… I wonder why Saab lovers don’t understand that!! GM wasted all that money.. 8 Billions!!!!🤦♂️ How stupid was that!!!
He did not try hard enough.
To Frans van der Ben
he was running out of funds! Where were you in 2013?, Probably not buying a Saab and not contributing
Maybe, the new 9-5 was the wrong product. I still find it extremely impressive, actually a competitor to the S-class. But maybe, it was to expensive for the typical Saab customer. GM wanted to go upward.
To Thyl Engelhardt
There is no chance the NG 9-5 was a Mercedes S-Class competitor. That’s absolutely nuts…
To Thyl Engelhardt
Unfortunally, the typical Saab customers were to few to keep the company alive.
To Thyl Engelhardt
The new 9-5 got too big even for US. The by Rick Wagoner cancelled new 9-5 in cooperation with Alfa Romeo around 2006 had been more of the right size and timing!
Saab fans are so delusional at times. There is zero chance or reason for the brand to come back. A lot of the lefty liberal customer base that used to buy the brand moved onto Tesla.
I can not stop making posts about that Victor Müller did not want to save SAAB! He used the company for money laundry and stole tax money from the Swedish goverment (which means all of us Swedish citizens). He should not be mentioned among other heroes such as the staf in the SAAB factory. He is absolutely not a hero!
And for those in doubt… read the book ”SAABs last battle” by Jens B Nordström. And stop making stupid posts without doing the research first! 😡
To Linda Karlsson
delusional posts by old SAAB fans that don’t understand that making money selling a product is the only reason to making one.
GM gave us another 15-20 years of SAAB’s and the lost money on almost every car during that time. SAAB Planet just likes pretending that SAAB could still be a viable business. Mindless.